Once you know you will never send any money or pay for any bills of a woman you have never met, NOTHING a scammer says or does will ever affect you. Period.
Beware of pen pal sites, the Africans are hot to exploit them. I have a supposed beautiful woman called Raisa telling me she has no money for the letter translation!!! This woman has never known a minute of poverty, so ridiculous. I wrote her in Norwegian which is where the scam is originating, I bet there will be no more letters.
I keep telling you guys....Just go!Take the overnight train from Kiev to anywhere. You will meet people on the train who will help you. You will meet women on the train or at your destination.