Thanks for all the replies.

I guess it is the whole money part that confuses me the most because for these men and women to send thousands of dollars to these scammers they can't be all that stupid unless they rob banks and I would say it must have something to do with the loneliness factor because that is the only way to explain it.

I don't mean to put people down who have been victims of online romance scams so I apologise if there are some people on here that think I was but I am just trying to understand it.