I worked with a guy ( total brain, 180,000 dollar a year, 2 masters degrees - ZERO social skills ) who could not have gotten laid in a monkey brothel with a bunch of bananas tied around his cock... Anyway, he went to the former USSR and picked out and bought himself a wife. ( Romanian, smokin hot.. 12 years younger than him.. spoke no english but they both speak german ) He paid something along the lines of 40,000 to go over there, pick her out and get her home 10 years ago.

We figured for sure he was getting lubed up for the big take down, and told him as much. However, 10 years later, they are still togther, she now speaks english and is actually a cool person. They had a kid a few years back, and she shows no signs of leaving him. In fact, she is from all outward appearances, just a super hot soccer mom tooling around in her BMW SUV and whatever. He has changed a bunch as well.. from super geek too super geek with a smokin hot wife.

It was not an internet thing, it was cash on the barrel head. He did get to "interview" 50 plus chicks.. and thats another story alltogether.