Go straight to videochat.
I used to set up videochat after several email exchanges. But now I've learned to make it step #1.
I met one guy who was completely genuine. He had no problem with video chat, liked the idea of seeing if I was for real too.
Two other guys;
One never showed up to the chat and I never heard from him again
The other pretended to have no access to any device capable of videochat (you can do it for free at the library if you really have a 27 year old phone with no camera like you say).
Dont waste your time on the scammers and players. Filter them out from the start.
