I had a profile posted on an American dating web site and a female from my area answered me.
Her letter was a few lines long, in good English and she seemed honest and cute, so I replied.
The letter said she had a read-only trial account and would not be able to receive messages,
so she included a yahoo email address. She asked me to write to this yahoo email address.
I did this and a few days later her trial account was gone, she explained that she deleted
it because she found me. (that is what she answered, when I asked her about it)
This girl claimed to live in Kazan, Tartastan, 26 years old and called herself Barbi.
There was something suspicious about her letters, in particular I always had the
impression that she did not really read mine every time. Sometimes she wrote
personal, matching replies, then sometimes not. her photos of which she sent
about 25 so far, had number like 5.jpg, 6.jpg, 35.jpg etc.
Yesterday I did a query for some phrases of some of her emails and found them
posted on 2 other web sites. Apparently she wrote identical letters to other guys
using different names and different pictures. She or he asked those guys for money,
supposedly for tickets or visa paperwork. I guess I am lucky that she never asked
me for any money. However, I felt fooled when I saw "my" emails had also been
sent in parts to other guys.
For that reason I will post her here letters. I know that parts of these letters
have been posted on 2 other sites, but not all.
I include the full headers in the first email. The sender comes from a russian
dial-up but in another email I sent her a URL to one of my web sites and apparantly
"she" uses some sort of satellite DSL for the downstream, the IP number was
84.xx (to be filled in later).
Letter 1:
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(envelope-from dyshevnay@yahoo.com)
Hello Peter! Have good day? The computer in service of acquaintances
found to me Some profiles of people which coincide with my inquiry. I
Preliminary studied them and has decided to send you to the first the
message Because your profile seems to me more interesting. I hope,
that You have time to send me some messages that we could it is better
to learn about each other. I shall tell a little about myself; my age
of 26 years old and my birthday on On July, 22. I was not married and
I live in an apartment with my parents. Some years, after the ending
of training I work seller of home appliances in a supermarket. To me
To like productive leisure, periodically go in for sports for
maintenance of a body. I like to travel and be in different places,
but My work does not allow me to do it frequently. I have many
friends, We sometimes together spend time, play billiards and tennis,
we have Other entertainment. I send you the picture that you knew my
person. Me very much like different sweet things, such as a pie, cake,
sweet. But frequently I do not permit itself to have it to not be
thick. Still I love beautiful clothes and different things of light
colours. I like of light tone, such as light-blue, pink, beige. And
what your favourite colour? Please Ask things interesting you about me
and inform me some The information on you: what you love an
entertainment? What your character? What You love qualities in women?
Whether You had the wife? I shall answer on your questions and to
inform you it is more about itself in following e-mail! I shall be To
wait for your messages. My email is dyshevnay@yahoo.com I with
impatience shall wait letter from you and I shall answer you at once
as soon as you to me write. it will be pleasant for me to see your new
photos and to learn a lot of new about you. Write to me I wait. Your
friend Barbi.
Letter 2:
Dear mine , where you were gone, why any more do not write me
the letters, I wait already what is the time, and them all no.
There can be I you something has offended? Write to me please.
With impatience I wait Barbi.
Letter 3:
Hi Peter! Have good day! Peter, you ask, where I live - to To regret
it is far from you. Otherwise it was not necessary for us much e-mail,
To learn each other. I for the first time have acquaintance through
the Internet. It was very difficult to me to place my structure in a
service of acquaintances, because I am in Russia, the service of
acquaintances does not accept the members from this country. I had to
specify in a profile, that I am in USA. In this letter I shall inform
you a little information myself and if the dialogue with me will be
interesting to you, I shall tell about myself in more detail in the
following letters. I live in an average part of Russia, in city Kazan
in Tatarstan republic. But if we shall decide to meet, I hope, that it
not Will be a problem for us because I have made a little Travel to
other countries. I was in the several countries of Europe; For example
Turkey, Italy, Germany. I made these travel as The tourist. Therefore
Peter, you should not have excitement be relative That we not beside.
I such woman, that if I shall like The person for a meeting I shall
reach even on the moon. Besides in Our days is not a problem to make
such travel. I not I worry about it and I have necessary feelings to
get acquainted and it is possible To have relations with the person of
other state. It is very interesting - Other culture, thinking,
traditions. For me this new-Probably and you Peter Can learn, that
such the Russian woman. I hope that you have not lost interest to me
and will answer me soon. I wait for yours e-mail, my American friend.
