Advice on the offer I've received being a scam of some kind...

Hello to all of the wonderful members of the Egypt expat forum! 😁. I would have never considered asking this question on a site such as this, however, a Google search on my question brought me here and the responses to that question have given me hope I'll get real answers/opinions.
I am a 38 year old former United States Marine. I have no children, have been married once and had a few long-term relationships but none based on truth on the masculine side of the partnership. Now, I am hardly perfect, but I am fiercely loyal and want nothing more than to take care of a man who is also loyal and wants to treat me like a woman and not a trophy or toy. I am kind and affectionate and do my best to keep compassion and faith in humanity alive.
My question/situation... I met a 30 year old man that lives in Sharm in an online community game. Within a week of us speaking he has confessed his undying love and wishes for me to go to him. He wants us to marry immediately and live in Sharm where he will take care of me and erase all the years of abuse I've suffered from my mind. He has told me these things among others along the same lines that make me think maybe I will finally get my happy ever after. He says he has told his family and friends about me and has offered to pay for the flight to get us together faster when I told him it would take me a couple of months to save to pay for the ticket. I have read, and will continue to read, as much about Egyptian culture and the Islamic faith as I can to prepare for the possible move. Everything so far has only made my excitement grow (It sounds as though I should have always lived in Egypt!) That is, until I read the personal story of another expat member. I realize this isn't a free relationship advice site, I plan on using any and all of the services that pertain to my situation. This is really an amazing place and I am glad to have found it! That being said, does anyone see anything with the basic description I have given that looks suspicious? Is this normal behavior for an Egyptian man? Is this too good to be true? He's very attractive, looks to be in good health .. he initially did mention something about returning to the US but my comment of it not necessarily being such a wonderful place was met with the reply that we would live in Sharm and that he is sure I will love it. (my apologies to any that the following offends it is just my opinion, but American men for the most part, in my experience, know nothing of how to be a man and how to treat a woman) I purchased a membership to duo lingo and will begin learning Arabic tomorrow, though he does speak English well, I would prefer to make things as easy as possible on all involved in our possible union.  I'm so excited at the prospect but also so fearful that this is just a dream after all. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to read my, most likely, highly ridiculously question (s).
Have a fabulous day!
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One thing I should add for perspective. I think he created the current account he has in the game where we met just to speak to me with a his actual "face". The details he already knows about me point to him being the owner of a couple of accounts I've interacted with. However, those accounts were not "him". It sounds funny but it would make sense if you knew the game and his role in it. The first account would have been a man that I spoke with and ending up "dating" as you can only do in an online setting. We hit it off and two months after speaking everyday for hours I told him I was going to buy a ticket to spend a month with him. Very quickly his entire personality changed. Then he ignored me for 2 weeks, was very cold and short with me... We didn't speak much after. If more details are wanted please just ask, I hate to spam the forum. I apologize if I already have!! 😅

Dont give any commitments until you go meet him face to face and spend time with him. No one here can tell you if he is honest or not from what has been written above. Unless you get to know the person, everything nice can be said on internet.

It's a scam. Naturally you know being from the USA to respect yourself! What I'm trying to say please don't give any personal details to anyone. The man just sees you as a way out of Egypt. He will sweet talk you do anything. Maybe say he does not want your cash. However, 100% as soon as he gets a green card or European visa you will never ever see him again this is a certain. The man is from a low class and just wants to get out of Egypt. To be honest if it's just a holiday romance ok that's your choice but understand it's nothing more!! Be careful

How are you dear? I moved here to Egypt from California a while back. I have to admit I chuckled when I read that he expressed his love for you within a week; yes this is very typical Egyptian man behavior and when you arrive here InshaAllah it will not be your only encounter like this.

There are great men here; however, you must understand many people here will view you as a way out of Egypt. As you may or may not know salary in Egypt is very low while everything else continues to rise. Many want to leave Egypt as soon as possible and will do so by any means. So please be cautious. Do not make any commitments until you come here, visit, and maybe spend time with him and his family for a while. Get to know them and get to know him a little better as well. But please be cautious.

I do want you to be safe and cautious of course y3ny I pray for all of this to work out greatly for you my dear.

Hi dear,

My honest opinion: he is a liar. I am an Egyptian woman living abroad. Something similar happened to me and in the end I am being blackmailed.
But to give him a chance… go to Sharm but don't stay with him at the same place. Don't allow him to touch you. Don't offer money and tell him that you don't have money!!!! Or maybe mention this quite clearly before traveling.
Good luck and I really wish you that he is honest
Take care!

