To Tucson, Internet dating sites are rampant with scammers. You met one and the best thing to do is block them. I met a couple of them online and they said they were doctors being sent to the Middle East and could not get a hold of a cell phone being in the Middle East now so could I send them money for them to have a cell phone etc. If you have an opportunity, you should skype with your potential dates you meet online. If they say they are American but have a heavy accent or speak broken English, it is wise to think that they are lying about themselves in their profile and to block them. Also, they usually don't allow you to see them on skype video and this should ring bells for you. I don't use Internet dating sites that much anymore but when I did I came across many scammers and after getting burned once, I learned their m.o. and just block them. They are easy to spot for me now. Their pictures look too good to be true or their profiles are too perfect or meant to pull on your emotions. So, just block them left and right. There will always be scammers on Internet dating sites. Thus, it is best to sniff them out and block them.