I did 2 pretty extensive rounds of online dating and chatting and was a very very busy boy. I used Cherry Blossoms predominantly, but also DIA and FilipinoCupid. My experience was somewhere in the middle. Unlike the OP who has so far found little scamming, and Newlife who says that 99% are scammers I found some, but most girls were sincere and legitimate. I was anal enough to keep stats. The 1st time I was online I chatted and cammed with easily 150-200 girls. I calculated that eventually about 20% asked for money in some way or another; some did it very quickly and in some cases girls I chatted with many times finally asked for money. In some cases they were obvious professional online scammers; in other cases I think they had legitimate needs. I made a policy that the moment a girl asked for cash, I was done with her and moved on to the next.hammanta wrote:I hate to say it but these "Philippines" threads are going to hell. It's one individual completely trying to discredit the other through insults, bullshit stats, or just plain ignorance. There's no discussion, no sense of providing useful information and helping people, and definitely no vibe signalling an effort to change.
To the OP, I'd answer your question but I know it will only lead to more of my time wasted trying to provide some insight and defend my opinion. My advice is to simply send some PMs to some of the guys that have lots of experience in the country and with dating women online. Dave, Pete, Steve and some other will be able to better adequately answer your questions than attempting to foster a good and beneficial discussion on the board.
Interestingly enough, the 2nd time I did a lot of online chatting/camming the number of money requests was down to about 10%. Did this mean I was lucky, the girls had changed, or I had gotten better at knowing in advance who might be a scammer and who was legit - probably a bit of all 3.
If you're looking for a stream of sex partners, logically you will tend to attract more bad girls; trading sex for cash goes as far back as man himself. If you're looking for one girl - well you can still get fooled, but you have a better chance of finding the one. To the OP - keep doing what you're doing. Chat with lots of girls until you narrow down to the type of girl you are most interested in. Have fun (even the scammers can be fun) and good luck.
As to the question of why they go online - probably for the same reasons the rest of us do. Yes, a certain percentage of Filipinas are open to relationships with "foreigners." Pete estimates about 25-30%, which is as good a guess as any. Those girls would certainly go online. Others express frustration with Pinoys who (rightly or wrongly) get categorized as drunks, gamblers, womanizers, abusive, etc. And many girls in my experience are hot to get married and believe by their early 20s that time is running out. And in the Philippines (where a 30 year old is an Old Maid) they may be right. And of course, some go online to find cash and prizes.