Hi, I sent it too wuickly. This man who blackmailed me and took money from me, all my sabings!!, and stole two of my jewelleries. Travelled to the country I live in, gave me back my jewelry and apologized and swore that he would give me back the money and he wants us to get back to be together. Can this be true??? My question goes specifically to TEFAL12, since you are an Egyptian man
Thank you!

malekakandil


Thank you for the advice and quick reply. I appreciate your time and definitely your wisdom. I didn't think about the things that will happen once I arrive showing me more that I can use to help in my decision.
You are an angel, thank you again.
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And then I send too quickly 🤣😂 I reread. That is honestly my first instinct, but I wanted to have faith and not destroy a possiblity before having a chance to explore it. I have become quite jaded after having been a victim of narcissistic abuse....

Either way, I will proceed with the highly level of caution. Thank you all for your input!
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Run just run 🏃‍♀️ I been going Egypt years only ever meet 1 faithful Egyptian man . Seriously they are expert scammers and lyers

It's not about being Egyptian or any other nationality - the question is would you cross an ocean to be with any man you've met  online and barely know?  He sounds like a player - I may be wrong, but words are cheap.  Think of all the American men who "bought" online brides from poorer countries, and how those women were abused. If he is so wonderful, why can't he find someone closer to home?  The internet is so anonymous, and people can be anybody they say they are. All dating sites advise people to meet people in public because so many people were murdered by their online love interests. So think about meeting in a country where you have no family or support system......

Absolutely - if someone wanted to go online to find a relationship or even just a friendship  - why would you connect with someone in Patagonia or Vladisvostock  if you knew you couldn't quite easily eventually meet for a coffee?

zeyadahakim wrote:

Dont give any commitments until you go meet him face to face and spend time with him. No one here can tell you if he is honest or not from what has been written above. Unless you get to know the person, everything nice can be said on internet.


I totally agree.  Even if you meet him face to face you have to know his family and ask about his reputation at work and all these things.  You also need to test him in a lot of situations before you take your decision.  Take your time and don't rush

"It's not about being Egyptian or any other nationality - the question is would you cross an ocean to be with any man you've met  online and barely know? "
Actually, I wouldn't do that

@zeyadahakim a man from Egypt who is living and working in Dubai messaged me last September on Facebook  and we began video calling days after . Everything happened so quick and we were soon taking about love and he wanted to marry with me . I went to visit him in Dubai and everything was nice . I did pay for my flight and hotel and he paid for food and activities there and I felt like we were in love . I went to visit a second time with my kids and found out he was messaging with other woman he promised me this was first and last time . A woman messaged me before third trip telling me they were making plans to meet in a hotel and I was very upset about this and I already had third trip booked . He said sorry many times and said she is bad lady and that she was lying . I went on Third trip and everything was fine . In my heart I am always worried now and thinking about what is he doing . He has started asking me for money more and more and I am sending and he is getting mad when I say no and ignoring me . We are supposed to get married in 4 weeks and I am not feeling good about anything anymore . Now we have been dating for almost a year . I feel like I invested time and money and love and I feel like he didn't love me . Is it better to just walk away ? What should I do ?

The first time that he asked you lor money you should have refused and walked away.

This nan is using your he is a scammer and a liar and is just using you. He is like many Egyptian men who use foreign women either for visa via sham
marruage or as a bank they seem to think we are all rich.

You deserve better than this. Tell him you want your money back or you will report him
to Dubwi police fir scamming or theft. They are very strict on foreign nationals who scsm women they have a problem with Nigerian criminals who scam women all the time and are deported regularly. The UAE takes no nonsense from scammers in their country which use women for money. You could also report him to his employer he's no doubt pulling this scam with other women.

Please have some self respect dump this creep recover your money and move on with your life. You deserve better. Egypt is full
Of men like him who lack respect for women and are out to use and exploit them.

@Princess don't do it please Madame

I feel sorry to all these women, if a man falls in love with a women he will go to her, so why you don't ask them to come to you?... If he has money and not seeking yours he can obtain Visa to visit you... If he is willing to pay for your ticket, he can pay for himself to come to you...Honest men will go thousand of miles to seek  love... And if he say to let you see Egypt, will how about him to see US or European country...

@Princess Sara Don't walk ... Run ...

