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# Name: Svetlana Volkowa
# E-mail: prettyfox772@yahoo.com
# Address: Russia , Nizhnevartovsk
# Seen at: Match.com
# Dangerous:
15%
# Scam scenarios: money for tickets
# Details: we emailed for a week and she said everything was taken care of and then at the last minute said that her visa required her to show proof of a round trip ticket and she had not anticipated this expense and new that I would cover it for her as I was not the kind of man that would leave a girl in a strange city all alone.
# Date: 2007-10-10
# Dangerous:
15%
# Scam scenarios: money for tickets
# Details: we emailed for a week and she said everything was taken care of and then at the last minute said that her visa required her to show proof of a round trip ticket and she had not anticipated this expense and new that I would cover it for her as I was not the kind of man that would leave a girl in a strange city all alone.
# Date: 2007-10-10
she was asking for $950 to be western unioned to her name Svetlana Volkowa with the address of the room she was renting: Country : Russia,
City : Moscow,
Address : Lesnaya street 28-33
post code (zip) : 811690
Hello! It was very nice to get a message from you. For truth it is the first time
I`m trying to use a dating site, its very unusual for me and very interesting!
I hope you don`t mind that I currently live in russia, but I will
fly to usa in several weeks for work. I will stay there for three
months. If you are interested I will write you more about it.
By the way, my name is Svetlana and I`m 25 years old, I hope my age is ok for you??
I`m sending you my photos, so you know whom you are writing.
I hope you will like my photos, I would like to see many different yours also!
May I hope that you will write me back? I want it very much!
Talk to you later, your new friend Svetlana
PS: I`m writing you from different e-mail adress, it is my personal one, because I
don`t want to find anybody else! So pls answer me here!
PPS: I will send you more photos in next e-mail!
> How will I not be sorry. your profile doesn't come up
reply
Hi Svetlana
It was nice hearing from you also. I don't mind that you live in russia, I find it fantastic as a matter of fact. what is it you do there? where are you flying to in the USA?
I must ask why a bueatiful young lady such as yourself would be interested in a middle aged man such as me? Not that I mind the attention of a bueatiful lady, did you view my profile on match.com ? I have a few pictures posted there.
Have you been to the US before? I haven't had the opportunity to do any foriegn travel. I work for the Highway department, I have been with them for 5 years. I have 3 children and live a quite life.
I would love to hear more about you and your life there, so write back soon
P.S. My name is Everett
Hello!!! Its Svetlana writing to you! I decided to send you more info about me.
It is my first time I try to correspondence with man in internet world.
I do hope you will be enough patient to understand my writing.
I want you to know that I have only good intentions and I don`t have big secrets.
The thing is that I will work abroad for three months or so and I would like to meet a nice man to
be my guide or just be good friend to spend time with.I think that it is hard enough to live in foreign town
without friends and also I have never been abroad. I am from so small town here in Russia,I am afraid to be lost.
I want to see real life and it is impossible to see without
person who knows all sides of the life. It doesn`t matter what age is he or what is his eyes
color, I just want to know that he is kind and open-hearted inside.
I don't want to live in Russia because I have not any chances here,it
is hardly possible to explain it by the first time but I want you to know my plans.
In Russia many young girls also want to start a new life abroad, so many of them
used a special program "Work and travel" for young people who wants to work abroad.
I also decided to do so and to use it. This program just helps to register documents and gives
suitable work in any state(town)of USA or Canada. I just need to choose.I already started to register
documents and now I need to decide in which city I want to work.
I`m 25 years old and I`m not afraid of work (I will work as a dance teacher).
You know, I`m a professional dancer, I dance in group on festivals, wedding celebrations etc.
But when I will arrive (I will travel alone) I will work as a dance teacher (instructor), I have an international certificate.
I think it is the right way for me, I am lost here, and I think that I look pretty enough to find a better place.
I never been abroad so I decided to find a friend abroad and make his city to be my destination.
I want to repeat the same way,it is my only chance to change my life. I am full of plans and different dreams.
My hair is dark blonde and I have green-grey eyes. I think I look very good, but first of all I want to be beautiful inside.
I do hope that you will be not disappointed to meet me in the real life if we will meet.
Well,I will close this letter and I do hope to get your reply.
I will leave my town in a few days or so (I can't tell you everything exactly right now) and I would like to
be sure that I have a man who waits for me there. I will work all day and I would like to find a
man to spend all free time together to get to know each other better.
if you have any interest to meet me I will be more than happy to meet you too.
My be it sounds silly but I just don't want to be alone in the evenings,and I want to be sure
in advance that somebody waits for me!
I think that my e-mail starts to be too long so I will tell you all details about me and my life
that you would like to know in next e-mails! Today I send you more photos.
You know, my mum likes to make my photos, because she thinks
that I look very good on it. Oh, I`m not very shy!!! I will talk to
you later!!!
With best regards Svetlana
reply
Hi Svetlana
your correspondence is just fine I think you write very well. I will tell you a little about myself. I have 3 children a 16 year old daughter and a 14 year old daughter and an 11 year old son. my oldest daughter is away at school. I spend most of my free time with them and would find it hard to leave them alone very often to show you around. I have talked to them about you coming here and they are very excited and would love for you to come here.
I work a lot and I make a good amount of money but not a lot. I have a 3 bedroom house and a dog. I like to go to the mountains and go fishing and see the animals, I like to go to the movies and go to museums and stuff like that, but I also like to just stay home and be with my family. I am including some pictures of my family and myself.
I live in the town of Bayfield and there are some dance studios near us and we live in the most beautiful spot in the USA ( at least that's what I think). I understand your desires and would love to help you and I believe that your presence would make our lives better. we would like to here about Russia and life there and to be a part of your learning about America.
what will be your living situation? will you need a place to stay? if so I can prepare a room for you and you will be welcome in our home.
well I will end this letter now by saying that if you still think I am the man you want to show you around, I would be happy to do that.
I look forward to hearing from you
Everett
Everett hello!!! Its me! I was so happy when I saw your e-mail in my mail box.
I also was very glad to see your photo! Now I know that you are
interested in me and I hope we will be able to meet soon when I will
come to your area. I think I should write you more things about me, I
hope it will be interesting for you to know me better!
First of all my full name in Svetlana Volkowa. I`m 25 years old, My birthday is October 16.
I'm 168 cm tall (5.6.) and 51 kg weight. I don't know exactly my bust-waist-hips measurements, I
don't have a reason to measure it because I think it's OK and my body
is proportionate )) I take care of my body, for truth its very easy
for me, because I my work - is to dance, so it helps me to keep feet!!!
As for my family - I live with my mother and my brother. My mother is
46 years old, I love her very much, she works as a hairdresser in beauty salon.
I also have a younger brother, he is 6 years old, his name is Maxim.
This year he went to first class at school. He is very clever and he
want to be a naval officer like our father. My father was a great
person, he was courageous and brave. He is an ideal man for me.
My father died 3 years ago in auto crash... My mum cried for several
months but now she is ok, she will never meet another man, because my
father was only man in her life and now her aim in life is to grow up her son.
For truth it was my mums idea to to go to work to another country.
She loves me very much and she thinks that its impossible to earn good
money in russia working as a dancer or dance instructor. She read many stories
about girls who found their happiness abroad and now she wants me to do the same.
As I wrote you I live in russia, a name of my city is Megion it is
situated in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, on the right bank of the Ob River.
My city is not very big but very nice with beautiful nature.
Its is also well-known for its oil industry.
It will be great if you will also tell me some interesting facts about your city.
And pls tell me if you have an International Airport in your city and
write me its name and code or just tell me in what city is the nearest airport!
