Yea, sometimes it works, sometimes not. My friend Alec met and married a Malaysian woman. There are now perfectly happy together, been married for 4 years and have a beautiful half Chinese, half Scottish two-year-old daughter.

A female friend, just coming out of a messy divorce, has recently been badly let down by a guy from Atlanta. He constantly emailed her, then constantly phoned her, they exchanged photos, etc, he came over here(UK)for two weeks, everything went well, there was talk of marriage, he went back to Atlanta and has never been heard of again. At least he didn't get any of her money.

I'd say it's possible but very risky.