If there’s one place where scams are refined to an art form, it’s Cuba. Many women there are highly convincing — but in several cases, they already have a boyfriend and are only with you for personal gain.
This scam usually involves convincing you to buy a house, which is a major red flag because foreigners can’t legally own property in Cuba. Don’t expect the request to come up right away — they know how to wait for the right moment.
Let me share my experience. It started subtly: the girl told me she was planning to buy a house with her own money. She talked about going to see the property. Over the next few days, she kept mentioning the house, saying I’d always be welcome to stay there. Eventually, she told me the seller wouldn’t accept installment payments — she needed the full amount up front.
The price wasn't outrageous, and on paper, it sounded like a dream: a house in Cuba with a gorgeous mulatta waiting for you. But don’t let the fantasy cloud your judgment.
I refused to pay. Later, I found out the girl had a boyfriend. Had I sent the money, I would’ve lost it — because, as a foreigner, I couldn’t put the house in my name. The only legal option is to put it under her name, which gives her full ownership.
Before this happened to me, I’d read stories of men returning to “their” house in Cuba only to find that it had been sold, or worse — the woman was living in it with her real boyfriend. And there’s nothing they could do, since legally, the house belonged to her.