I don`t remeber if I told you or not but I finished univercity here in
Megion, I learned enlgish there. I don`t use any translators and I can
speak on english as good as I write on it. I also attended courses of
dance and aerobic instructor, so I have a diploma that will allow me to work abroad.
I write you my emails from Internet cafe, I don't have my own computer.
If you want I can call you when I will be in Moscow, it would be nice to
talk to you. We don't have international calls here. I suppose in few days
I will fly to Moscow and start my trip! Today I will tell my mother about you,
I'm sure she will be happy that someone is waiting for me over there!
There is no any messenger in this Cafe so we can only keep emailing
each other. I hope you are not getting bored to read my emails?
My address here is Russia, Megion, Ladyjskaya street 37, flat 12.
So now you have a representation of who I am....
I just can tell you that I enjoy life and I try to live to the
fullest, I like to try new things. I'm not that smart.. I was not that
good in mathematics, physics, biology and so on! I don't like to be
smart! But I'm very tender, caring, artistic, faithful, decent person.
Sometimes I can be not well organized, I think everybody had it's own
minuses and pluses.
I don't look any special qualities in a man. I just hope he will be
faithful to me and ready to create a happy family with me and I will
do everything to make him happy. I'm looking for a soulmate!
Today I send you more photos. First photo is me and my mum are
get ready to make my photos. Next photos were taken by my mum.
One of photo is my and my brother Maksim. And last photo is me in my
fathers form hat. Ok, I will look for more photos to send you!
bye!
Svetlana
reply
Hi Svetlana
A man would have to be out of his mind not to be interested, and I too hope we meet.
I will tell you some things about me. My name is Everett Cranmer and I am 37 years old and my birthday is September 5th. I am 5'10"tall and weight 175 lbs. I like to exercise but hate to do it by myself so I don't do it often enough. when I do I like to go on bike rides or go hiking in the mountains. My father and mother live about 400 miles from me and I am the youngest of 8 kids. I grew up in a small farming town and I prefer smaller town. the town I live in is Bayfield and it only has a population of 1200 people but the area is larger than that. Durango is 18 miles away and has 18,000 people, Cortez is 40 miles away and has about 10,000. the nearest big city is Albuquerque, New Mexico and it is about 140 mile away and has 800,000 people. this is also the nearest international airport and the code is ABQ and It is called Albuquerque International Airport. Durango has a university named Fort Lewis College that is very big and you might also be able to work there as an instructor of dance.
I get annoyed when people are late without a good reason, as I feel it show a lack of respect for the person waiting for them. I put my family above everything in my life. I too am looking for someone who is faithful and can be trusted to build a good life with me.
As for reading your emails I would never get bored with reading them and I hope you continue to email me forever. they have become the best part of my day and I wait with great anticipation for each one of them. I really like the pictures you have sent and show them to my kids as soon as I get them ( I hope you don't mind). when you get to Moscow I would like to hear from you my Phone number is 970-769-9973. tell your family that mine says Hi and I will be looking for your next letter.
bye!
Everett
Sorry I don't have enough time now I occasionally found this test
FORTY THINGS RARELY DO and decided to send it to you and put my
answers! You can do the same if you want, if not that's OK!!!!
40 Things Rarely Asked
1. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"
No
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?
Yes!
3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
1995
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
It depends
5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Yes
7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
I don't know what is OJ
8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Jolie
9. Do you stay friends with your ex's?
I try
10. Do you know how to play poker?
No
11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
No
12. What's your favorite commercial?
I'm not too much into commercials
13. What are you allergic to?
It happened once - honey facial cream
14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?
No
15. Have you ever had a Choco Taco?
I don't know what it is
16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
I can only wonder?
17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
Yes
18. How often do you remember your dreams?
Quite often
19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
Last month with my mum
20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?
Yesterday, Michele, Let it be, Back in the USSR, Girl
21. What's the one thing on your mind now?
The man I'm writing this stupid test!
22. Do you believe in love at first sight?
Yes
23. Do you put salt on a turkey dinner?
We don't eat turkey in Russia.
24. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yes
25. What cell service do you use?
I temporarily don't have a cell phone
26. Do you like sushi?
Sometimes
27. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?
Yes
28. What do you wear to bed?
Nothing
29. Been caught stealing?
No
30. Do you pee in the pool?
No
31. Do you truly hate anyone?
No
32. Bluegrass or Rap?
Bluegrass
33. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
I don't want to sleep with famous people
34. Skim, 1, 2, or whole?
Whole
35. What food do you find disgusting?
Boiled onions
36. Windows or Macintosh?
Windows
37. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
No
38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?
Maybe in my early childhood
39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?
Yes
40. Have you ever sung in front of the mirror?
Yes!
I'm sorry again for this stupid test, I thought maybe it will be
interesting for you and I will appreciate if you answer the questions!
I have to go and make some arrangements now....
Sorry again I can't write you more, I'm not a good typer in English so
I just found that test in internet and wrote my answers.
I also send you more my photos!
I will send you long e-mail tomorrow with things that you are
interesting about me!
Svetlana
reply
1. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"
No
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?
Yes!
3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
2007
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
It depends
5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Yes, most of the time
7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
Not my Job to judge
8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Niether
9. Do you stay friends with your ex's?
that would be nice but No
10. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes
11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
yes
12. What's your favorite commercial?
the one thats not on
13. What are you allergic to?
nothing
14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?
I have.
15. Have you ever had a Choco Taco?
no
16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
I don't watch baseball
17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
no
18. How often do you remember your dreams?
often
19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
recently but don't remamber the date
20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?
yes
21. What's the one thing on your mind now?
Svetlana Volkowa
22. Do you believe in love at first sight?
I believe Love is something you do
23. Do you put salt on a turkey dinner?
no
24. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yes
25. What cell service do you not use?
cricket
26. Do you like sushi?
Never had it
27. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?
Yes
28. What do you wear to bed?
Nothing
29. Been caught stealing?
No
30. Do you pee in the pool?
No
31. Do you truly hate anyone?
No
32. Bluegrass or Rap?
Bluegrass
33. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
I don't believe in meaningless sex
34. Skim, 1, 2, or whole?
Whole
35. What food do you find disgusting?
Liver
36. Windows or Macintosh?
Don't have an opinion
37. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
yes
38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?
yes
39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?
Yes
40. Have you ever sung in front of the mirror?
Yes
now I have some questions and I have included my answers
1.do you like dogs? yes
2. do you bite your fingernails when you are nervous? No
3. would you raise someone elses kids? yes all three of mine are adopted
4. What kind of wedding would you like? Simple with a few family members and close friends
5. what is your favorite color? Green
6.would you break the law to save the life of a friend? Yes
7. Would you take advantage of someones emotions for profit? no
8. do questions like this annoy you? Yes unless it is to get to know someone better
9.Have you ever broken any bones in your body? Yes my nose and a rib
10. Have you ever dyed your hair a different color? No
11. Can you name 5 songs by George Strait? ofcourse: seashores of old mexico, This is where the cowboy rides away, The chair, Love without end and ocean front property
12. Can you ballroom dance? No but I want to learn
13. do you ever burn the food you are cooking? Yes sometimes but I eat it anyway
14. How many children would you like to have? 12 and I already have 3
15. what is the worst smell you have ever smelled? Burning plastic
16. what is the scariest movie you have ever seen? the wizard of oz (the witch gave me nightmares)
17. do you pick on your brother? Yes and he is older than me
18. what time zone are you in? Mountain standard
19. what day would you like your wedding to take place? I am smart enough to let the woman decide
20. when are you going to come to america? I am already here
21. would you ever marry a man with children? I would never marry a man
22. do your legs hurt after you run a long ways? yes
23. do you have the money to travel to the place you dream of going? No I am broke with just enough to support my kids and a wife.
