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# Name:      Marina Karakeva

# E-mail:     marinakarakeva@inbox.com

# Address:  Russia , Pravdinsk

# Seen at:   did a search on her name in google pulled up a message board in 05 that a guy got her email but never replied and then decided to search her name on inbox and was directed to here.

# Dangerous: 13%

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# Details: first email was how she deleted her old profile but was returing an email to me. chatted with her for about 2 months on email. never answered specific questions just always seemed to start with how the weather was mention a few sad things about her friend Olga getting hurt and her mom in for surgery. Finally after two months she has asked for my help in paying for the operation because if she takes the money back from the agency that helped her get her passport and visa then she will not be able to fly here. Supposedly she is getting a large sum up front when she gets to NYC at the agencys other end here in the states. Also included in the latest email is a bit about how she cant pull money out i was given her bank name and account info to be delivered by western union and also the name of her bank rep who could pull the money out without fees. she also included a picture of her passport as well as a picture of supposed plane ticket for the 26 of dec. rnrnphotosrnhttp://my.inbox.com/photos/marinakarakeva rn



# Date: 2006-12-21

Address: AK BARS BANK
MININA I POZHARSKOGO 5
NIZHNY NOVGOROD , 603005
For: LANBINA NATALYA
bank info given for the transfer from western union

this is the lates email i got she is awaiting my answer. i thought it best to be as vague as her to see how far this scam will go. as i said it looks to be an actual russian passport and plane ticket.

Hi my friend Matt!

How are you there today? I'm fine! The weather here is great! The sun is shining
and there are no any clouds in the sky! It's 5 degrees below zero and there is a
mild wind from the south. I like such weather very much! How is the weather there?
I hope not bad!
Today I feel myself very good. Guess why? I talked to my mother's doctor and he
said that the recovering goes well. Also he said that she will be released from the
hospital real soon! It's very good news for us! I talked to my mom this morning
and I found her in a good mood.
That's were good news Matt, but I have some news that make my situation not very
good. In fact I must pay for the mother's operation 141210.00 rubles which will be
$5230.00 US dollars. I have never expected that the operation will be so expensive.
But there is nothing I could do with it. I'm holding a bill in my hand and wondering
what to do. In fact I have enough money to pay this bill but I'll have to pass off
my ticket and get my money back from my agency. I don't want to pass my ticket off
and get my money back from the agency because it will delay my trip to America for
some years. My visa will be expired and my place to work will be occupied by somebody
else! Matt, I want to ask you about help. Because you are the only one who can
help me in this situation. I have already asked my relatives and friends about help,
but all of them refused me. They said that it will take some time for them to come
up with such amount of money. Matt, I need $970.00 to pay the balance of the bill.
I have $4260.00 dollars that I saved for the trip and wanted to take it with myself to
America. I can get $950.00 dollars from my agency but it will mean to me that I'll not
fly to America by December 26. As you know I paid $2000.00 dollars to the agency. So
$1050.00 dollars were spent for the preparing of different documents like passport, visa,
certificate and etc. And the $950.00 dollars is going to be a fee for the agency and I
can get them back. But I don't want to do it. It will mean to me that all of my intentions
and hopes were for nothing. Please help me Matt. I don't think I have somebody that I
can ask for help else. As I told you before as soon as I get to NYC I'll receive $5000.00
dollars in advance, so I would be able to retrieve your money to you immediately! I know
that you might think that I want to deceive you, but it is not so Matt! There is no
reason for me to do so. In fact I made scan pictures for you to make you sure that I'm
honest with you. These are my plane ticket and my passport. You see I trust you enough
sending you my passport. Matt, I don't feel myself comfortable asking you about the
money, but this is the only way for me to rearrange the problem. Matt, you see I'm very
nervous right now and maybe I've made mistakes in my letter, but I hope you can excuse me
for this. I asked my friends how you can help me because you are so far away from me. And
I was told that you can send the money through the company which makes this service. I asked
about it in the bank and I know now that reliable and fast company exists which make remittances
all over the world and it's called Western Union. I remembered that I saw advertising this
company on TV. I've taken a directory book and found the address of it. It's not far from me.
I've gone there and I've asked them about their service. They've said that a sender must go
to the western union branch, give them information: THE NAME AND LAST NAME OF A RECEIVER, A COUNTRY WHERE HE MAKES
A TRANSFER AND THEY GIVE HIM THE TEN DIGITS CONFIRMATION NUMBER TO A SENDER. THE RECEIVER MUST
KNOW CONFIRMATION NUMBER FOR RECEIVING MONEY.
They say that the branches of it must be everywhere all over the world. I have found out about
where is the Western union here (by the way, they have a website, called www.westernunion.com).
The branch of Western union in Pravdinsk is closed for reconstruction, but we have branch of
Western union in the big city named Nizhniy Novgorod, this is about 50 kilometers from my town.
It'll not be a problem to move there. You can send the money using western union according following data:

Address: AK BARS BANK
MININA I POZHARSKOGO 5
NIZHNY NOVGOROD , 603005
For: LANBINA NATALYA

Lanbina Natalya is my bank agent. I want you to send the money to her because she is an official,
and she can withdraw the money without any fees and taxes. In a case if I'll withdraw money by
myself I'll have to pay a tax. It is 38 from the transferred amount! It is a lot of money! So
it will be better for me to hire a banker to withdraw this money. I hope you understand.
As soon as the money will be transferred we will go together to the bank. We must tell them YOUR
FULL NAME, FULL ADDRESS, EXACT AMOUNT AND CONFIRMATION NUMBER (Money Transfer Control Number)
which will be given to you Matt! Please don't forget to send this information to me, ok?
I want to let you know that I need this money ($970.00) before December 26. So if you can please
help me Matt.
Matt, I have never wanted to offend you somehow but as you can see my situation is very serious
and I will never ask you about help if I had any other ways to make this problem solve.
I'll wait for your reply anxiously.
Your Russian friend Marina.