Barbi
Letter 4:
HI Peter! I am pleased to receive your reciprocal message. For me it
was pleasant to receive the letter from you today. I am very glad that
you have written to me. Thank for your picture, it me to like. I shall
be To increase and to unpack it. I liked absolutely all your pictures.
That picture with the clown really amusing! What small little mouse!
You have made absolutely correctly, that have not listened to the
neighbour and have let off that little mouse. Peter You e-mail means
for me, that I too was interesting to you. You Really Peter, see a
picture of me nice? Peter, at me is present to you It is a lot of
questions and I would like to ask them in the messages, I hope you
Will allow to me answers to them - OK? You for me the nice person, And
on this for me it is important to know your opinion on some things. Me
to not irritate, that you to be more senior than me. I to search for
the mature man, which would be to wise and scientific life. I like the
men which is more senior than me and can learn me to something in this
short life. I to want to connect destiny with the man of such age as
you. I think, that you read my structure and could see there, that I
haves serious intentions to get acquainted with the good person for
relations . I shall try to tell a little about my character. I do not
know as it to start, I think, that I very romantic person. I like to
communicate with people, it is pleasant to me Good humour. I very much
appreciate such qualities in people, as fidelity and honesty. I
believe in love, and I think it very valuable thing which needs to be
protected. I very much The jealous person. I adore, when to me pay
compliments and is ready to listen to them indefinitely. For me it is
necessary, that around of me there was a cleanliness and the order, I
frequently am engaged cleaning. Also to me to like to prepare for a
meal, various tasty things. It is pleasant to me romantic relations
between the man and The woman, but probably all women dream to get
acquainted with good The person to have with him beautiful romantic
relations. But frequently such things come to an end Very quickly. I
have no intention to spend myself on such acquaintances. While I have
not met In the life of such person to which I would decide to give
myself and the life. But me it would be desirable to find such person.
I think, that for the woman the main thing to have in a life not
Career or other success, and strong family and the favourite person
beside what to care of him. Tell please, you dream to meet what woman
in the life? Excuse Peter, that I ask you to discuss such frank thing
with The person whom you know couple of days. But it is interesting to
me to know It about you. I shall wait for yours e-mail. Yours
faithfully
Barbi.
Letter 5:
Hi , I was sad that you do not write me and do not answer on my
letters. There can be I you than that has offended or you simply play
with me in games? I wait from you of the answer. Yours Barbi.
At that point I had started to ignore her because her letters were ridiculous, not reflecting what I had written.
However, things picked up then again..
get this! i googled the IP address of 'my russian Girlfriend' and this site was at the top of the list!
i then read some letters almost the same as the ones i'm getting. totally typical pattern.
her name is nelli.
het address is neeellliii@yahoo.com
and here her pic
shes busted This image was also posted here: Scam Artist Anna from Yoshkar-Ola
Keywords: actress stairs blue jeans brown coat
2006-05-05, 23:19:37
anonymous from United States
Does anyone know this girl. She wrote her name is olga from Kazan.
She is too cute to be true. Or can anyone imagine that this chick doesn't have a boyfriend ? :-))
Her email is olgawantsdate@mail.ru
Keywords:
2006-05-07, 08:25:47
theprogent@yahoo.com from Canada
You did not provide an IP address or proper info to do a complete check. However, your Olga or olgawantsdate@mail.ru was reported previously as a scammer. Her E Mail name further provides clues. Here is a following links with her scammer profile:
Remember when communicating with a Russian woman always ask her for copies of her Passport; copies of pictures of her with her parents, brothers and sisters; her address and phone number and those of friends, family and work where she could be reached. You need as much info possible to verify her identity.
If she fail to provide that info and keep giving you a run around, watch your ass, know where you are heading.
A friend of mine got a heap of love letters and dole out $3,000 USD for the alleged Russian woman to visit him. When she did not show up to the US but gave him a 'cock and bull story' he investigated further all to discover that he was writing to a man, who used his sister to talk to him and gave the real person $50.00 to collect the Western Union Money transfer. He was crazy in love until reality kicked him in his ass. His Ego burst like a ballon. So use caution.
2006-05-07, 12:42:09
anonymous from United States
Here is another picture of THE SAME (?) Olga !
This time, I include my last email with the full header.
From olgawantsdate@mail.ru Sun May 7 04:37:00 2006
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My dear Andy! Thanks for your letter very much! How are you today?
I'm fine and I hope you are fine too! I think we have to meet each
other as soon as it possible, because I can't wait for it. Today I
will go to travel company and I will find out about trips to you. My
honey, I hope we will meet soon. But I don't sure, can I pay for my
trip to you myself or not. If it will be expansive for me, could you
help me? I don't know about prices now, but I really hope that it will
not expansive. Now I finish me letter. I hope you will answer me soon.