I really enjoyed your questions and I hope you will answer and enjoy mine. I enjoy your emails very much and hope to hear from you soon.
Your friend
Everett
Everett hello! It's good to write you again! I think I'm a lucky girl to meet such
good man as you in Internet! It was a pleasure to see your photo.
Its good to have it, but I can`t wait to see you in real!!!!
I hope I will be lucky enough to meet you in the real life soon!
Thank you for answering test questions it was really very interesting
to read it!!Yesterday I told my mum about you. She said that now she doesn`t
worry about me as before because now she knows you are a kind man
and can help me if I will need your help. You can show me your city and
tell me about the life over there!
I think I didn't write you I like cooking. I will cook Russian
cuisine for you! Pelmeni, vareniki, blini, borsch, okroshka! You will
like it! Besides Russian cuisine I like Italian and Mexican. I love
spaghetti and pizzza!!!!! mmmmmmm ! I can't live without it! I like
Mexican food because it's very spicy, although I don't cook Mexican
dishes too often. I've been told my cooking is very tasty!
I like to cook cakes. My favorite is cheese-cake with raspberry! You
know... when I talk about food I'm getting hungry ))) I eat everything
and I'm not on any diets but usually I don't eat after 7 pm. This
helps me not to be fat!
I can cook many tasty things for you when we will meet! You know.. almost
all Russian men are like bears! They are so rude, they can't be nice
and polite, they don't want to have a family. I think you are not like them.
I like to go to the cinema! I really like to watch a good movie with
my friends. 50 percents of movies in our cinemas are Russian and about 50
American. Actually my favorite actor is Johnny Depp and I like all movies with
him. I've watched Pirates of the Carribean (part 3) some time ago! I
think the third part is not as good as the first part. Have you seen it?
Could you recommend me any American movie so I can watch it?
What is your favorite movie and actor?
Soooooooooooooooo......... what else could I say?
I have a driver's licence but I don't have a car.
I don`t like only cinema! I like theatre and opera too, I like ballet.
Unfortunately there is only one small theatre in my city and there is
nothing interesting. If I want to go to ballet, for example, I should
go to Nijnevartovsk (nearest big city), there sometimes can come famous Russian actors and
dancers but I can't go there often because it's quite expensive.
For truth I want you to know small things about my life, because it
will show you who I am. I think that when we will arrive we could
spend a great time together! You know I have a birthday this month.
I don`t know exact date of my arrival but I hope we could spend my birthday together!
I have some good news for you! After sending this email I will go home, take my
packed bags and go to Nijnevartovsk! I wrote you that its a nearest big city.
There is an airport. From there I will fly to Moscow! I`m really afraid to
fly on a plane! I hope my plane will not fall down! I'm really afraid!
It is several hours from Nijnevartovsk to Moscow.
When I come to Moscow and settle down I will write you an email. I
hope tomorrow I will be able to write you. Please don't worry about me
if you don't hear from me tomorrow, that will mean I was not able to
find a place to stay and I will write you the nest day.
In Moscow I will spend a week or maybe even more, I should make all
final arrangements with my documents and after it I will come to you!
I've never been to Moscow before and I'm so nervous now... I've never
went somewhere alone and now I should go alone to such big city!
I really want to talk to you by phone, but as I don`t have a mobile
phone, I will find a public phone in moscow with international calls.
You know... I had such great desire to start my trip already.. and now
I feel myself like a newborn kitten who has even didn't open it's
eyes... I just want to hug my mommy and don't want to go anywhere...
but I know that's my dream to start a new life and I will try to turn
in to reality! Soon you will hear some news from me from
Moscow!!!!!!!!
Love and kisses!
I hope I'm the one for you!
Svetlana
Hello!!! I'm so excited to write you again!!!!!!!!!! I'm in Moscow! You can't
imagine how happy I am because I already started my trip to you!
I still cannot believe I've done it! WoW! As I wrote you I was scared
to fly on the plane but everything was OK and I'm still alive ))))
Moscow is a really big city! I've been told the population of Moscow
is about 10 million of people! From the Airport I went by bus... it
was so long way... about 1 hour and 30 minutes. I've seen so many nice
places in Moscow while going by bus!
When I got off the plane in the Moscow Airport policeman asked me about
passport and he looked at me like I am an enemy )))
I think all people here are a little crazy because of terrorism.
Everything here is very expensive, not like in my city... and
everywhere are big crowds of people! Everywhere is so many people! I feel
uncomfortable because of it but I hope I will be OK soon.
I found a place to stay, I rent a room from an old woman. She is about
70 years old. She said her husband died 2 years ago and she
doesn`t have money to live, so she give in rent rooms in her apartment.
She is very nice woman. She said I have to be very careful.
You know... she said many girls from small
cities come to big cities, they are looking for a
better future and fortune but because they are from small cities they
can`t imagine that their way to find the happiness can be not so easy as they
thought... and some of them can end up as prostitutes or something
like that. She said I should be careful when I will meet you!! But I don't
worry about you! I feel with all my heart you are really nice man!
Sorry I wrote you about my worries.. I have nobody to write about it.
My mother is worried enough about me and I don't want
to make her to worry more. I think that's really good I've met you! I
can write you about everything.
By, the way, one thing else about my trip. Agency will help me to rent a room
to stay near my future work in your area. I will share this room with a few girls yet,
it is usual procedure and it helps to pay the rent (it will be cheaper).And I have a question,
is it normal if we will like each other may be it is possible to live together?of course if you
or somebody doesn't mind. Do you have a big wide bed?(joke). Anyway, it is ok for me to
rent a room, don`t worry!!!
As you know I will stay there for three months but If I will like there I will be
able to prolong my trip. I will arrive by Work visa, so I won`t have
any problems with law while I will be working.
I think I will be able to improve my english and you can learn Russian and I think
it will help us to learn each other better,who knows.
I miss my mum and brother... but I'm getting better with every hour ))
Now I'm very hungry and I will go and eat something.
I`m sending for you some photos of moscow that I found in internet.
Please confirm the name of airport and be sure you wrote it right.
I am afraid to make any mistake... I hope everything will be fine.
please write me as soon as possible!See you soon! Great kiss from moscow!!
Svetlana
reply
Svetlana
I want you to stay with me. I will have the house ready when you arrive. the airport is Albuquerque International airport, code ABQ.
big cities can be dangerous but you will be ok. you are a smart lady.
I have had bad news today, my daughter was hit by a car and needs surgery on her leg. it will cost $50,000 and I had to take all my money out of savings to pay for it and if for some reason it costs more I don't know what I will do. but your being here will cheer her up and me too. I need to know your favorite color? you must answer this question so I can be ready when you arrive.
thank you for the Kiss!!
Everett
Hello!!! How are you? Today I had a wonderful dream, that we
finally meet, I feel myself like the happiest girl in the world!!!
In Moscow its rather cold and rainy weather, about +12`C.
You know, I feel myself so alone here, Everyone rush somewhere and I don`t
know anybody here. Today I was in a travel agency, all my documents are ready.
Now they are checking a possible flight to your airport.
They will give me all information (date and time of my arrival, terminal in Monday I think.
Today and tomorrow I will continue to see moscow, like a tourist. In Moscow there are so many different museums!
I will go to The State Tretyakov Gallery (The National Museum of Russian Fine
Art).It is not far from the Kremlin, there should be a lot of tourists from all
over the world. I read about this gallery before, its collection contains
near 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics. It should be really amazing!!!
