The Visa and Plane Ticket Scam: When “She’s Ready to Visit You”… But Never Will

Worried man tricked by online romance scam about visa and plane tickets, cartoon style

So, you’ve been chatting with a beautiful Ukrainian (or Russian, or Kazakh) woman. You’ve spent weeks, maybe even months, building a connection online. And now, finally — she says she wants to visit you.

She’s excited. You’re excited. But there’s a problem:

She “doesn’t have money for the visa and plane tickets.”

Welcome to one of the oldest and most effective romance scams out there.

How This Scam Works (Step by Step)

Here’s the classic structure:

  1. She wins your trust. Long conversations. Sweet words. Maybe even a few sexy photos.
  2. She brings up a visit. “I want to see you in person!” (Sounds promising, right?)
  3. Suddenly… a problem. She says she needs $250 for a visa. Or $900 for plane tickets. Or both.
  4. She asks for help. “You’re the only one I can trust…”
  5. You send the money. Because you want this to be real.
  6. She disappears — or worse, gives you more excuses. A “border agent” stopped her. Her “visa was denied.” She needs more money.

And she will never arrive.

Classic Red Flags

  • She doesn’t want a video call.
  • She insists on bank transfer, Paysend, or crypto — anything hard to trace.
  • She won’t show you a valid passport or visa, or sends low-res Photoshop garbage.
  • Her stories keep changing, and everything leads to one thing: asking for money.

Real Story From a Client

She told me she needed $860 for a visa, travel insurance, and a ‘medical clearance certificate.’ I paid it. A week later, she said she needed another $370 because customs didn’t let her through. That’s when I realized I’d been scammed.
– Robert S., 61, Texas

What These Scammers Count On

  • Your hope
  • Your loneliness
  • Your willingness to believe in love
  • Your ignorance of how travel to the U.S. actually works

Let’s be clear:
No one gets a U.S. visa in 3 days. No one buys a refundable plane ticket for $200. And real women don’t ask for travel money from strangers they’ve never met.

What You Can Do Now

Don’t send another dollar.
Contact us. We’ll verify her passport, identity, social media, and travel intentions.
✅ Get her real name. If she exists, we’ll tell you. If not — better you know now.

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What If You Already Sent Money?

Don’t beat yourself up.
You’re not the first — and sadly, you won’t be the last.

But you can still act:

  • Report the transfer (Paysend, Wise, Western Union)
  • Collect screenshots, receipts, emails — save everything
  • Let us try to trace the recipient — we’ve helped many men identify who was really behind the scam

Final Word

If she truly wants to meet you, she’ll get her documents sorted without asking for money.
And if she disappears the moment you say “no” — congratulations, you dodged a bullet.

Love is real.
So are scams.
Let us help you tell the difference.