russian dating site scams

I am a staunch defender of internet dating after meeting my wife speaking in transit through Russian dating services. I am now married 4 years for my Russian-speaking woman from Ukraine. I have nothing but praise for both the meeting and also on the Internet for Russian women. However, it is necessary warn that there are many scams out there and telling my stories of actual fraud that took place, I hope people use the Internet to find their future partners know what to watch and will thus avoid getting caught by the same scams.
TRUE story of Steve (name changed)
A couple of months, I received a call from a friend of a friend. Simply call this guy Steve to avoid embarrassment for him. Steve had heard that I was happily married to a Russian woman and as it currently talking to ladies on the Internet that he wanted some advice.
Steve talked seriously about two ladies on the Internet. The first was an American lady and the second a lady from Russia. "Which would you choose?" He asked. I explained that it was a personal choice and should decide for himself.
Then came the famous question: "I lean toward the Russian lady, what should be my next stage? ". I explained very well the type it should arrange travel to Russia to personally meet and meet this lady his family. In no case at all, he should send his money until he has personally encountered. All Steve thanked me happy my advice and hung up.
About a month later I received another call from Steve. Classic first statement: "I know that thou hast advised not send money but I am against your advice and sent him money for the ticket that I did not have time to go Russia myself. "
"Ok" I thought and I asked her when she comes over. Well this is the problem, "he said. I been contacted by her and she was the travel agent and has already got his ticket and was issued with a visa and now the agent informed him that if she has enough spending money upon arrival in South Africa, the customs would not allow entry in the country.
I immediately realized Scam. First the Russian and Ukrainian people need visas to just about any destination in the world and secondly they need a wealth of documents in support of the sponsor, asking they need or hotel reservations, so if you travel with a tourist visa. However, I do not really want to break this guy high hopes when I asked him if he could provide this number Phone girls to Russia so that my wife could give him a call and just check some details about it.
"Oh no," said "She comes from a very poor area and has no telephone." Everyone in Russia has a phone! "Well I asked: Can you send an e-mail? "Again he replied" No, it does not have a fixed address and must travel at the Internet café in the nearby town whenever it needs to use the Internet to log onto the dating site.
I slowly started to explain this Lovestruck "Guy that all these things are not true and it really would have considered the situation serious and off a few tests for himself.
Well needless to say he had some conversations with this guy to convince him that it was all a big scam and of course, The minute he started to check her, she suddenly disappeared.
If all this sounds too good to be true – it probably is not true.
Please realize that while there are many scams on the Internet, there are people ten times more authentic too. If you use your head and just double-checking everything before rushing in, you will not be caught by a scam.
John Foster is the webmaster of the dating programme http://www.cupid-date.com
Antonina ‘Tonya’ Gololobova, Ukraine Scammer

