You now know that the number one golden rule is that you should never send any money to a pen pal or to someone you have met online to avoid being scammed. You are more than likely to be ghosted by a great many people that you try to start a pen-pal friendship with than come to harm from a pen pal.

How often should you write to your penpal?

Could be daily, could be more, could be weekly. I make an effort to reply within 72 hours. not anymore, by email of course, the conversation went good for a few days then fizzled out after that. It depends a lot but in my case I usually reply once a week.