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# Name:      Marina Kartashova

# E-mail:     marina1977rus@yandex.ru

# Address:  Russia , Krasnodar

# Seen at:   scammer contacted me through Yahoo personals
Once I replied to original on yahoo personals the scammer contacted me directly by E-mail.

# Dangerous: 28%

# Details: Visa,Airfair and money for misc. expenses
  
  scammer requested money three different times.
  1.Visa $160US and $30US for its registration
   Passport $80US and $45US for medical exam.
   Interview $45US.
   Total $360US. Being the considerate fool that I am
   I sent $460US Via Western Union.
  2.Airfair $99US Krasnodar to Moscow
   $927.97US Moscow to Denver
   scammer also stated that she would have to spend a
   night in Moscow. so I sent an extra $300US to cover
   Room and board and transportation.
   Total $1326.97US I sent $1330US Via Western Union.
  3.Scammer stated that after she purchased the plane tickets she found out about another formality that citizens of Russia who leave the country by tourist Visas are obliged to have money as confirmation that they have monetary resources a minimum of $500US. So I sent another $500US Via Western Union.
  
  Total scam costed me
   1.$ 460 + $43Western Union fees =$ 503
   2.$1330 + $92Western Union fees =$1422
   3.$ 500 + $43Western Union fees =$ 543
   TOTAL=$2468
  
   I corresponded with Marina Kartashova(SCAMMER) from January 6,2005 until March 28, 2005. She was to arrive in Denver on March 31, 2005 I waited for her for five hours and until every passenger on that flight was through customs because the airlines will not tell you who was on the flight. April 1,2005 I reported tha scam to Western union fraud department. They informed me that the funds were picked up in Yoshkar-ola and not Krasnodar where she claimed to live. These two cities are very far from each other. I assume that she lives in or around yoshkar-ola since she would not have the time to travel so far to pick it up. I do not know if the lady in the photos is Marina Kartashova but I do know that someone with the ID named Marina Kartashova picked up the money at a western union in Yoshkar-ola. Scammer wrote that her date of birth was 08-03-1977. height 170cm, weight 54kg, lives alone and her parents died some years ago, no brothers or sisters but has a cousin sister Elena age 28 that lives with father,(scammers uncle). The Scammer claimes to have never been married and has no children. she claimes to work at a kindergarten as a tutor and has worked there fo three years. Scammer mentions in first letter that she knows that there is alot of fraud on the internet and does not want to be deceived, and asked that if you seek entertainments and are not interested in her to let her know at once. I have since only reported the scam to Western Union and this web page, I do intend to report it to all officials including the FBI, Us embassy and the Russian Embassy
  



# Date: 2005-04-04


Letter




Hello Eddie!
I am very glad to hear from you. As I wrote to you my name is Marina.
I'm 27 years old. My birth is 08.03.1977, tall 170 cm and weight 54
kg. I live in Russia, in Krasnodar city. It situated on the river
Kuban. Krasnodar is a centre of Krasnodar region. I like this city, I
was born here. I live alone. My parents died some years ago. I have no
own sisters and brothers, but I have the cousin sister, she is 28
years, her name is Elena. She is my closest friend in whom I'm sure
and which I can entrust all. She lives with her father. Her father -
my uncle - has replaced to me the father after death of my parents,
and I'm very grateful to him for it and I love him very much. They
live in the next area of our city. I have never been married, I have
no children, but I dream of the day I 'll have a family of my own. I
have finished pedagogical university and now I work in a kindergarten
as the tutor. I like my job, I love children very much. I work here 3
years.
I want to find the man of my life. I want to be a good woman for my
man and good mother for our future children. I want a honest and kind
husband, he must provide and care for family, lead the family in love,
wisdom and strengh and I shall help him in all. I am a simple, honest
and kind girl. I do not like lies and deceit. I very much appreciate
honesty and decency in people. I am looking for heart, mind and soul
with my man. I know that now a lot of fraud on the Internet and I
would not want to become deceived. Please, if you search
entertainments and if you are not interested in me, let me know about
it at once, I ' ll understand. If you have serious intentions and If
you want to know me closer and more then let's correspond. As I
already wrote to you here in Russia I could not find the man with
which I want to create the family, herefore I have decided to try to
find my only man through the Internet. I like your structure and I
have decided to write to you and to know you better. Please, share
with me yuor intentions and values, I ' ll be very grateful to you.
Please, be candid in your questions and answers to me, I'll share any
informations with you.
I wait your letter with impatience.


