Hi Kninjanin,
I have definitely made good friends on the Internet but none from Benin...
After my computer crashed, Didge helped me find my way to Quora and get set up there...just as you helped me find my way back here to SOLVED, and pick up the thread here. So here and Quora are the only two sites I go to now where you can make connections with real people.
I have met a few online friends in person, and it was always a good experience...although none of them ever asked for anything...
I myself would not respond to online overtures for love; people are consistently very different in person from their online persona.