Yeah, to us it sounds ridiculous, but scammers aren’t targeting people in their best moment. Loneliness, stress, or just wanting to believe… that’s enough sometimes.

On the other hand, we’ve got friends here we haven’t seen for years, or never met at all before, and they’re brave (or crazy) enough to meet up ad-hoc in random places around the world.
The key is focusing on real connections, not fake ones. In person or online, that’s just the medium.