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Letter 1
I am a member of americansingles.com and only a few hours after I subscribed to the site I got an e-mail from a young woman without a picture from layfette, La. She later introduced herself as Elena Speranskaja of russia(ITS THE SAME WOMAN NAMED DINA HAFIZOVA THAT IS ON YOUR SCAMMERS LIST). She was convincing, commented on how beautiful my kids were..It was my first experience with this type of predator..I learned she was a scammer on (womenrussia.com/blacklist) I found a identical letter(including the fact that her parents were killed in a bus crash when she was younger)I saved the letter (which was written either by another scammer or by herself under another name and picture)and wrote her back telling her to stop scamming people and earn a honest living and that Karma was a bitch, told her to give it up and I attached the fake letter that matched hers identically to my e-mail and I haven't heard from her since...oh yea she said she was from "Branchatskiy village in the Kemerovskaya region" which either doesn't exist or is hard to locate.. THIS IS LETTER #1 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:26:26 +0500 Hello,hello,hello, thank you for the reply!(so short one) I am so happy that you have decided to write me. I will try to explain why I want to continue our writing , please forgive my "not perfect" English. you should know that it is my first time I try to correspondence with a man in virtual space. I want to explain why I do it. I live in Russia and I am going to work abroad for three months or so and I would like to meet a nice man to be my guide and be very good and close friend to spend free evenings with.I think that it is hard enough to live in foreign town without friend and I have never been abroad. I don't know anybody in your country and I think we could have a lot of fun together because I think I need hot man, males here are too cold and usually too drunk to have fun .....you should know I live in small town here in Russia, I am afraid to be lost in some foreign city. I will work in shop or in cafe. I will know exactly later I have to test my English first and my future job depends on how good it is. It is the programm "Work and travel" is avialable for students ,firm the Star travel (www.startravel.ru) colects all the documents to confirm that I am student. I will get J -1 visa and I get "Job Offer". This gives me a choice to get job in cafes or shops in any city of USA or Canada. The agency helps to get the visa,work permission and all travel documents and they will help me to get job. I will have place to live(rent room) and enough good salary they tell that I will earn good money . I think it is so great because I can earn here in my town about 100$ a month as waitress to work from morning till evening. It is special programm for young people who wants to work abroad and I think it is the right way for me, and I think that I will be able to change my life and see many wonderful things and just see different life. I am full of plans and different dreams. You should know that I have real dark brown hair and brown eyes. I am sure that you will be not disappoined to meet me in the real life if we meet. Well, I will close this letter and I do hope to get your reply. Maybe my letter sounds a little crazy but I am not sure I know what to say in first letter .I just want to meet good, kind and sexy man . I will leave my town in a week or so to travel to moscow to complete all travel things and I will travel from moscow to my future job. I will work all day and I think we could share evenings together to get to know each other better. If you have any interest to meet me I will reply. I just don't want to be alone in the evenings and at nights, and I would like to be sure in advance that somebody waits for me! It is just a woman wish! I will tell you all details about me and my life if you have an interest to meet me and free time to spend with me, I know that usually the men are very busy and I don't want to bother you if you prefer to work a lot. So many barriers on this way. With best regards... Elena ( this is the right writing of my name in English) PS I Send a few pictures. I think you should know how I look li -ELENA'S 2ND LETTER- Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:10:03 +0500 Hello Matt!!! Thank you for your reply. I was very glad to see your reply in my inbox mail. Thank you for the wonderful pics of your kids, I liked them! They are so sweet... just like their father! That would be right if I tell you more about me and my life because we have a chance to meet in real life and thus we need to get to know each other better and you please also tell me more about yourself, ok? I am just a simple and ordinary girl with my own interests, hobbies and tastes. I guess I will start from telling you about things which also want to know from you, so you'll see my questions. As you know my name is Elena and my last name is Speranskaja. I am 26 years old and on 5 March I will be 27. I am about 168 cm tall and my weight is about 53kg. My body sizes are 96-62-91cm. I have brown hair and dark green eyes which you can see from my photos. I also attached a photo of me and my niece. I know that many women abroad have possibility to improve their bodies and faces and they look so beautiful. Unfortunately it is impossible here in Russia because even though we live in Russia, this country is still far from civilization. But I still think that natural beauty is far better. I live with my aunt, uncle and niece because I don't have parents ( they died long ago in a bus crush). Unfortunately we live in a two-room small appartment and it is not very comfortable and not convenient. Honestly there is nothing good in the fact that I was born and live in a small town of Russia. There is no chance for a good living and it is very hard to fnd a job here. All young people leave towns and go to big cities searching for work but unfortunately there is also no luck for them in big cities since nobody is waiting for them there. Living in Russia is living "all by myself". It is a good but cruel school of life. I don't smoke and drink socially, my preference in alcohol is red wine, but only a glass or maybe two. I tried to smoke when I was younger. Silly me! But I think almost everybody try to smoke when you are a 13 years old, right? I try to take care of my body and face as much as it is possible. I wasn't born yesterday and I know