Most Western guys I know married to a Filipina are very happy. Between them, there are some very beautiful women. I shan’t pretend everything in the garden is rosy though; I also know a few who regret the whole thing.

You know, with a bit of prior knowledge and common sense, you can avoid a bad experience.

My wife once left me drinking coffee in one of Manila's huge shopping Malls. If a pretty young Filipina asks "Sir, are you already married?"... make sure you say yes!

What could be easier! Fly halfway round the world, find the nearest Mall and relax with a coffee! Filipinas are very conservative - they don't respond well to winks, whistles or cheap chat-up lines. The girl you'll meet in this situation is probably not the sort of girl you would want to marry.

The majority of Filipina singles are genuine and serious about finding a partner; unfortunately a few of them turn out to be scammers.

I know many happily married Western/Filipina couples who met via the Internet, so don't get paranoid about scammers - there is no shortage of honest Filipina singles.

Filipino scams aren't complex traps like Nigerian scams. Most Filipino scammers are easy to spot - they are little more than Online beggars, working on the principle of low value, high volume scamming. Typically this involves asking a victim to send a small amount of money to buy food, pay school fees, Internet access, hiring a private room with a webcam etc etc.