My Dear & Respected Friend Kathy....!
Thank you for your invitation and alert.
There are so many Scams like this.....U.K. Lottery Scam, Money Transfer Scam (from Nigeria), and the latest one is...marriage scam.
Very recently, one of my friends, here in Dubai, received a message from Nigeria, from a lady, stating that, she is very rich and wish to marry an Arab Muslim. She also stated that she is already married but divorced (without any children) and she can give a lot of money to anyone, who is willing to marry her and he can migrate to Nigeria and/or she can migrate to his country. She also mentioned that in Islam, four marriages are legally permitted and she can be a second, or the third or the fourth wife of the man. All he has to do is, to send her his willingness and his bank statements (like his account number, credit card number, etc.) so that she can transfer the initial payment as the "guarantee" from herside.
Here, in Gulf Countries, many men marry women from different parts of the world, as their "Legal" Second Wife, Third Wife and/or Fourth Wife....(Ofcourse, legally it is permitted in Islam). A man can have four wives at a time and the only condition is he should treat all of them alike in every respect....physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc. (which is very difficult to any common man and even if he is rich, he can't fulfill all the requirements of all the wives at the same time).
However, Islam, permits this....and the most interesting thing is...that the first wife, accepts her husband's second marriage.
Thanking you, once again.
With lots of Love, Affection, Respect and Prayers.....!
Your Ever Loving Friend,
Mohamed Gani.