that almost all "men love women by their eyes", I mean this or that way woman's appearence is very important for a man. Speaking about my trip. I will come to your country this month but I don't know when exactly, I know that I will have all documents to travel soon and I will travel to Moscow later this week again to complete all travel preparations. I will get a visa and buy a ticket and then fly to your country. I even don't know where exactly I am flying because I haven't decided yet. I can choose almost any city to stay that is why I need to know the name of the nearest international airport to you. I just want to have somebody waiting for me at the airport and not to be alone there. I will fly to your airport right from Moscow and I hope you will want to meet me at the airport and be my guide and besides it would be great to meet with you face to face and spend some time together. I know that it is not an easy thing as it might seem but there is nothing impossible, right? I will be more then glad to know that you understand me and my thoughts and you are with me in this question, but if not, then please tell me that you're not interested in me and don't want to meet me, ok? I think I shoud close this letter. It is not good that I don't have a computer at home and have to send my letters to you from the Internet cafe which is far from my home. I wish I could talk to you on the phone, but unfortunately we don't have possibility for international calls ( I can't call you and you can't call me because we have here four-digital phone numbers). It is possible to make international phone calls only from big cities. Ok, that is enough for today. If I didn't tell you something which is important for you or maybe missed something, don't be angry. Just ask me and I will answer for sure. I think I will be here in the Internet cafe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow because I have a lot of preparations before going to Moscow. I hope when I come here, I will see one more letter from you. Please write me and don't forget me!!! Elena Speranskaja my home address: Russia Kemerovskaya Region, Branchatskiy village, Lenina str. 55 PS Please send me as many photos of you as possible so that I will know you at the airport. And one more thing. I have a very important question for you - do you like string drinks? (NOTICE HERE SHE MIS-SPELLED STRONG(STRING) DRINKS, LATER APOLIGIZED) - if so how many and how oftEN? -----ELENA'S 3RD AND FINAL LETTER---- Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:20:46 +0500 Hello hello again Matt!!! I feel so lucky because I have met such a man from the first time and I will do all my best to meet you in real life soon. Ok, this letter is going to be long too, so be ready to read it since I want you to know everything about me. I just don't want any misunderstanding between us. I guess you have a right to know that I am not perfect and I am not an angel, I mean I am just an ordinary girl with all ordinary human problems. Sometimes I can show my character and of course I don't expect you to be an angel too, I just want to meet a kind man. I am an easy-going person and can forgive almost everything, but there is one thing. I hate drunkers and rude men. Oh, by the way I was rereading my previous letter to you. I made a mistake. When I asked you about string drinks, I mean strong drinks. I love water and my favourite thing is swimming. I wish I could live near some sea or a ocean. You know, I have a dream. I want to see an ocean. I was always dreaming about it, sometimes I even think that I was a fish in my previous life ( hopefully some dolphin but not a shark). I have graduated the Siberia State Univercity and I have a high degree or a license in trainers faculty and I also can work as a fitness trainer or dance trainer. I like my profession and I wish I could work on this subject in some fitness club. I think it is very important to have a job which can give you not only a good salary but also good mood and get a pleasure from your job. What do you think? Unfortunately it is very hard to find such kind of job here because we have only a couple of such clubs and there is no vacancy. Ok, some things which I also like and don't like to do: I love cooking and like make BBQ. I so much want to have a house of my own and make BBQs for my close people. I also dream to have a house with a fire place. I love cooking something new and something special. My friends are telling me that I need to work at a reastaurant. I also love warm weather and I hate winters. Here in Russia winters are long and very cold. I have never been married but I hope someday, I also don't have kids though I already have an experience of a baby sitter. Sometime ago I had to stay at home because I couldn't find a job and I was helping my aunt with my little niece. I hope one day to find that special one and it is impossible here in Russia because men are real drunkers and very rude. You know for me age difference deosn't matter. I think it is better that a man is older then me because older men are more experienced and they know what they want to get from life. I hate evil people and I hate politics. Last few years I associate politics with wars and as you can see from my letter I hate violance and wars. What I like in a man? Faithfulness and honesty. He has to be open-minded and kind-hearted, also easy-going. And I believe that there cannot be any games in relationship between a man and a woman. It is very important for a man to be a kind man. Maybe you think I am naive but I do belive that love and kindness makes our world still alive. Are you a kind man??? I do believe you are, because soon I am flying to the USA and meet you there. Why I chose you? I am an honest person and expect the same from you, so I am telling the truth. I found you at the site by chance. Telling from the beginning of the story I know a woman who is on a dating site. That profile wasn't mine, it was a profile of that woman, but she let me find someone from the dating site from her profile. I don't know how to use the site, so I found you by chance and wrote you. I didn't know what will happen, I didn't know if you write me or not. But I am glad that we met each other because I like you now really!!! In my opinion, people do get intimate quickly on the Internet as there is less shyness while typing as opposed to face to face communication, therefore it is the best way to get to know one another better. What do you think? When I am in