What should I do if someone asks me to send them money to pay for a Visa / Doctor / Plane ticket / Travel Agent?
Rule Number 1: Do not ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever send money or your personal financial information to anyone, even if you have exchanged a few emails. If someone asks for money for a plane ticket to visit you – offer to travel to them instead. If someone says they have a plane ticket (expensive) to visit you, but need a bit of money for a visa (cheap) – don’t. If someone offers you a billion zillion dollars from their father / uncle / brother / grandmother, the king / queen / president of Where-Ever-You-Call-It, in return for your bank account details, there is a 99.999% chance that they are not telling the truth.