I try to learn as much information about your
country and living there as I can. I find some information in internet
and read it. Today I was reading about your traditions and holidays.
Is that true you celebrated a Labor day September 3? We have
analogic holiday in Russia and it's celebrated every year at May 1.
All people has a holiday and nobody works. Is this the same in your country?
I like to read about your holidays and traditions, it's very
interesting. I think you know such holiday as Saint Valentine's
Day at February 14 (I hope I'm not mistaken).
When my country was called Soviet Union (USSR) nobody celebrated it
and nobody knew about this holiday. Russia was almost closed country
and the people here didn't know much about traditions all over the world.
And in 1991 happened "Perestroyka" (I don't know how it sounds in
English) and my county became Russian Federation and here appeared the
first Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev. Russia became not
closed country any more and people began to learn about everything in
the world... and maybe about 6 years ago many people here began to
celebrate Saint Valentine's Day and now it's very popular holiday
here! The same thing is with Halloween.
Sorry if my English is broken, it's hard for me to speak about historic
things in English, my English is very simple but I can talk it
fluently. It's not easy for me to read historic and philosophy books.
I hope you didn't find my email boring.
I wish we could celebrate one holiday together!
I bought few pieces of souvenirs for you, all day I was looking for
Moscow sightseeings and souvenir shops. I'm sure you will like them!
Sorry can't buy many. By the way, I took my family album with me so
when we will meet - I will show you all my family!
Ok, I send you a thousand kisses and will wait for your
message!!!! Yours Svetlana
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Hi My dearest Svetlana
I find myself confused as I keep asking for your favorite color and you do not answer and I so much want to have everything ready for your arrival, I must know what it is PLEASE!!!! I feel anxious for your arrival and wish there was some way I could speed it up but my friend in the American Embassy there says you must do it the right way and I don't have the money to speed it up.
My children were wondering if they could call you Lana as Svetlana is hard for them to say (Not for me I speak it in my sleep). My daughter goes in for surgery on monday and they will see what is to be done with her leg but they think they will be able to fix it.
It snowed a little bit here today and we had fun in it and wished you were here to enjoy it with us. I read that there are a bunch of people out there that pretended to be russian women and were asking men for money to visit them and when the men paid the women never showed up. I told everyone that you were not such a woman and that you have never asked me for money, that you were coming over on your own and that we would be together once you were here and then I would work hard to take care of you, AND I WILL.
Waiting for your kiss] P.S. this is OUR house
Everett
Everett hello,Glad to say that I am all right. You know I am in Moscow now and I think I have made
almost the half of my trip. To be fair I am tired, everything is not so easy like I thought. It is
hard enough busineess because of so many barriers on this way. I want you to know that you can't
imagine how glad I am to know that you want to meet me,it helps me to be strong.
Well,about my news.
I was in travel agency today, nearest possible flight is Saturday October 13.
Pls tell me if this date is ok for you to meet me??
I hope you will have some free time to spend with me!!
Here is the info, about my flight, that I was given in travel agency:
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Information for Svetlana Volkowa.
"RusskiyStol",Dunaeskiy Stepan.2771428 Moscow,Filenova street 22, office 57.
Please use our service .
Best regards.Manager|Dunaeskiy Stepan.
Flights: Moscow, Russian Federation - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Saturday, October 13, 2007
Flights Sheremetyevo (SVO), Moscow, Russian Federation to Albuquerque Int'l (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
LEGEND: 1st=First, Biz=Business, Eco=Economy, N/A=Class does not exist, No=All seats full, OP=Flight operated by another carrier, R=On Request TR=Traffic Restrictions apply to this flight
Flight Departing Arriving Stops / Aircraft Duration Seats available
1st Biz Eco
Delta Air Lines
DL 047 Sheremetyevo (SVO), Moscow, Russian Federation
Terminal 2 12:30
William B Hartsfield (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Terminal S 16:25
Non-stop / 767 18h00min N/A No Yes
Delta Air Lines
DL 750 William B Hartsfield (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Terminal S 19:16
Albuquerque Int'l (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 20:30
Price: USD 1250.00+ Round trip tickets.Eco.class.
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I am so glad to see that we are almost near our goal,and our meeting wait for us.
I think I will call you from airport before my flight.
You know I booked tickets on Saturday flight and I will buy them before my intervew.
People from embassy must be sure that I am not going to stay illegally, so I need to buy roundtrip
tickets (with returning date).
I wanted to ask you about electronic tickets but they tell that
I can't use because it is their businees to arrange all travel details and they have some extra
money from all the things,
you see it is just business.I think that you will be able to help me because I don't know anybody
here and only you are my hope now,
I think everything in your hands and I believe that you will not leave me here alone.please borrow some money.
I am sure I will be able to return all your money back after a few weeks,I will get salary and I
will collect the sum I own from you.
To be fair I am not sure I know what to say because I hate to ask but now I have no different way, you see.
Please help me it is only money and much more important if we will meet in person I will do my
best, you won`t be disappoined.
I see that it sounds a little crazy but I can't believe that in the worst case I have to return
home,they all will
laugh at me.I think it rests with you to decide and I feel that
you will help me because you are kind.
I have about 300 US dollars yet and I think I need about 950 US
dollars from your side with all travel needs and living here till my flight!
(I had 1150 dollars, but flight to moscow, opening visa, medical insurance and all travel needs costed about
800 dollars).
For truth I didn`t expect I will need to buy roundtrip tickets, but now I see that its a very strict rule.
If everything will be all right between us I can stay with you longer than three months,maximum I
can stay about 6 months for first time!
We should change only the date of my returning flight.and if you don't like me I will live in rent room and won't bother you
and money is money I will return it back in any case.I so much hope that you will help me.
My mother gave me all she had.
Thank you in advance. Maybe i look like the poor outsider but I do hope you understand my position
because it is always there is anybody who needs the help.
I will call you from airport and I will wait for you there as
long as you need,I mean if you need any time to arrive in airport.it is not problem for me to wait
because I know that it is the end of
my trip and I have time to improve my condition(some perfume)after long jorney.
I want you to see me in good shape!
Kiss you and do hope to kiss you in person so soon. We need to do it pretty fast,you know I ordered
all my documents in advance and
you see everything is ready so fast I need only your help because
we have no a lot of time till my intervew,
if everything will be all right I will be on this flight!
They have told me that you could make a transfer by Western Union. The manager from the bank
explained to me how system works.
All you need is my name and my surname and address to put on their list. Once you do this, I'll be
able to pickup the money
in any local Western Unuion office in Moscow.
My address here (the room i am renting)
Country : Russia,
City : Moscow,
Address : Lesnaya street 28-33
post code (zip) : 811690
Full name Svetlana Volkowa (right writting in English)
After it please write me money transfer control number and I will go to nearest office of western
union with my identification (passport).
Honey I am so happy that we will be together in a few days and I have so many different dreams
about us and our first kiss and .....some of my dreams are
so brave i will tell you later when we meet I prefer to say such things in person and I am sure we
will have a lot of fun.
I'm sure we will like each other and we can probably stay together forever! I will prolong my visa
or apply for a green card!
Sorry my mother is paying for the education of my brother, they helped
me as much as they could.
OK! Everybody has difficulties in it's life! You know maybe women in Russia (and me too!) are not
that world oriented...
I don't know how to explain... I've never made any trips abroad... I don't have such experience.
I come from a small city. I'm not a feminist girl, I'm ready to listen to my man and do everything
he tells me. Maybe I'm
too old traditioned? I don't know... I'm sure you will help me and we will meet each other and have
a great time together!