Hope to hear from you soon,
Marina.


Letter




Hello dear Eddie!!!
How are you? I'm well and I'm very glad that you have answered me and
I'm excited about you too. Thank you very much for the compliment, I
am very glad that you have liked me. In this letter I send you my
another photos with my uncle and my cousin and I hope to receive from
you too your photos from your daily life.
First of all I'm sorry very much for some my spelling mistakes in my
letters. I know English not so well to write and to speak without
mistakes absolutely, but I'm writing my letters myself. I studied
English at school, then at university. I like English language,
therefore I began to study it. Unfortunately I speak much worse than I
write. Because I have no colloquial practice in English. To write more
easy for me because I have time to choose the necessary words and to
construct the sentences correctly and then I can correct if I shall
see a mistake. Sometimes I can choose at once the necessary words, but
sometimes I am at a loss in a choice of words and word-combinations
and I do mistakes. It for the lack of skills. I believe having started
to correspond with you my English will improve. As to reading in
English I have not special difficulties, for me to read in English
more easy than to write and to speak. It is especially difficult to
express the feelings and emotions. Therefore I am sorry very much
beforehand for my future mistakes. I hope you can understand my
letters.
I'll tell you about me and about my life. As I wrote to you I work as
the tutor in the kindergarten. After my work or in my free time I like
to read, I like science fiction, adventure novels, detectives. Also I
like to read and study medical magazines and books, I have read many
books on national medicine, national methods of treatment and on
different kinds of massages. It is very interesting and useful. Also I
like to knit. As to music, I like to listen to the music, I like
different music, depending on my mood. I like songs of different
executors, especially Russian, English, Italian and French. I love
these languages, but I understand only the English songs and Russian
of course, Italian and French in part. And what music do you enjoy?
Also I like to cook very much, most of all I like to bake pies,
cookies and pies with different stuffings and to treat my friends. As
to me I try to not be fond of pies to not grow fat, I apologize for
such frankness. What food or dishes do you like? I like fruits very
much, especially apples, pears and grapes, also I like berries:
strawberry, wild strawberry, bilberry, raspberry and many others, I do
not like gooseberry. My favourite season - summer because in the
summer it is a lot of berries and because I like to swimm very much.
The swimming in the pool indoors is not so good as the swimming in the
river, lake or sea. I love the nature very much. Going to nature for
rest and activities is my favorite activity. Tell me please more in
detail what do you like to do in your free time and about your
hobbies.
I very wait your letter and hope to hear from you soon.
Marina.


Letter




Hello dear Eddie!!!
I am very pleased to receive the letter from you. I hope that you have
had a wonderful day. Thank you very much for the photos, you are very
handsome man! I ' m very glad to read your new letters. To my big
regret I not always have the opportunity to visit the Internet - class
after my work because I am late at my job sometimes. My friends and my
fellow workers say that I have imperceptibly changed. And I feel
changes inside me too. I think, more precisely I sure that it occurs
because of our correspondence. Many thanks to you for your warm
letters. I am really very glad to receive news from you. I think that
both of us search in live of similar things and many our vital
principles are similar. As to me I do not want too much, I only want
to have the fair and serious relations. I want to grow fond of the man
all my soul and heart and to give him myself completely. I would want
it very much.
I with the great pleasure shall give to you some russian words, what
words you would like to learn? As for an R in the some russian words,
I have not absolutely understood that you have in view of. Write to me
these words and I shall try to explain to you, ok?
I'm sorry, but already late, I should go home.
I hope tomorrow I shall see the letter from you. I wait your letter.

Marina.


