That’s the great thing about having no self-confidence: you know you wouldn’t interest anyone, so people claiming a sudden intense infatuation are obviously scammers, and you can ward them off before they do damage.
Yes please.
IIRC Bill Kurtis had a program on about bigamy. A guy married three different women, using the ruse of being in the military—the “assignments” explained long absences. Meanwhile of course he was bilking them of their money.
Yeah, marriage fraud sucks.
No, we need large glossy colour photographs, please.
But not too glossy. Because then they just look fake.
I have a story that may be relevant. I have a yahoo account I rarely use. I started getting emails from someone who was using a non-spam looking account. I open it and it’s from “Olga”, a lovely Russian woman. She sends pictures. She writes every day. So, I wrote back. Just to say hello.
The delight from hearing from me was amazing! Woo hoo! The problem is she still can’t get my name right. And her mother thinks I’m great! And her grandmother thinks we’d be perfect for each other.
I haven’t even sent a picture. I can’t wait to see where this is going. I’ll feel kind of bad if “Olga” is real, but come on now, I still can’t figure out where she got my email… pretty smart, that “Olga”.
“Olga” hasn’t sent me any bikini shots yet, yet alone nudies. What a crappy scammer.
That sounds hilarious. I think I’ll have to get me an Olga. 
Is this verbatim? No one I know ever says that. It’s “I’m in the Navy/Army/AF” or “I’m a Marine.” For something requiring more vagueness, I hear and use “I’m military” or “I’m Active Duty.”
FTR, I vote scam.
No, not verbatim, but I didn’t want to say what branch or what she does. If she is for real, I would not want to provide too much of her details.
I had a friend in grad school who was a Russian immigrant who had become an American citizen. He enrolled with one of those Russian mail-order bride sites. He wrote his profile in Russian, explaining his background and talking at length about himself. He got quite a few responses in broken English, including sentiments like, “Even though we don’t share a common culture, I feel such a connection to you.” He used to call them “hairy Boris” letters, because he was pretty sure they were being written by some hairy guy named Boris living in a basement somewhere.
The scammers would be so much more effective if they only paid attention!!
Better stupid criminals than smart ones, I guess.
Whether she was or wasn’t for real is moot now - her account has been deactivated.