We have had some houseboys over the years. We helped a few get here, but never money directly. It was not uncommon for them to be desperate, homeless having been put out by parents or abused and just needed somewhere stable to figure out what they wanted to do. With social attitudes changing that is not as common today. There are also major scammers out there. Of our former houseboys quite a few are now very successful and we are still friends.
Our hiring goes: email, phone, video chat - now facetime, we even ask for references (some go from location to location). Stretch it out if you can and become friends, get to know their personality. If they are a scammer they will move on when they know money is not coming. We have done bus tickets, flight, gone to meet them personally. There are some really great houseboys out there.
There are also human trafficers out there, they always want money up front.
Money directly is always a scam.