Letter




Hello my dear Eddie!!!
I'm so glad to receive your letter. How are you? I'm well, and I think
you are well too. Today was very interesting day, we with children
from the kindergarten where I work, went to the cinema and looked a
fairy tale about the cinderella, kiddies were very glad. Some children
looked this fairy tale for the first time and they has liked it very
much. After that, having returned in the kindergarten, we discussed
this film. I like to talk to children on different themes, sometimes
they speak very simple and at the same time clever ideas. Not without
reason there is such saying: " Lips of the baby speaks the true ". We
discussed a theme of riches and poverty, a theme of love and kindness,
honesty and validity. I think that kind fairy tales, where the kindly
always wins the evil, are necessary for children because the
principles and morals with which the person will live all his life are
pawned in the childhood. Now in our world it is a lot of evil and
violence and children see it including on TV, I think children should
see as much as possible kindness, validity and humanity. I try to
learn they to these qualities and I hope it will help them in their
life, hope I can.
I have the usual passport of a citizen of Russia but if you have in
view of the passport for travel abroad I have no it. I never travelled
outside of Russia and if I shall be going to travel I should make the
passport for travel abroad. Please, you should not be spent for
sendings of things for me, I very much appreciate it, but I cannot
accept such gift. Please understand me correctly.
I want to tell you about my usual day. I wake up at 6:00 am, usually I
eat for the breakfast something easy, for example a sandwich and a cup
of coffee or juice. I go for work to 8:00 am. I get to my work usually
on foot. A dinner in our kindergarten at 1:00 pm. My working day comes
to the end at 6:00 pm. Usually after work I go home, I have supper and
I do my home work or sometimes I meet with my girlfriends. But now my
usual day has a little changed, because now after my work I go to the
Internet cafe, because I need your letters.
Tomorrow after work I again shall visit the Internet cafe, I hope to
receive your letter tomorrow.

Marina.


Letter




Hello my dear Eddie!!!
I am sooooooo glad to hear from you, how are you? With every letter I
understood that I have so strongly become attached to you, I really
wanted to know you closer. You are kind, attentive and decent person.
And I am really happy to communicate with you. Every day after my work
I hurry to the internet cafe to read your letters and to know how are
you, how is the things in your life, what news, and all that is
connected with you. My heart is thrilling always when I see the
e-letter from you in my e-mail box. I'm afraid to not find out the new
letter from you. I catch myself on ideas that I constantly think of
you, Eddie, When I wake up and before sleeping, before my work, after
my work and during my work. You became a part of my life. Dear Eddie,
I know that you are a busy man and you have a lot of work to do, but I
am happy you can always find a some minutes for me. I want to make you
happy too. I want you know how you are important for me, how you are
dear for me. We far apart, but at the same time we are very close to
each other, I feel so. And this sense of affinity grows with each
letter. I feel how with each letter you become closer for me. Last
night I could not fall asleep for a long time and I thought about you,
you became for me the native person, whom I can open my heart. I
believe and trust you and I believe you don't play with my feelings.
I'm very glad that the destiny has acquainted us and I'm grateful to
destiny for it.
With impatience I wait your next letter and hope to hear from you
soon.
Your Marina.


