::: Antiscam Guide :::
From thousands of women from East Europe who are registered in marriage agencies with the purpose to meet the foreigner for a serious relationships or marriage, there is a small percent which, using the anonymity given by the Internet, are deceiving some men from Western Europe or USA.
This article will certainly not be pleasant for the rascals, but we hope that the following information will cause reduction in the amount of deceptive practices, which harm every day the reputation of the international marriage agencies each and every day.
It is important to note one detail: anyone can fall for a scam! Even the most brilliant businessman, who is able to catch many fraudulent acts can be tricked as the debutant if he is not informed on tactics used by these scammers: when business concerns, sentimental area and loneliness, borders and barriers are reduced for great pleasure of some dishonest people.
Rule number one is obvious and effective, to be saved from a fraud:
Do Not Send Money!!! Just like anywhere, there are honest people and there are dishonest people. The point of your correspondence is to develop a special relationship with a foreign woman, not to purchase one. We want you to be aware that you may contact women who will ask you for money for one reason or another. If you are asked for money it should immediately set off alarms and you should proceed very cautiously. If you like you can tell her nicely you wish you could help out in her situation but are unable to at this time.
Never send money before you have seen the real person!!!
Correspondense
Let's now study the mechanism of this type of a deceit: you purchase from an agency a few addresses of the ladies from Eastern Europe and send them a letter - representing yourself plus sending several photos; you get in contact with one of them and everything seems to be normal in the beginning, and then, unexpectedly, after only 3 or 4 exchanges of letters the lady declares, that she is madly in love with you. After the declaration of her love for you followed by 1 or 2 passionate letters, the lady, suddenly asks you to send her money. Usually swindlers do not show good imagination and will frequently use the same schemes.
- The standard scheme is a method of " milking the cow".
The cheater asks you about sending small amounts of money regularly to defray various charges- such as access to the Internet, English language courses to manage a better communication with you etc... Once you stop sending money, the lady is disappearing. The average monthly salary in Russia is near $50USD, so such "small sums " that you sent to her could be actually a financial godsend for "the pour Russian woman".
- The other scheme is the money for the visa.
In this type of scheme her letters are more individual and also make an illusion, that strong feelings are created between you and the lady. After approximately 10 letters the lady has the opportunity to arrive in your home country and that a large sum of money is necessary to receive the visa. She is burning with desire and she wants to meet with you as soon as possible. After you send her the money, the lady disappears.
Some-times lady write that she have girlfriend wich work in USA embassy and she help her to receive visa faster.
- The scheme of the trip: similar to the scheme of the visa. The lady tells you, that she has a girlfriend or the member of her family who works in a travel agency and has an opportunity to buy the airplane below the competitions price (sometimes there are some variations: the lady knows the civil pilot or agency which suddenly makes improbable promotions on the tickets).
- The scheme of sickness: usually it is a seriously sick person in her family (mother, father) and he or she can only be rescued, if you send a large amount of money to pay for the necessary medical care.
- The scheme of accident: identical to the scheme of illness, but this time a member of the family is a victim of some terrible accident, and he can not survive without an expensive surgery and urgent hospitalization.
Outside of these schemes there are some signs, which should alert you
1) Lady gives you the address, specifying the P.O. Box, instead of her personal address: be very cautious, the lady can disappear without leaving any traces.
2) Photos sent by the lady look really professional and the lady looks like a model: you will probably be surprised to find out she really is a model! Many swindlers will not hesitate just copy the photos published in fashion magazines!
3) The lady does not personalize the letters and is not interested in your character. The typical tactics of the scammer, which sends a maximum of standard letters to all of men who have bought her electronic address from the site, and hopes that the man will bite on her hook.
4) The lady sends one or several erotic photos of herself in each message: an effective method to some men who put physical criteria first and who did not contact this lady because she has written in the questionnaire that she likes to bake cakes or to read Dostoevsky. Do not forget, that an average Russian lady usually does not have a financial opportunity to make highly professional photo and to pay for their scanning. But swindlers do! They have many photos of the same girl and are ready to send you them over and over again.
5) Lady mentions persistently the fact, that she has a small income and big financial difficulties, but she does not ask for money directly: be very vigilant, because it is a classical tactic. Remember that the Russian ladies are very proud and modest and they will never begin such conversation themselves.
6) The lady wishes to meet you only after several exchanges of letters!! A classical method by creation a sense of promptness: remind yourself, that time is the main enemy of the cheater. It is totally opposed to the serious ladies who will decide to meet only after deep thoughts and reflections (especially when we consider a trip). The sensation of promptness created by the cheater can be compared with the fox, which is setting the fire to a henhouse. Our advice-do not hasten and very patient during your correspondence: the cheater will disappear and she will try to catch another man.
7) The lady is absolutely not interested in your work or your incomes. It can seem paradoxical firstly: you tell yourself, that she is interested only in your character and not in your standard of living, but actually, a knave just does not wish certain serious relations with you and wants only to draw a maximum amount of money in a minimum amount of time. Opposite to the serious lady who will not leave her country and her family not being sure, that the man with whom she is going to live, will manage the financial security of their future family.
What to do if you were a victim of deceit?
Unfortunately there is very little chance, that you can get your money back. You can meanwhile help other men to avoid the fraud:
a) To contact us. If you are right we will remove immediately the data of this girl from our database; it will help to avoid other swindlers.
b) To contact the Internet provider of this girl and ask him to remove her e-mail address. c) If you sent money on Western Union, send them a letter to this address:
Western Union 13022 Hollenberg Drive; Bridgeton, MO 63044; USA
Send a copy of your receipt of the payment you made (unfortunately it does not mean that you can ask them about compensation of money), this letter will help to place the address of the girl in the black list and to avoid a deceit of other people.
If one of our ladies requests money from you for any purpose please let us know by forwarding the letter of request to us at: info@alena-marriage-agency
