Scammer invents names, personal information, uses professional photos from magazines or pictures of famous Ukrainian or Russian actresses.
Sometimes they use amateur photos of pretty women. Marriage agencies refuse to work with such scammers. Therefore this kind of scammers place applications on free message boards, free web directories. Once your e-mail is received they start bombarding you by romantic e-mails. Be sure your e-mailed will be answered within 1 working day. You’ll read what you want to read and you’ll hear what you want to hear. Scammers exchange messages, sometimes it can take over a year. Victim is seized and scammers begin the next stage.
Here are few stages which are often used by scammers:
1. Very often scammers are going to the man or a man should visit her soon. And then something happened. They or their relatives get ill and need an urgent operation. Here the victim gets request for money. After money is sent, the scammer disappears immediately.
2. Scammers invite victim to visit their country and are ready to make all travel arrangements. For example, to rent beautiful accommodation where you are promised to live together during your visit, to purchase railway tickets to see romantic place were she was born etc. Of course the lady needs money to make all travel arrangements: to make deposit for accommodation rental (it’s true. Apartments are usually bookable once deposit is received), besides Ukrainian railway tickets have to be purchased few weeks before travel (it’s true). After money is sent, the scammer disappears immediately.
3. Scammer informs you that she has fair English and needs translation services. You are offered to engage translator for insignificant sum to help the lady to translate your letters. After money is sent, the scammer disappears immediately.
Actually there are 1000 ways how to pull money from victim. Therefore we do not recommend to use message boards and free dating websites. Marriage agencies reduce risk to be scammed but if you deal with marriage agency it will not guarantee absence of scam. This kind of scam was very popular few years ago. Nowadays it’s used not often.