When I come to you I will listen to your advises and I will do everything you tell me! You are such
good man! Svetlana with great hope and many kisses!
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Svetlana
I am coming to you. I aready have a passport and expected that there would be complications. I have a friend in the U.S. embassy and if needed I can get help from him. I will take care of all the money when I arrive. I will check flights tonight and should be on my way in a day or two. I can't wait to see you and will email you my flight plans so you can meet me when I get there.
see you in a few days
Everett
this is still ongoing and I anticipate more letters from her and I will give more information as it arrives
City : Moscow,
Address : Lesnaya street 28-33
post code (zip) : 811690
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Hello! It was very nice to get a message from you. For truth it is the first time
I`m trying to use a dating site, its very unusual for me and very interesting!
I hope you don`t mind that I currently live in russia, but I will
fly to usa in several weeks for work. I will stay there for three
months. If you are interested I will write you more about it.
By the way, my name is Svetlana and I`m 25 years old, I hope my age is ok for you??
I`m sending you my photos, so you know whom you are writing.
I hope you will like my photos, I would like to see many different yours also!
May I hope that you will write me back? I want it very much!
Talk to you later, your new friend Svetlana
PS: I`m writing you from different e-mail adress, it is my personal one, because I
don`t want to find anybody else! So pls answer me here!
PPS: I will send you more photos in next e-mail!
> How will I not be sorry. your profile doesn't come up
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Hi Svetlana
It was nice hearing from you also. I don't mind that you live in russia, I find it fantastic as a matter of fact. what is it you do there? where are you flying to in the USA?
I must ask why a bueatiful young lady such as yourself would be interested in a middle aged man such as me? Not that I mind the attention of a bueatiful lady, did you view my profile on match.com ? I have a few pictures posted there.
Have you been to the US before? I haven't had the opportunity to do any foriegn travel. I work for the Highway department, I have been with them for 5 years. I have 3 children and live a quite life.
I would love to hear more about you and your life there, so write back soon
P.S. My name is Everett
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Hello!!! Its Svetlana writing to you! I decided to send you more info about me.
It is my first time I try to correspondence with man in internet world.
I do hope you will be enough patient to understand my writing.
I want you to know that I have only good intentions and I don`t have big secrets.
The thing is that I will work abroad for three months or so and I would like to meet a nice man to
be my guide or just be good friend to spend time with.I think that it is hard enough to live in foreign town
without friends and also I have never been abroad. I am from so small town here in Russia,I am afraid to be lost.
I want to see real life and it is impossible to see without
person who knows all sides of the life. It doesn`t matter what age is he or what is his eyes
color, I just want to know that he is kind and open-hearted inside.
I don't want to live in Russia because I have not any chances here,it
is hardly possible to explain it by the first time but I want you to know my plans.
In Russia many young girls also want to start a new life abroad, so many of them
used a special program "Work and travel" for young people who wants to work abroad.
I also decided to do so and to use it. This program just helps to register documents and gives
suitable work in any state(town)of USA or Canada. I just need to choose.I already started to register
documents and now I need to decide in which city I want to work.
I`m 25 years old and I`m not afraid of work (I will work as a dance teacher).
You know, I`m a professional dancer, I dance in group on festivals, wedding celebrations etc.
But when I will arrive (I will travel alone) I will work as a dance teacher (instructor), I have an international certificate.
I think it is the right way for me, I am lost here, and I think that I look pretty enough to find a better place.
I never been abroad so I decided to find a friend abroad and make his city to be my destination.
I want to repeat the same way,it is my only chance to change my life. I am full of plans and different dreams.
My hair is dark blonde and I have green-grey eyes. I think I look very good, but first of all I want to be beautiful inside.
I do hope that you will be not disappointed to meet me in the real life if we will meet.
Well,I will close this letter and I do hope to get your reply.
I will leave my town in a few days or so (I can't tell you everything exactly right now) and I would like to
be sure that I have a man who waits for me there. I will work all day and I would like to find a
man to spend all free time together to get to know each other better.
if you have any interest to meet me I will be more than happy to meet you too.
My be it sounds silly but I just don't want to be alone in the evenings,and I want to be sure
in advance that somebody waits for me!
I think that my e-mail starts to be too long so I will tell you all details about me and my life
that you would like to know in next e-mails! Today I send you more photos.
You know, my mum likes to make my photos, because she thinks
that I look very good on it. Oh, I`m not very shy!!! I will talk to
you later!!!
With best regards Svetlana
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Hi Svetlana
your correspondence is just fine I think you write very well. I will tell you a little about myself. I have 3 children a 16 year old daughter and a 14 year old daughter and an 11 year old son. my oldest daughter is away at school. I spend most of my free time with them and would find it hard to leave them alone very often to show you around. I have talked to them about you coming here and they are very excited and would love for you to come here.
I work a lot and I make a good amount of money but not a lot. I have a 3 bedroom house and a dog. I like to go to the mountains and go fishing and see the animals, I like to go to the movies and go to museums and stuff like that, but I also like to just stay home and be with my family. I am including some pictures of my family and myself.
I live in the town of Bayfield and there are some dance studios near us and we live in the most beautiful spot in the USA ( at least that's what I think). I understand your desires and would love to help you and I believe that your presence would make our lives better. we would like to here about Russia and life there and to be a part of your learning about America.
what will be your living situation? will you need a place to stay? if so I can prepare a room for you and you will be welcome in our home.
well I will end this letter now by saying that if you still think I am the man you want to show you around, I would be happy to do that.
I look forward to hearing from you
Everett
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Everett hello!!! Its me! I was so happy when I saw your e-mail in my mail box.
I also was very glad to see your photo! Now I know that you are
interested in me and I hope we will be able to meet soon when I will
come to your area. I think I should write you more things about me, I
hope it will be interesting for you to know me better!
First of all my full name in Svetlana Volkowa. I`m 25 years old, My birthday is October 16.
I'm 168 cm tall (5.6.) and 51 kg weight. I don't know exactly my bust-waist-hips measurements, I
don't have a reason to measure it because I think it's OK and my body
is proportionate )) I take care of my body, for truth its very easy
for me, because I my work - is to dance, so it helps me to keep feet!!!
As for my family - I live with my mother and my brother. My mother is
46 years old, I love her very much, she works as a hairdresser in beauty salon.
I also have a younger brother, he is 6 years old, his name is Maxim.
This year he went to first class at school. He is very clever and he
want to be a naval officer like our father. My father was a great
person, he was courageous and brave. He is an ideal man for me.
My father died 3 years ago in auto crash... My mum cried for several
months but now she is ok, she will never meet another man, because my
father was only man in her life and now her aim in life is to grow up her son.
For truth it was my mums idea to to go to work to another country.
She loves me very much and she thinks that its impossible to earn good
money in russia working as a dancer or dance instructor. She read many stories
about girls who found their happiness abroad and now she wants me to do the same.
As I wrote you I live in russia, a name of my city is Megion it is
situated in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, on the right bank of the Ob River.
My city is not very big but very nice with beautiful nature.
Its is also well-known for its oil industry.
It will be great if you will also tell me some interesting facts about your city.
And pls tell me if you have an International Airport in your city and
write me its name and code or just tell me in what city is the nearest airport!
I don`t remeber if I told you or not but I finished univercity here in
Megion, I learned enlgish there. I don`t use any translators and I can
speak on english as good as I write on it. I also attended courses of
dance and aerobic instructor, so I have a diploma that will allow me to work abroad.
I write you my emails from Internet cafe, I don't have my own computer.
If you want I can call you when I will be in Moscow, it would be nice to
talk to you. We don't have international calls here. I suppose in few days
I will fly to Moscow and start my trip! Today I will tell my mother about you,
I'm sure she will be happy that someone is waiting for me over there!
