To respond to Crisi, yes it is important to be honest with all you are corresponding with, and tell them about the others that you are writing to. I have heard about sending duplicate e-mails to various ones, and changing the names before sending them. Each one is told that they are the one and only, and that the person loves them, and that is not right. I have heard also of cases where the person got mixed up and sent a person an e-mail with someone else's name on it, and then the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. Honesty and not leading the other person to believe something that is not true is the important thing! It would be a let down in any case if someone is hoping for you, and that person didn't get selected. But it would be far worse if that person were made to believe that he/she was selected and then was told that was not the case.
Good to see you again, purex! Yes the Philippines can be a reasonable place with inexpensive living, huh? I think chatting with the cam or skype is the next best thing to being there face to face! You do the best you can with what you have available, and then you hope for the best and pay attention. Then you look to God for guidance in your life, and hopefully everything will turn out okay!
Yes, Smiley I have heard a quite a bit about the online suspicions. My brother-in-law who just died voiced suspicions about it, but that is kind of how he met and got acquainted with his filipina. I guess he met her after working with her brother, but they didn't know each other, and communicated with e-mail until they were married. It was good for both of them. You are right, Smiley, in that online communications is dangerous, but you have to figure out how to lower the risks. You could meet a young lady through relatives and acquaintances. Being recommended that way might make you feel safer, and it should. Things can be done to lower the risks, I believe.