@Princess Sara yes of course in the beginning he paid for everything, to look like a “good guy”, now you've seen his true colours and by now you're already in too deep. Yes the money issue is a red flag but I would say that an even bigger red flag is the cheating. It won't be the first time nor the last and he is taking you for a ride. Sorry to say but he is using you my dear

@Princess Sara just read about the marriage no no no under no circumstances should you marry him, you'll be trapped hun and if you marry legally he can even stop you from leaving the country. So let's say he starts beating you 6 months down the line, or you meet someone you like, well then you're screwed cause divorce is an ugly process

@Princess Sara

run , Yalla ! Feel free to message me ! I lived this first hand …….. it will NOT turn out well . I am so sad reading this because I lived it . These men say they are Muslim they pray and are good men ,

wrong ! It's haram to use a woman ! I lived this & it destroyed me !please exit now ! Message me with any help you need ! Please exit now ! I'm so sad and destroyed : illl never be the same ;( my heart is broken

Egyptian men are not liars, nor making scams. In any nationality, there are honest men and men who cheat. Egypt with all its men and women is a wonderful place to be in. People are generous, friendly and kind-hearted. They would go out of their way for others. Egyptians have tender humane compassionate empathy towards one another which tend to be scarce in the west and in other places in the world.

@Princess Sara

i am currently having a relationship with an egyptian man and he cheated on me twice and still i forgave him because i do love him, i got a chance to meet his friends and we usually go out of his friends everyweek and  they do trust me alot of course but they didnt know i do  observe all what they do and of course they do open up everything on me , they are really looking for western girls because they dont want to go back in egypt because its poor and they want to live in Europe or America therefore probably my man is also doing this to me and yes i found that he is just using me anyways i can feel it on the first week that were dating and he was so defensive on it. I left him and not only because of that he is liar and cheater too

@Leila999

same here he always telling me that .

@wateronfire

hello wateronfire

can I know the game you find your man please ?

i also have met an Egypt man :)

I met an Egyptian man when I was visiting. We went out a few times. We do continue to text and FaceTime maybe once a week.


We like each other. We are not expressing our undying love. We are talking about getting to know each other better.


I will not be giving him any money. I am going back for 4 weeks this summer because I fell in love with Egypt. I plan on moving there in 4 years. We may invest as business partners in the future. Take it slow…I wish you the best. We wish all to fall in true love. Doesn't matter nationalities. I have 0 intention of bringing an Egyptian man back to the states. I'm tired of the rat race.


I did tell him he could come and visit someday in the future. He'll need to save his money. Lol

yes, I would give him a personal invite. That would be a long time from now.

Hello Freedom Finally 2026,


Welcome to expat.com!


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It's nice that you are setting things straight in the beginning itself. It might save you from any unpleasant surprises in the future.


All the best,


Yoginee

Expat.com team

I recently experienced something similar. I met a limousine driver in Sharm. Very handsome Egyptian man. We exchanged phone numbers and spoke daily. He said he was married but could marry a second wife. I was blind with love for a while so I didn't really care that he got married. But I didn't like it at all!


He became increasingly distant. He could only speak to me at work as his wife and daughter would be with him in Sharm. As long as I spoke to him she was in an apartment with him there (Egyptian woman) I have also seen her facebook and she is indeed Egyptian.


He could never speak freely. because his wife would always check on him. We were on video calls, but he was always in the taxi at work. Never at home. He soon opened up about the fact that his wife would be jealous. And he wanted to cut off contact earlier, but changed his mind. Had nice conversations with him for another month until he went to visit his family in Tanta. He started ignoring me completely and stopped calling me.


During our last video call, he asked if I wanted to buy an iPhone for his friend in the Netherlands. He would send me money for it himself. Because in the Netherlands an iPhone would be cheaper than in Egypt. Then the alarm bells started ringing. This is their tactic. First they say to send you money, hoping that you will buy them an iphone with your own money. So I didn't. A week later he became curt and started ignoring me.


We would meet next March and rent an apartment. He promised and kept saying "inshallah". We talked for 2 months and he seemed to really enjoy meeting up. But in hindsight, he hadn't planned it at all.


After much insistence, he replied on whatsapp. He said he lost his job in sharm el sheikh and went to work in Cairo to be close to his family. So this is not true. He still works in Sharm. He chose his family and didn't want to hurt them. He asked me not to message him anymore.


This was perfectly clear to me a man playing games. I am very happy to be rid of him and have not shed a single tear.