Oh man, scammers are every where!!! I play Words with Friends and in the last couple of months I've been getting scammers. I put ads on craigslist and get scammers. I get lots of "civil engineers" living in London. I swear they use form letters!! I never friend anyone on facebook that I don't know or that isn't a friend of somebody I know. I get tons of requests from men that have been on facebook for all of a minute and have no friends.

Oh yes, the old Nigerian 419 scam. Facebook is full of them. PoF is nearly as bad. Usually US Armed Forces (normally Generals - you'd be surprised how many of them are in the dating pool.) Another favourite seems to be UN peacekeeping forces on top secret missions to Guam. Please don't tell anyone that they're communicating with you, since they could get into a ton of trouble. TinEye works to a point, but I've had some that didn't show up on there. And I had one genuine US Army General, according to his profile. They'd actually gone to the trouble of stealing this guy's name as well as his pictures. It made a change from the usual "Smith Bob".

I've become naturally cynical with anyone who claims to currently be overseas. Alarm bells usually ring for me well before they ask for money. A favourite is that they're currently abroad, but normally live near or are looking to move near where you are. If they claim to be local, then you can have great fun asking them about local geography, using fictional place names. Mentioning God immediately triggers my alarm bells. It's an attempt to gain your confidence. If they come across as a Christian, you're more likely to trust them. Quite the reverse, when they try it with me.

The golden rule is to never send money. And absolutely never send untraceable money. Services like Western Union and Moneygram run completely anonymously. They go in with the transaction number, walk out with the cash, and you have absolutely no comeback. Only use such services with people you know in person and trust, and then only when you're absolutely certain that you're dealing with the real individual. If they're abroad, claiming to be in dire need of money, ask them a question that only you and they would know the answer to. Don't consider sending them anything unless they answer correctly.

if it says from Ghana goodbye. why Ghana all the time I wonder?

I have been on the internet and on dating sites for 23 years and I know from experience what can happen here. I realized immediately the scammer situations on the internet and I typed a text file that I saved and would copy and paste it into chats when the time was right and if you follow that simple rule you will NEVER be scammed.
"I have one strict rule when I am on the internet. I will NEVER, under ANY circumstances, send money or gifts to ANYONE for ANY REASON."
It is my opinion that it is just an organisation that works just like a telemarketing organisation with rows of individuals contacting internet users who would be susceptible to scamming (lonely older men and women the best targets). When you are on the internet, you have absolutely no way of knowing who you are chatting with (it could be a man, woman, child, a bot, law enforcement). You are perfectly safe if you remember and use the strict rule text file above. Good luck and have some fun.