the USA I will rent some room near my future work and hopefully we shall spend free time together. I have a question. Is it ok for you if we live together. I mean if we like each other or maybe if there will be something more then just be friends. I think I will improve my English with your help and it will give us a chance to get to now each other better, who knows... We'll see. I write you without translator, but I don't have a experience in talking in English face to face. Do you have a big bed? (I am just joking). I have a driving license but I am not sure if I am able to drive there in the USA, maybe you will give me a few good lessons. My head is full of plans and ideas... I am sorry for a long letter but I just wanted you to know me better. I am flying from Kemerovo's airport to Moscow in a few hours. My flight will take almost five hours!!! I hope I will write you tomorrow. As soon as I arrive in Moscow I will have to find a hotel or rent a room to live in before my flight to the USA. I have already been in Moscow and I know all these things, so it will not be a great problem for me. By the way when I was in Moscow last time I did a couple of professional photos and I hope when I come there, my photos will be ready. I was told it will take about a couple more days to complete all my travel arrangements and I do hope to see you in a few days already!!! And even don't think to look at other girls since I am the best one for you! ( joke) Your Elena -------THIS IS THE LETTER I FOUND ON WOMENRUSSIA.COM/BLACKLIST.....BUSTED-------- Scammer details: Surname: HARLANOVA Name: ELENA City: PERM Country: RUSSIA Which agency/website you contacted her through: MATCH.COM Letters: Hello Michael!!!! Have a good day.I do hope you remember me because I wrote you recently and you replied to me.I am sorry that I couldn't reply earlier. You see I live in Russia and I was busy arranging all travel preparations. I was in Moscow to book my interiew for the trip to the USA,it took almost two weeks to travel to Moscow and back. You know that it is my first time I try correspondence with a man in a virtual space. I am not a very good user of the Intenet and I do hope that I will be lucky to meet a good man. I guess I need to explain why I do it.The thing is that I will work abroad for three months or so and I would like to meet a nice man to be my guide or just to be a good friend to spend time with while I am there. I suppose it is hard enough to live in some foreign town without friends and besides I have never been abroad. You know I've been liviving in a small town here in Russia all my life and I am just afraid to be lost. Besides I would like to see a real life (not some TV shows) and it is impossible to see a real life without a person who knows all sides of the life. And you should also know that I don't want to live in Russia because I don't have any chances here, it is hardly possible to explain in a few words but I want you to know all my plans. While being in the USA I will be working in any shop or be babysitter in some family. I will know the details later. Besides I love English language and being in the USA, it will give me a chance to improve my English. The agency helps me to get the visa, work permission and all travel documents and they will help me to get a job. It is their business and I will pay for their service. One of my friend worked in USA for three months last year,and she was so pleased and she is going to repeat this trip again. She has men right man in Chicago and they are good friends now and he is going to marry her if everything is all right between them. I am coming to the USA due to the special programm for young people who want to work abroad and I think it is the right way for me. I am lost here, and hopefully I will be able to change my life. I am full of plans and different dreams. You should know that I have dark brown hair and green eyes. I am sure that you will be not disappoined to meet me in the real life if we meet. At least I hope so. Well,I am finishing this letter and I do hope to get your reply pretty soon. Maybe after reading my letter you will find me a little crazy but I am not sure I know the right way to meet a good man without real meeting and you know it is my first try though the Internet. I will leave my town in a few days or so to fly to Moscow again to complete all the things. It is said at the agency that I will work all day and I think we might share evenings together to get to know each other better. If you have any interest to meet me I will be more than happy!!! I just don't want to be alone in the evenings, and I would like to be sure in advance that somebody waits for me! It is just a woman wish! I will tell you all the details about me and my life. If you're also single, you may be with me for a few months or so .... Who knows???! With best regards from Russia Elena ( this my name ) PS I have attached photos of me so that you could have a better idea about me. Hello Michael!!! Thanks you for your reply. I was very glad to see your reply in my e-mail box. That would be right if I tell you about me and about my life because we have a chance to meet each other in a real life and thus we need to know each other better.You please tell me more about yourself, all right? I am the simple and ordinary girl with my own interests,a hobby and tastes.I think I I shall start to tell to you about things which as I wish to know from you, so you will see my questions. As you know my name is Elena and my last name is Harlanova. I am 31 years and on 30 January I shall be 32. I am about 167 cm tall and my weight is about 53 kg The sizes of my body are 95-62-91 cm. I have dark brown hair and green eyes which you can see from my photos. I know that many women abroad have an opportunity to improve their bodies and faces and they look so beautiful.Unfortunately it is impossible here in Russia because this country is still far from a civilization. But I still think that natural beauty is much better. I live with my aunt,the uncle and cousin because I do not have parents (they have died long time ago in bus crush when I was still small). Unfortunately we live in two-room small appartments and it is not convenient and comfortable. Me and my cousin are very good friends, but now he is in army. To tell the truth there is nothing good in the fact that I was born and live in small town of Russia. There is no chance for a good life here and it is very hard to find work here. All young people