Letter




Hello my dearest Eddie!!!
I'm so glad to receive the letter from you. How are you doing? Hope
you are succeed. To my regret yesterday I could not visit the Internet
cafe. I have received two your letters yesterday's and today's. I
already wrote to you that I not always have an opportunity to visit
the Internet cafe, therefore please do not worry if you will not
receive my letter. Each time when I come into the Internet cafe and
look the mail I'm afraid to not find out your letter. And when I see
your letter in the mail box I cannot constrain a happy smile on my
face. I think if I would not be in a public place during this moment I
would jumped and exclaimed because of pleasure. And now I see that
some ambient me people in the Internet cafe have noticed my pleasure
which I cannot hide, and they are smiling too. On the one hand I think
it is necessary to be able to constrain the emotions, but on the other
hand it is pleasant for me that people around of me are involuntarily
pleased together with me though they do not know the reason of my
pleasure and can guess only!
I should admit to you that now I cannot without you and your warm
emails my dear Eddie. Your emails are so important for me, they became
the important part of my life, they are the source of my pleasure in
my life, my dear Eddie, I am very glad to our acquaintance and I very
much would like to meet you in the person because sometimes the
feeling to put into words very difficultly and it is necessary the
direct dialogue with the help not only words, but also looks,
gestures, movements, touches and so on. I think the only way we would
know our true feelings is to see each other. I'm not sure how that
would work but if you agree with me we can think about this way. I am
at a loss to choose correct words, but I hope you understand the
sense. My sister visited me yesterday and I have told to her about
you. And after conversation with her I was even more convinced of my
feelings. My sister is very glad for me that I am happy, that I have
met the very good man, and she is glad for us that our relations are
grow. She hopes that we with you will have a good luck in our
relations and we can be together. She send to you the huge greetings,
the wishes of health and good luck. She knew, I spoke her that I am
going to get acquainted with the foreign person through the Internet,
but I did not tell to her yet that I already some weeks correspond
with you. And now when she knows she is happy too that we have liked
each other and came to mutual understanding and even more it. I am
really overflown with feelings now and likely I do many grammatic
mistakes, I ' m sorry, but I hope you understand me.
I am a Christian too. My parents were Christians too, they have
brought up me in Christian laws and customs. I ' m not a politics. I '
m not familiar personally with any Americans, I only read about
America and American people. I very well treat Americans, I respect
their principles and customs, I like their culture. I saw many
American films which are undoubtedly based on real events from real
life, having looked them there is a general impression about people. I
know that some people envy Americans, the some people do not like, but
I think that is necessary to follow an example Americans and to study
at them in many things. I hope you could understand sense of my words,
sometimes very difficultly express something in not native language.

I with impatience wait for your answer,
Your Marina.


Letter




Hello dear Eddie!!!
How are you? I'm well and I'm very glad to hear from you. Thank you
very much for the photos, I like them very much! I like to read your
letters and to know you and what is going in your life. It's a good
way to learn about you and know how you spend your time. It's very
interesting for me.
Today I want to tell you about my territory where I live. I hope it
will be interesting for you. I think that it is always interesting to
learn about other cities and other country. Krasnodar territory is
located in a northwest part of Caucasus. In the north and northeast it
borders on the Rostov area, in the east - with Stavropol territory, in
the south - with Abkhazia. Southern and western borders of territory
are washed Black and Azov seas. In the structure of Krasnodar
territory there is a Republic Adygeyskaya. The river Kuban is dividing
Krasnodar territory on two parts: northern where steppes, and southern
- a zone of foothills and mountains. Krasnodar territory is one of the
most southern corners of Russia. The fauna of Krasnodar territory is
extremely rich. The brown bears, the lynxs, the wild boars, the wolfs,
the jackals, the martens, the foxs, the wood cats, the deers and many
others live in woods. On the lakes a lot of the birds, and also the
otters and the minks. The main cities of Krasnodar territory:
Krasnodar, Sochi, Novorossisk, Armavir. About 5 millions people lives
in Krasnodar territory. Krasnodar territory was founded in 1937.
Distance from Krasnodar up to Moscow - 1539 kilometers. I have tried
to tell very in detail to you about my territory where I live and I
hope it was interesting to you. If you will not complicate tell me
please about that place where you do live, it would be very
interesting to me to find out about it.
Now I must go home. I shall wait for your next letter. Your letters
are very necessary for me. I feel by my heart that you are very good
person and I'm very glad that I have got acquainted with you. Tomorrow
I again shall visit the Internet cafe, I hope to see your letter.
Unfortunately I have no my own computer at my home, though I would
like to have it because to have a computer now is very conveniently,
but my salary does not allow me to have own computer at my home, I'm
sorry very much for such frankness, simply I want to be frank with
you. I use the Internet Cafe, which is near to my house.
With impatience I wait your next letter,
Marina.


