by Dotti
Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:54 am
Welcome whyshedoesthis,
Have you ever actually met this person? I know you've probably emailed and chatted, and maybe talked on the phone, and maybe seen "her" on webcam, but none of these is really meeting the person, as they don't ensure that you are actually connected with the person you think you are talking to (including the webcam, as it can be faked).
We need to see some more information from this person, but it is very likely that this person is indeed a scammer and not the person you think you are talking to.
Asking you to open a bank account is a very common scammer tactic, so what you have written makes me extremely suspicious. You should NEVER open a bank account for anyone except yourself (and in some cases immediate family members.) When you open a bank account and give that information to someone else, you are exposing yourself to a real danger. If that account is used for fraud (scamming) or anything else illegal, you are the one who will be facing legal problems, loss of money, and possibly even jail time. Even if the person were real, you still take on liability for financial decisions and actions by someone you don't know very well, and if the relationship were to end badly, there is nothing to stop that person from walking away with the money or overdrawing the account and leaving you in a mess.
Please post (or email) some more of the correspondence from this girl and we can help you to determine for certain whether you are being scammed. Either way, though, do NOT open that bank account.