Mail order brides scam, international marriage scam, Russian women scam - let's fight it!

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# Dangerous: 28%

# Details: She used visa scam, airfare scam and correspondence. Irina wrote to me on yahoo personals and I responded after seeing her pictures and reading her sincere letters. We corresponded for several months and she would even call every other week. Several times she hinted that she needed money for email, but I said it wasn't a good idea to send money. I planned a vacation to Europe and suggested we meet. She asked for money for visa, $350 and I sent western union to her aunt, who's name I have since misplaced, but it was in Chelabynsk, Russia. She continued to email thanking me for the money and I recieved a letter where she pasted the wrong name after dear_____, I wrote her back and she stated that this man is a crippled friend of hers and she even went so far as to send me a picture of a feeble man in a wheelchair. The day before I was to leave for Europe, she told me her train pass had expired and she needed $1200 to meet me in Berlin where I would be staying. I told her that I would simply change my travel plans and meet her in Chelabinsk. She said it wouldn't be possible for me to recieve a visa that quick for travel to Russia and I should just meet her in Berlin. I ended this "relationship" by telling her to find her own way there and I would fly her back home first class. She of course was unable. I still recieve bi weekly letters from her that I no longer reply to.



# Date: 2005-07-31