There is no any messenger in this Cafe so we can only keep emailing
each other. I hope you are not getting bored to read my emails?
My address here is Russia, Megion, Ladyjskaya street 37, flat 12.
So now you have a representation of who I am....
I just can tell you that I enjoy life and I try to live to the
fullest, I like to try new things. I'm not that smart.. I was not that
good in mathematics, physics, biology and so on! I don't like to be
smart! But I'm very tender, caring, artistic, faithful, decent person.
Sometimes I can be not well organized, I think everybody had it's own
minuses and pluses.
I don't look any special qualities in a man. I just hope he will be
faithful to me and ready to create a happy family with me and I will
do everything to make him happy. I'm looking for a soulmate!
Today I send you more photos. First photo is me and my mum are
get ready to make my photos. Next photos were taken by my mum.
One of photo is my and my brother Maksim. And last photo is me in my
fathers form hat. Ok, I will look for more photos to send you!
bye!
Svetlana
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Hi Svetlana
A man would have to be out of his mind not to be interested, and I too hope we meet.
I will tell you some things about me. My name is Everett Cranmer and I am 37 years old and my birthday is September 5th. I am 5'10"tall and weight 175 lbs. I like to exercise but hate to do it by myself so I don't do it often enough. when I do I like to go on bike rides or go hiking in the mountains. My father and mother live about 400 miles from me and I am the youngest of 8 kids. I grew up in a small farming town and I prefer smaller town. the town I live in is Bayfield and it only has a population of 1200 people but the area is larger than that. Durango is 18 miles away and has 18,000 people, Cortez is 40 miles away and has about 10,000. the nearest big city is Albuquerque, New Mexico and it is about 140 mile away and has 800,000 people. this is also the nearest international airport and the code is ABQ and It is called Albuquerque International Airport. Durango has a university named Fort Lewis College that is very big and you might also be able to work there as an instructor of dance.
I get annoyed when people are late without a good reason, as I feel it show a lack of respect for the person waiting for them. I put my family above everything in my life. I too am looking for someone who is faithful and can be trusted to build a good life with me.
As for reading your emails I would never get bored with reading them and I hope you continue to email me forever. they have become the best part of my day and I wait with great anticipation for each one of them. I really like the pictures you have sent and show them to my kids as soon as I get them ( I hope you don't mind). when you get to Moscow I would like to hear from you my Phone number is 970-769-9973. tell your family that mine says Hi and I will be looking for your next letter.
bye!
Everett
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Sorry I don't have enough time now I occasionally found this test
FORTY THINGS RARELY DO and decided to send it to you and put my
answers! You can do the same if you want, if not that's OK!!!!
40 Things Rarely Asked
1. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"
No
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?
Yes!
3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
1995
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
It depends
5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Yes
7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
I don't know what is OJ
8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Jolie
9. Do you stay friends with your ex's?
I try
10. Do you know how to play poker?
No
11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
No
12. What's your favorite commercial?
I'm not too much into commercials
13. What are you allergic to?
It happened once - honey facial cream
14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?
No
15. Have you ever had a Choco Taco?
I don't know what it is
16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
I can only wonder?
17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
Yes
18. How often do you remember your dreams?
Quite often
19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
Last month with my mum
20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?
Yesterday, Michele, Let it be, Back in the USSR, Girl
21. What's the one thing on your mind now?
The man I'm writing this stupid test!
22. Do you believe in love at first sight?
Yes
23. Do you put salt on a turkey dinner?
We don't eat turkey in Russia.
24. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yes
25. What cell service do you use?
I temporarily don't have a cell phone
26. Do you like sushi?
Sometimes
27. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?
Yes
28. What do you wear to bed?
Nothing
29. Been caught stealing?
No
30. Do you pee in the pool?
No
31. Do you truly hate anyone?
No
32. Bluegrass or Rap?
Bluegrass
33. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
I don't want to sleep with famous people
34. Skim, 1, 2, or whole?
Whole
35. What food do you find disgusting?
Boiled onions
36. Windows or Macintosh?
Windows
37. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
No
38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?
Maybe in my early childhood
39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?
Yes
40. Have you ever sung in front of the mirror?
Yes!
I'm sorry again for this stupid test, I thought maybe it will be
interesting for you and I will appreciate if you answer the questions!
I have to go and make some arrangements now....
Sorry again I can't write you more, I'm not a good typer in English so
I just found that test in internet and wrote my answers.
I also send you more my photos!
I will send you long e-mail tomorrow with things that you are
interesting about me!
Svetlana
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1. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"
No
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?
Yes!
3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
2007
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
It depends
5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Yes, most of the time
7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
Not my Job to judge
8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Niether
9. Do you stay friends with your ex's?
that would be nice but No
10. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes
11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
yes
12. What's your favorite commercial?
the one thats not on
13. What are you allergic to?
nothing
14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?
I have.
15. Have you ever had a Choco Taco?
no
16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
I don't watch baseball
17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
no
18. How often do you remember your dreams?
often
19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
recently but don't remamber the date
20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?
yes
21. What's the one thing on your mind now?
Svetlana Volkowa
22. Do you believe in love at first sight?
I believe Love is something you do
23. Do you put salt on a turkey dinner?
no
24. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yes
25. What cell service do you not use?
cricket
26. Do you like sushi?
Never had it
27. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?
Yes
28. What do you wear to bed?
Nothing
29. Been caught stealing?
No
30. Do you pee in the pool?
No
31. Do you truly hate anyone?
No
32. Bluegrass or Rap?
Bluegrass
33. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
I don't believe in meaningless sex
34. Skim, 1, 2, or whole?
Whole
35. What food do you find disgusting?
Liver
36. Windows or Macintosh?
Don't have an opinion
37. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
yes
38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?
yes
39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?
Yes
40. Have you ever sung in front of the mirror?
Yes
now I have some questions and I have included my answers
1.do you like dogs? yes
2. do you bite your fingernails when you are nervous? No
3. would you raise someone elses kids? yes all three of mine are adopted
4. What kind of wedding would you like? Simple with a few family members and close friends
5. what is your favorite color? Green
6.would you break the law to save the life of a friend? Yes
7. Would you take advantage of someones emotions for profit? no
8. do questions like this annoy you? Yes unless it is to get to know someone better
9.Have you ever broken any bones in your body? Yes my nose and a rib
10. Have you ever dyed your hair a different color? No
11. Can you name 5 songs by George Strait? ofcourse: seashores of old mexico, This is where the cowboy rides away, The chair, Love without end and ocean front property
12. Can you ballroom dance? No but I want to learn
13. do you ever burn the food you are cooking? Yes sometimes but I eat it anyway
14. How many children would you like to have? 12 and I already have 3
15. what is the worst smell you have ever smelled? Burning plastic
16. what is the scariest movie you have ever seen? the wizard of oz (the witch gave me nightmares)
17. do you pick on your brother? Yes and he is older than me
18. what time zone are you in? Mountain standard
19. what day would you like your wedding to take place? I am smart enough to let the woman decide
20. when are you going to come to america? I am already here
21. would you ever marry a man with children? I would never marry a man
22. do your legs hurt after you run a long ways? yes
23. do you have the money to travel to the place you dream of going? No I am broke with just enough to support my kids and a wife.
I really enjoyed your questions and I hope you will answer and enjoy mine. I enjoy your emails very much and hope to hear from you soon.
Your friend
Everett
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Everett hello! It's good to write you again! I think I'm a lucky girl to meet such
good man as you in Internet! It was a pleasure to see your photo.
