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pcg856 Frequent Guest Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 39 Location: New York	Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:56 pm    Post subject: pls help I also met a young Russian women on the internet an last July travel to St Petersburg to meet her. Everything when fine between us an I had a wonderful time.If you are worried about begining scammed check these links http://www.russianscamcheck.org/ http://www.allrussian.com/ I did not use either for a check ,but do know someone who used http://www.allrussian.com/ an recieved he some very usefull imformaion on the person he was sending money to.He was sending his hard earned cash to a 30 year male.
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Fire_Goddess Guest	Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:30 pm    Post subject: I didnt know people actually used their real names when scamming people. I thought for sure this scamming scheme was done by a group of people and not just random russians leading normal lives. I guess I always assumed it was a russian mafia sort of scam!
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:48 pm    Post subject: Fire_Goddess wrote: I didnt know people actually used their real names when scamming people. I thought for sure this scamming scheme was done by a group of people and not just random russians leading normal lives. I guess I always assumed it was a russian mafia sort of scam! It is. It's a bunch of guys sitting, laughing their heads off as they type the letters to those naiive boyfriends. It's one of the most profitable businesses these days. Thousands are being scammed on a weekly basis. You do not hear about it, because a lot of them are ashamed to share it with anyone. (Do the math. A person loses $700-$2000 by sending it to "a girl"). And knowing the popularity and magnitude of this site, I firmly believe that some of the scammers stop by here on a regular basis to post "inspiring" messages of "pursuing your dreams". Fire_G. next time you see a guy saying on here: "My russian girlfriend and I met on the internet and we are going to get married soon" - or something to that extent, you know where it's coming from (in 99.8% of the cases).
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LeeLee Frequent Guest Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Rostov On Don	Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:44 pm    Post subject: scammers The chances of this girl even getting a visa is very slim Kenkenif---- I am English and have lived in Russia for a Number of years and have stopped a few people being scammed---- My advice ----- ove the course of your next few e-mails ---suggest that it would be easier for you to come to Russia than for her to go to England ( which it would )---- if shes a scammer she will not want this to happen--- -other tell tale signs are they fall in love after only a few mails---- study her letters as profesional scammers havnt time to write personalized letters all the time---- sometimes they never answer direct quiestions---- and try to the same letter to a few blokes -- just change the names---- but as 1 of the above posts suggests put in russian scammers in google search---- this will give you an understanding of how big a problem is Lee
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kenkenif Frequent Guest Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 18 Location: England	Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:05 am    Post subject: thanks Thanks for the advice Lee. She is definatly not a scammer. We have been tlaking for 9 months now. she already has her passport and is in the process of getting her visa documents ready. i do realise that there are lots of scammers out there but she int 1. Ken
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pcg856 Frequent Guest Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 39 Location: New York	Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:21 am    Post subject: Quote: PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:05 am Post subject: thanks Thanks for the advice Lee. She is definatly not a scammer. We have been tlaking for 9 months now. she already has her passport and is in the process of getting her visa documents ready. i do realise that there are lots of scammers out there but she int 1. Ken I have travel to St Petrsburg 2 times to visit my girlfriend an will visit again this July.I have tired to get her a visa ,the only visa that will be issued to her is a K-1 VISA(Fiance visa) .She applied last fall for a visa to visit me in New York an was turned down at interview,reason given to her.SHE HAS NO REASON TO RETURN TO RUSSIA,she is only child,single mother low paying job no bank accounts.If your girl can a visa then please tell all of us other trying to are girlfriends visa's how you did it.
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