I wait for your answer with impatience. Bye bye for now. Your Olga.
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2006-05-07, 15:32:06
anonymous from Canada
anyone in contact with Elena.. lovelyone.ru
2006-05-08, 01:39:47
anonymous from United States
well If she ask for money,Just tell her to sell some of that gold she is wearing. the current price for gold now is $682.oo oz..
those chains and rings are not fake stuff..
I wonder what guy she has paying for those designer clothes and hair do's?
That stuff is not cheep
i'm a woman,... trust me I know these things.
Mrs.C
2006-05-11, 06:28:50
anonymous from Canada
anyone regognize this one. she seemed so normal, looks normal, not the model type.
and as of yet, has not asked for money.
she has given me her name as elena voronina (which does show up with a blonde)...
written to me under lovelyone777@yandex.ru
Has anyone else been contacted by this girl? She goes by Tatyana from Yoshkar-ola. Please post your response on this site.
Keywords: blonde pink flowers dress balcony
2006-05-12, 08:29:30
anonymous from Canada
The most typical scam is 'If you send me money for airline ticket and visa I can come and see you.' It is almost impossible for these women to get a visa to the US or most other countries. The only real way is for you to apply for a fiancee visa. If you still going to buy a ticket use a credit card and have her pick it up. If she says that will not work, you are being scammed. A sincere women will not come to your country until she meets you in person. Many scammers will also say they have a friend at a travel agency who has connections. Do not believe it. If you do, then you loose!!!
2006-05-12, 18:50:39
anonymous from United States
Hey guys anyone seen this one,here is her email
Hi!. Have good day! The computer on my inquiry
in a service of
acquaintances found to me some structures of the
people, with which I
would like to get acquainted. I studied slightly them
and has decided
to send you to the first message because your
structure seems to me
more interesting. I hope, that you have time to send
me some messages.
We can get acquainted and learn each other. I shall
tell about myself;
mine 26 years old. I was not is married and I live
with my parents. I
work as the insurance agent, in medical
insurance.. To me to like
sports and active rest. I love to travel and to
be in different
places, but my work does not allow me to make it
frequently. I have
many friends, we sometimes together spend time, we
play in billiards
and we attend a training hall. Also I send you the
picture, that you
knew my person. I want to ask you also to send me a
picture you, and
inform me please some information you: What you love
an entertainment?
What your character? What qualities you love in the
women? Whether you
had the wife? I too shall inform you more myself
in the following
E-mail! I shall wait for the messages from you. Your
friend Galka.
Got a 'beaut', lovely girl but on a closer look her pictures seemed taken from a fashion catalogue. I am still following the hot trail so can't publish the picts here. Must catch her red-headed. :-)
Girl can't write but three words and four sentences. And then only' 'can ask you nothing, want to make trip for you.. give me dollars please..' What trip, fellers? And money for doing what? 'Me want buy presents for mom..' Yes she is a Wilma and I am a Fred grinding his Flintstone.
Where do we go? To heaven or to hell? Or somewhere in between?
Now I understand why she is still unmarried as a beauty, if you can't cement one word after another, it will be hard to get yourself a partner. Well, I can joke away for a while; but I am tired of being scammed again. These girls aren't golddiggers but piranha's. Keep up the good work. :-)
2006-05-13, 03:07:30
diablo_dsd@yahoo.com from United States
Well heres a new one same thing as the rest of them once she asked for money i cut it off. no dumb ass here.I checked out different scam sites and shes on almost all of them.'Anna' <annushka@knobmail.net>
Keywords:
2006-05-13, 03:16:30
diablo_dsd@yahoo.com from United States
Oh and while we are at it i think this one is a scammer also she just hasn't asked for any money as now.But we will wait and see to bad she seemed kinda sweet, a little different approach but almost the same thing just worded different.This one goes by Maria or Anastasia. slantlon@yahoo.com
Keywords: redhead black jacket grapes
2006-05-14, 17:36:53
anonymous from United States
Yippee!!! Valentina loves ONLY me...and can be here THIS MONTH - IF I can send her money for her 'documents'. LOL Well, damn...just my luck! I still haven't found her anywhere on any of the scam sites...and have checked everyway I know. If I post this header, can someone help me? I've never won the megaLotto so maybe this is my winning ticket --- still haven't figured out what to tell the wife yet...but...that's another story!!!! Here's the header:
From Valentina Fri May 12 14:10:13 2006
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