Letter




Hello my dearest Eddie!!!
I'm so glad to receive your letters. How are you? I'm sorry but
yesterday I have been busy very much at my work and only today could
visit the Internet cafe. I so much missed you!!!!!! Yesterday on
Saturday at my work there was a general cleaning, all workers of the
kindergarten came and carefully washed all kindergarten. We have such
cleaning once a month or a 2 months, seasonally, in the winter less
often because the dust has less. We washed windows, toys, cases,
shelfs and so on. Such cleaning is necessary in a kindergarten. My
full name is Marina Kartashova (Marina is my name and Kartashova is my
surname). Unfortunately I have no own phone, I have to admit to you
that to have telephone is too expensive for me, I'm sorry very much
for such frankness, my salary is not high and I very hope that this
argument will not push away you. As I already wrote to you I live
alone and I provide myself, but unfortunately phone I can not allow
myself yet. I have no most favourite american movie, I like some of
them, such as "Titanic" and a song from it too, " Pirl Harbor ",
"Intuition", also I like very much " The Vanilla sky ", "Butterfly
effect", "Matrix". Recently I saw аmerican movie " 50 first dates ", I
have liked this movie, especially I liked the walrus and the penguin,
though they are not the main heroes, but they are very amusing! Songs
I like even more, I'm sorry, but I cannot allocate any one of them. My
favourite color is white and blue. My favourite flower is a white
lily. My favourite holiday is New Year, I like this holiday very much,
first of all because it is a family holiday, also because from new
year always wait for something new, changes in the best side, as a
rule people try to leave their problems in the last year and enter
into the new year with new forces. Though there all are reserves, but
somewhat helps. I too would like to know your favorites. Write to me
please about them. And else if you watched some of russian films what
of them you have liked most of all?

I with impatience wait for your answer,
Your Marina.


Letter




Hello my dearest Eddie!!!
I'm so glad to receive your letter. How are you? I missed you very
much! Last night I could not fall asleep, because I thought about you,
my dear Eddie, about us, about our acquaintance, about your warm
letters and about our relations. I asked the God about your health and
well-being, I thank him that we found each other and we have the
opportunity to meet. I'm a happy woman, because I found you, and I '
ll more happy when I ' ll meet you, when I ' ll be in your embraces,
my lovely Eddie. Here the children is out for summer too. As for a
American football, I think I have never seen it.
Today on the way to work I have met my former school teacher, her name
is Olga Nikolaevna, she was our curator and the teacher of Russian and
the literature. We did not see for a long time. I respect her very
much, and not only I but and all my former schoolmates because she is
the wise woman, she always gave wise advice, she taught us not only to
Russian and the literature but also to validity, honesty and kindness.
I am grateful to her for it. Certainly the main contribution to my
education was brought by my parents, but teachers have important value
too. Olga Nikolaevna has no children, unfortunately her health has not
allowed to give birth to the child, maybe therefore all her heat and
care she gave the pupils, she remembers all pupils, certainly
especially those which visit her. Now she is a pensioner, but we with
girlfriends sometimes come to her to find out how is she. Today at the
meeting with Olga Nikolaevna we had no a lot of time to talk, but I
could not be kept and I have told to her about you, Eddie, and about
our relations. She too was glad for me and has wished good luck to us.
You know, all those people dear by me which I have told about you and
about our relations, approve our relations and wish good luck to us
further. Anybody from them did not dissuade me to contact you. I think
it very good sign and I ' m sure that all will be good!
I very much wait our meeting and often I present how we shall be
together, our joint evenings, mornings, weekends and so on. I would
want to be there with you right now. I want to feel you, to smell you,
to touch you, to hear you... But it is not possible during this
moment, and it grieve me. I dream to be happy and to make you happy.
We live only once. An idea that we shall not be together frightens me.
I do not want to think of it and I banish these ideas. You are the
only man in the world with which I would like to be with together. My
dreams come nearer to a reality due to you. Thank you for it! I asked
a flower the God, he has given me a garden, I asked a tree, he has
given me a wood, I asked a river, he has given me an ocean. And he has
given me YOU! You know, though we are in the different countries and
different cultures, and probablely I'm too lost in my dreams, but I am
sure, that people which really require in the each other and want to
be together, will not be stopped by any barriers. I very much hope
that we shall overcome all barrier on our way and we shall be
together.
I wait your response and hope to hear from you soon!
Only your Marina.


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