Its good to have it, but I can`t wait to see you in real!!!!
I hope I will be lucky enough to meet you in the real life soon!
Thank you for answering test questions it was really very interesting
to read it!!Yesterday I told my mum about you. She said that now she doesn`t
worry about me as before because now she knows you are a kind man
and can help me if I will need your help. You can show me your city and
tell me about the life over there!
I think I didn't write you I like cooking. I will cook Russian
cuisine for you! Pelmeni, vareniki, blini, borsch, okroshka! You will
like it! Besides Russian cuisine I like Italian and Mexican. I love
spaghetti and pizzza!!!!! mmmmmmm ! I can't live without it! I like
Mexican food because it's very spicy, although I don't cook Mexican
dishes too often. I've been told my cooking is very tasty!
I like to cook cakes. My favorite is cheese-cake with raspberry! You
know... when I talk about food I'm getting hungry ))) I eat everything
and I'm not on any diets but usually I don't eat after 7 pm. This
helps me not to be fat!
I can cook many tasty things for you when we will meet! You know.. almost
all Russian men are like bears! They are so rude, they can't be nice
and polite, they don't want to have a family. I think you are not like them.
I like to go to the cinema! I really like to watch a good movie with
my friends. 50 percents of movies in our cinemas are Russian and about 50
American. Actually my favorite actor is Johnny Depp and I like all movies with
him. I've watched Pirates of the Carribean (part 3) some time ago! I
think the third part is not as good as the first part. Have you seen it?
Could you recommend me any American movie so I can watch it?
What is your favorite movie and actor?
Soooooooooooooooo......... what else could I say?
I have a driver's licence but I don't have a car.
I don`t like only cinema! I like theatre and opera too, I like ballet.
Unfortunately there is only one small theatre in my city and there is
nothing interesting. If I want to go to ballet, for example, I should
go to Nijnevartovsk (nearest big city), there sometimes can come famous Russian actors and
dancers but I can't go there often because it's quite expensive.
For truth I want you to know small things about my life, because it
will show you who I am. I think that when we will arrive we could
spend a great time together! You know I have a birthday this month.
I don`t know exact date of my arrival but I hope we could spend my birthday together!
I have some good news for you! After sending this email I will go home, take my
packed bags and go to Nijnevartovsk! I wrote you that its a nearest big city.
There is an airport. From there I will fly to Moscow! I`m really afraid to
fly on a plane! I hope my plane will not fall down! I'm really afraid!
It is several hours from Nijnevartovsk to Moscow.
When I come to Moscow and settle down I will write you an email. I
hope tomorrow I will be able to write you. Please don't worry about me
if you don't hear from me tomorrow, that will mean I was not able to
find a place to stay and I will write you the nest day.
In Moscow I will spend a week or maybe even more, I should make all
final arrangements with my documents and after it I will come to you!
I've never been to Moscow before and I'm so nervous now... I've never
went somewhere alone and now I should go alone to such big city!
I really want to talk to you by phone, but as I don`t have a mobile
phone, I will find a public phone in moscow with international calls.
You know... I had such great desire to start my trip already.. and now
I feel myself like a newborn kitten who has even didn't open it's
eyes... I just want to hug my mommy and don't want to go anywhere...
but I know that's my dream to start a new life and I will try to turn
in to reality! Soon you will hear some news from me from
Moscow!!!!!!!!
Love and kisses!
I hope I'm the one for you!
Svetlana
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Hello!!! I'm so excited to write you again!!!!!!!!!! I'm in Moscow! You can't
imagine how happy I am because I already started my trip to you!
I still cannot believe I've done it! WoW! As I wrote you I was scared
to fly on the plane but everything was OK and I'm still alive ))))
Moscow is a really big city! I've been told the population of Moscow
is about 10 million of people! From the Airport I went by bus... it
was so long way... about 1 hour and 30 minutes. I've seen so many nice
places in Moscow while going by bus!
When I got off the plane in the Moscow Airport policeman asked me about
passport and he looked at me like I am an enemy )))
I think all people here are a little crazy because of terrorism.
Everything here is very expensive, not like in my city... and
everywhere are big crowds of people! Everywhere is so many people! I feel
uncomfortable because of it but I hope I will be OK soon.
I found a place to stay, I rent a room from an old woman. She is about
70 years old. She said her husband died 2 years ago and she
doesn`t have money to live, so she give in rent rooms in her apartment.
She is very nice woman. She said I have to be very careful.
You know... she said many girls from small
cities come to big cities, they are looking for a
better future and fortune but because they are from small cities they
can`t imagine that their way to find the happiness can be not so easy as they
thought... and some of them can end up as prostitutes or something
like that. She said I should be careful when I will meet you!! But I don't
worry about you! I feel with all my heart you are really nice man!
Sorry I wrote you about my worries.. I have nobody to write about it.
My mother is worried enough about me and I don't want
to make her to worry more. I think that's really good I've met you! I
can write you about everything.
By, the way, one thing else about my trip. Agency will help me to rent a room
to stay near my future work in your area. I will share this room with a few girls yet,
it is usual procedure and it helps to pay the rent (it will be cheaper).And I have a question,
is it normal if we will like each other may be it is possible to live together?of course if you
or somebody doesn't mind. Do you have a big wide bed?(joke). Anyway, it is ok for me to
rent a room, don`t worry!!!
As you know I will stay there for three months but If I will like there I will be
able to prolong my trip. I will arrive by Work visa, so I won`t have
any problems with law while I will be working.
I think I will be able to improve my english and you can learn Russian and I think
it will help us to learn each other better,who knows.
I miss my mum and brother... but I'm getting better with every hour ))
Now I'm very hungry and I will go and eat something.
I`m sending for you some photos of moscow that I found in internet.
Please confirm the name of airport and be sure you wrote it right.
I am afraid to make any mistake... I hope everything will be fine.
please write me as soon as possible!See you soon! Great kiss from moscow!!
Svetlana
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Svetlana
I want you to stay with me. I will have the house ready when you arrive. the airport is Albuquerque International airport, code ABQ.
big cities can be dangerous but you will be ok. you are a smart lady.
I have had bad news today, my daughter was hit by a car and needs surgery on her leg. it will cost $50,000 and I had to take all my money out of savings to pay for it and if for some reason it costs more I don't know what I will do. but your being here will cheer her up and me too. I need to know your favorite color? you must answer this question so I can be ready when you arrive.
thank you for the Kiss!!
Everett
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Hello!!! How are you? Today I had a wonderful dream, that we
finally meet, I feel myself like the happiest girl in the world!!!
In Moscow its rather cold and rainy weather, about +12`C.
You know, I feel myself so alone here, Everyone rush somewhere and I don`t
know anybody here. Today I was in a travel agency, all my documents are ready.
Now they are checking a possible flight to your airport.
They will give me all information (date and time of my arrival, terminal in Monday I think.
Today and tomorrow I will continue to see moscow, like a tourist. In Moscow there are so many different museums!
I will go to The State Tretyakov Gallery (The National Museum of Russian Fine
Art).It is not far from the Kremlin, there should be a lot of tourists from all
over the world. I read about this gallery before, its collection contains
near 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics. It should be really amazing!!!
I try to learn as much information about your
country and living there as I can. I find some information in internet
and read it. Today I was reading about your traditions and holidays.
Is that true you celebrated a Labor day September 3? We have
analogic holiday in Russia and it's celebrated every year at May 1.
All people has a holiday and nobody works. Is this the same in your country?
I like to read about your holidays and traditions, it's very
interesting. I think you know such holiday as Saint Valentine's
Day at February 14 (I hope I'm not mistaken).
