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Typically if they are overseas, your red flags should be going up big time.

You have a scammer if:

They are a beautiful white model in Nigeria or Uganda
They grew up in the U.S., but speak broken English.
They are overseas and want you to send money.
They want you to send money on Western Union or a similar wire service. (They are untraceable. No way to trace who picks up the money.)
They are in Russia and claim to be able to travel to the U.S. It's almost impossible for a single female to get a travel visa to the U.S.
They are about to come to you and suddenly run into unexpected expenses.
You check the full header of the email to get the originating IP address and do a whois and it's coming from a different country than they've represented, or it's coming from Africa.
They want you to pay for translation services.
They want you to pay for phone costs (do an internet check on rates, the costs they are claiming will be vastly inflated.)
They will come to you and marry you sight unseen, if only you will pay a health/hotel/travel/visa/etc bill.

You got it.
The dating site I’m on right now has an area where you can tell who’s sent flirts, winks, etc. There’s a bunch on that page who range between the ages of 22-29. Come on. I’m 40. They don’t even try anymore.

I nuked six this last hour. MUAAHAHAHAAA!!!