I seem to get a lot of women reaching out to me who are clearly imposters or scammers of some kind. Often they say they are from my local city, but from the way they use the language, it's clear they are not native born English speakers. They almost always post really attractive photos, and almost immediately want to take our communication off-site. I've actually obliged them in some cases, and almost invariably, they end up asking me to send them money to help them through some devastating crisis, at which point I recognize it's a scam. It's become so commonplace, I'm encountering more fake women than real women. (In fact, WAY more!) I've put it in my profile that I'm going to expect anyone I correspond with to have a live skype video chat with me to prove identity. Still, I get suspicious sounding women corresponding with me who seem really keen on getting me to email them privately, when all I know about her is that she's posted a hot picture. It's as if one of their goals is to harvest active email addresses. Does anyone know the details on how these scams work? Do they get something for just procuring an active email address?
What can be done to reduce this problem? I imagine a lot of women get scammed by men too. Is there a place on these bulletin boards somewhere where these kinds of scams are explained in detail? Forwarned is forearmed. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?

To the right of every profile picture is a link
'Report This User' which you use any time you
suspect a scammer.

You could also notify a Moderator who will complete
the process.

Names are NEVER mentioned publicly.
Mingle2 looks into every case and makes a determination.
If notified, they can root them out.

All sites are subject to scammers, it is the nature
of the anonymous internet.

The forums are loaded with this subject matter :-)