Am i being scammed?

Question

I MET A LADY ONLINE SHE IS 28 I AM 51. SHE SAYS SHE LIVE IN BLACKFOOT, IDAHO. I HAVE TRIIED TO FIND RECORDS OF HER LIVING THERE BUT HAVE HAD NO LUCK. BUT IS IN AFRICA AT PRESENT BUY GOOD TO BRING BACK TO THE STATES. SHE HAS SPENT ALL HER MONEY ON THE GOODS AND WANTS ME TO HELP HER GET BACK TO THE STATES. SHE SAY SHE WILL COME HERE AND LIVE WITH ME AND EVENTUALLY MARRY ME. SHE HAS SENT ME PICTURES OF HERSELF, BUT HOW CAN I BE SURE THIS IS REALLY HER? WE MET THROUGH A ONLINE DATING SITE. SHE HAS ASKED ME TO SEND HER MONEY TO PAY FOR HER TRIP BACK TO THE STATES. SHE HAS TOLD ME THE FLIGHT IS RATHER EXPENSIVE AND SHE WILL PAY ME BACK AS SOON AS SHE IS BACK IN THE STATES.

Answer 1

It's a classic Nigerian 419 Scam. Don't give money, there is no woman, just a bunch of mobsters using somebody else's photo and a made-up name. Please see these sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_scam

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Romance scams have become the natural successor of advance fee fraud activities, because many people in the West are much more aware of the typical 419 type scam; the returns are a lot better with romance scams which are relatively unknown and appeal to love and romance rather than greed. The romance scammers can make more money by skimming smaller amounts from thousands of victims rather than one large sum from very few victims. So, instead of milking $30,000 from one victim in a 'normal' 419 scam, romance scammers find it much easier to make $1,500 from 20 victims. The US State Department reported in 2004 that Nigerian email scam constituted the biggest consumer fraud threat on the internet

Answer 2

Scam!!!! Ask her to send you her a picture holding a sign with your name on it. She will probably disappear. Have had two close friends encounter the same story.

Answer 3

Big scam. Have heard of this one before.

Answer 4

Don't do it. You are being scammed. I have heard of this before.