When my country was called Soviet Union (USSR) nobody celebrated it
and nobody knew about this holiday. Russia was almost closed country
and the people here didn't know much about traditions all over the world.
And in 1991 happened "Perestroyka" (I don't know how it sounds in
English) and my county became Russian Federation and here appeared the
first Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev. Russia became not
closed country any more and people began to learn about everything in
the world... and maybe about 6 years ago many people here began to
celebrate Saint Valentine's Day and now it's very popular holiday
here! The same thing is with Halloween.
Sorry if my English is broken, it's hard for me to speak about historic
things in English, my English is very simple but I can talk it
fluently. It's not easy for me to read historic and philosophy books.
I hope you didn't find my email boring.
I wish we could celebrate one holiday together!
I bought few pieces of souvenirs for you, all day I was looking for
Moscow sightseeings and souvenir shops. I'm sure you will like them!
Sorry can't buy many. By the way, I took my family album with me so
when we will meet - I will show you all my family!
Ok, I send you a thousand kisses and will wait for your
message!!!! Yours Svetlana
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Hi My dearest Svetlana
I find myself confused as I keep asking for your favorite color and you do not answer and I so much want to have everything ready for your arrival, I must know what it is PLEASE!!!! I feel anxious for your arrival and wish there was some way I could speed it up but my friend in the American Embassy there says you must do it the right way and I don't have the money to speed it up.
My children were wondering if they could call you Lana as Svetlana is hard for them to say (Not for me I speak it in my sleep). My daughter goes in for surgery on monday and they will see what is to be done with her leg but they think they will be able to fix it.
It snowed a little bit here today and we had fun in it and wished you were here to enjoy it with us. I read that there are a bunch of people out there that pretended to be russian women and were asking men for money to visit them and when the men paid the women never showed up. I told everyone that you were not such a woman and that you have never asked me for money, that you were coming over on your own and that we would be together once you were here and then I would work hard to take care of you, AND I WILL.
Waiting for your kiss] P.S. this is OUR house
Everett
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Everett hello,Glad to say that I am all right. You know I am in Moscow now and I think I have made
almost the half of my trip. To be fair I am tired, everything is not so easy like I thought. It is
hard enough busineess because of so many barriers on this way. I want you to know that you can't
imagine how glad I am to know that you want to meet me,it helps me to be strong.
Well,about my news.
I was in travel agency today, nearest possible flight is Saturday October 13.
Pls tell me if this date is ok for you to meet me??
I hope you will have some free time to spend with me!!
Here is the info, about my flight, that I was given in travel agency:
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Information for Svetlana Volkowa.
"RusskiyStol",Dunaeskiy Stepan.2771428 Moscow,Filenova street 22, office 57.
Please use our service .
Best regards.Manager|Dunaeskiy Stepan.
Flights: Moscow, Russian Federation - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Saturday, October 13, 2007
Flights Sheremetyevo (SVO), Moscow, Russian Federation to Albuquerque Int'l (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
LEGEND: 1st=First, Biz=Business, Eco=Economy, N/A=Class does not exist, No=All seats full, OP=Flight operated by another carrier, R=On Request TR=Traffic Restrictions apply to this flight
Flight Departing Arriving Stops / Aircraft Duration Seats available
1st Biz Eco
Delta Air Lines
DL 047 Sheremetyevo (SVO), Moscow, Russian Federation
Terminal 2 12:30
William B Hartsfield (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Terminal S 16:25
Non-stop / 767 18h00min N/A No Yes
Delta Air Lines
DL 750 William B Hartsfield (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Terminal S 19:16
Albuquerque Int'l (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 20:30
Price: USD 1250.00+ Round trip tickets.Eco.class.
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I am so glad to see that we are almost near our goal,and our meeting wait for us.
I think I will call you from airport before my flight.
You know I booked tickets on Saturday flight and I will buy them before my intervew.
People from embassy must be sure that I am not going to stay illegally, so I need to buy roundtrip
tickets (with returning date).
I wanted to ask you about electronic tickets but they tell that
I can't use because it is their businees to arrange all travel details and they have some extra
money from all the things,
you see it is just business.I think that you will be able to help me because I don't know anybody
here and only you are my hope now,
I think everything in your hands and I believe that you will not leave me here alone.please borrow some money.
I am sure I will be able to return all your money back after a few weeks,I will get salary and I
will collect the sum I own from you.
To be fair I am not sure I know what to say because I hate to ask but now I have no different way, you see.
Please help me it is only money and much more important if we will meet in person I will do my
best, you won`t be disappoined.
I see that it sounds a little crazy but I can't believe that in the worst case I have to return
home,they all will
laugh at me.I think it rests with you to decide and I feel that
you will help me because you are kind.
I have about 300 US dollars yet and I think I need about 950 US
dollars from your side with all travel needs and living here till my flight!
(I had 1150 dollars, but flight to moscow, opening visa, medical insurance and all travel needs costed about
800 dollars).
For truth I didn`t expect I will need to buy roundtrip tickets, but now I see that its a very strict rule.
If everything will be all right between us I can stay with you longer than three months,maximum I
can stay about 6 months for first time!
We should change only the date of my returning flight.and if you don't like me I will live in rent room and won't bother you
and money is money I will return it back in any case.I so much hope that you will help me.
My mother gave me all she had.
Thank you in advance. Maybe i look like the poor outsider but I do hope you understand my position
because it is always there is anybody who needs the help.
I will call you from airport and I will wait for you there as
long as you need,I mean if you need any time to arrive in airport.it is not problem for me to wait
because I know that it is the end of
my trip and I have time to improve my condition(some perfume)after long jorney.
I want you to see me in good shape!
Kiss you and do hope to kiss you in person so soon. We need to do it pretty fast,you know I ordered
all my documents in advance and
you see everything is ready so fast I need only your help because
we have no a lot of time till my intervew,
if everything will be all right I will be on this flight!
They have told me that you could make a transfer by Western Union. The manager from the bank
explained to me how system works.
All you need is my name and my surname and address to put on their list. Once you do this, I'll be
able to pickup the money
in any local Western Unuion office in Moscow.
My address here (the room i am renting)
Country : Russia,
City : Moscow,
Address : Lesnaya street 28-33
post code (zip) : 811690
Full name Svetlana Volkowa (right writting in English)
After it please write me money transfer control number and I will go to nearest office of western
union with my identification (passport).
Honey I am so happy that we will be together in a few days and I have so many different dreams
about us and our first kiss and .....some of my dreams are
so brave i will tell you later when we meet I prefer to say such things in person and I am sure we
will have a lot of fun.
I'm sure we will like each other and we can probably stay together forever! I will prolong my visa
or apply for a green card!
Sorry my mother is paying for the education of my brother, they helped
me as much as they could.
OK! Everybody has difficulties in it's life! You know maybe women in Russia (and me too!) are not
that world oriented...
I don't know how to explain... I've never made any trips abroad... I don't have such experience.
I come from a small city. I'm not a feminist girl, I'm ready to listen to my man and do everything
he tells me. Maybe I'm
too old traditioned? I don't know... I'm sure you will help me and we will meet each other and have
a great time together!
When I come to you I will listen to your advises and I will do everything you tell me! You are such
good man! Svetlana with great hope and many kisses!
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Svetlana
I am coming to you. I aready have a passport and expected that there would be complications. I have a friend in the U.S. embassy and if needed I can get help from him. I will take care of all the money when I arrive. I will check flights tonight and should be on my way in a day or two. I can't wait to see you and will email you my flight plans so you can meet me when I get there.
see you in a few days
Everett
this is still ongoing and I anticipate more letters from her and I will give more information as it arrives
