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How to identity a Russian romance scam


Stephanie's picture
By Stephanie - Posted on
13 October 2011
I have been exchanging letters and beautiful pictures with a stunning Russian girl from a small town just outside of St. Petersburg. Though her English is not the best, she speaks from her heart and communicates in a truly meaningful way. This has been going on for about four months, and though I've read up on all the Russian romance scams and Russian dating scams on the Internet, I find it hard to believe that someone I speak to nearly everyday could by a predator. Before I get too much more involved I'm wondering if there's any surefire way to tell if this is a scam or not?

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Yes!
There are so many ways to detect the person is genuine or not. Like:
1) She would ask for money for visa or ticket or ill mother.
2) Even the main profile punch line would be grammatically wrong like I a pretty girl OR I a socialization girl. You can Google it and will find so many profiles with the same name.
3) She has a profile from Kazan, Kirov and Cheboksary. OR from US / UK and the excuse will be site does not allow me to create account from Russia. Crosscheck for this.
4) They pretend that they hate Russian males so they only search for foreigners.
5) And Last but not the least check her IP address. A data base of spammers' IP are available on net.
Here I have one of the funny valentine's day quotes- First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. By- George Bernard Shaw.
I wish your girlfriend would not be fake. And you will find your real soul mate. Just try these above tips to apply the loyalty test. my best wishes are with you.

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