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What's the punchline of this type of con?
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So, I'm a member of a major online dating service and pictures of Russian women are placed on there all the time, claiming to be in US cities, using boilerplate text to complete their profiles. They contact me all the time... so for fun I decided to respond to one to see what happens. Since then I get daily e-mails to my spam account, with pictures of her attached, see example below.... So, this seems like a lot of work on the scammer's part just to get me e-mail address, are they going to ask me to give out my bank account info, social security number at some point?
Hello My Dear Friend !!!!
as you? How your day? All that was today bad in my bottom, at
once was gone, remains only good after I have received your letter. I
am very glad, that you have not forgotten about me and have written to
me.
My favourite soda white.
I wish to tell to you about the family more. I wish to inform you on
how I grew and who brought up me. The grandmother and mum brought up
me. Mum namе Galina, the grandmother name Evgeniya. I live with mum in
apartment in ours have sat down. The grandmother lives in other has
sat down, it name Znamenka. I know nothing About the father, mum, and
the grandmother do not speak about it. Mum cries or leaves, when I ask
it about it. Therefore I learn nothing. I would not want that mum to
cry.
the grandmother at me very kind. I at it a vein everyone and me
very much was pleasant summer. At it it is good. We with it often
walked together in wood, went to bathe and went behind berries.
I wish to explain to you why I cannot find the man of the dream in the
country. At us to have men, but many drink or beat the wives. And
others already married. Therefore I have decided to get acquainted
with you. You like to drink much? only tell, the truth. I hope,
that was not present. I at all do not drink and I do not smoke, only
for holidays I allow to drink a few wines. I not against, that the man
would drink, but it is not a lot of and not often. I wish to
tell at once that I do not like to shout and quarrel. I like to laugh
and I want, that would wash favourite always was happy and never
longed. And I will do all for the sake of it. I am ready to kiss
constantly it if it does its happy. I want, that we with it would
enjoy our love, passion and tenderness.
I hope that a photo which I send today, it is pleasant to you. On it I
on evening walk.
I wait your letter. Where it? You yet have not answered?
I will press it tomorrow.
With impatience I wait.......
Yours Yuliya.
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You place photo? We need photo. I wait your reply.
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Originally Posted by design219
You place photo? We need photo. I wait your reply.
My dearest friend, I now attend the placement of photos
I wait for your reply
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All that was today bad in my bottom, at once was gone, remains only good after I have received your letter.
Interesting dating style. “My dear, you’re an excellent laxative. My constipation is all but gone.”
I like the fact that they actually bothered to write all that text and then pass it through a very bad Russian-to-English online translator (“has sat down” for ‘town’? How professional). Shows some effort on their part.
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She's cute. That's a problem. There is no telling how many others this email went to, and thus how many others are being shilled. At least the girl in the pictures seems to be the same girl...
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I'd wager that the "punchline" is asking you to wire money so that your dearly beloved can finally come and visit you, or help her sick aunt, or ...
P.S. What's white soda?
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It’s carbonated milk. Quite disgusting. See here (first hit in Google, even).
I imagine that’s probably not what ‘she’ was referring to, though.
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Originally Posted by Mithras
P.S. What's white soda?
Coke?
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Nah, she'll be a black bloke from Nigeria, TV prog showed this in UK recently
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Originally Posted by MacNNUK
Nah, she'll be a black bloke from Nigeria, TV prog showed this in UK recently
OK, then that black bloke from Nigeria is really cute.
(Incidentally, not being British, it makes me sad that I can't say "black bloke" in normal conversation.)
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
OK, then that black bloke from Nigeria is really cute.
(Incidentally, not being British, it makes me sad that I can't say "black bloke" in normal conversation.)
Try saying it 10 times in a row really fast!
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Wow, she's a hottie.
Glad you think so, here's the latest photo my new girlfriend, who-is-only-writing-to-me sent to me this morning.
By the way if you'd like to contact her, that address would be: [email protected] enjoy!
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Can you ask her to take a photo of herself in a pink dress? Maybe with her hands on her hips? Oh, and can we see her teeth?
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Yeah, and see if you get her to take one where her eyes are looking at the same thing.
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Hey! Thats my girlfriend!
What the hell is going on here?
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Originally Posted by moonmonkey
Hey! Thats my girlfriend!
What the hell is going on here?
Are you trying to make a move on my woman?
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Want scam to go away (or to acquire hot chick)?
Ask her to send you photo of herself doing something you've told her to do. Like hold common object up in particular hand ("send me photo of you holding banana in your left hand"). D219 knows where it's at.
Oh, and you only send money to rellies after you've banged her 50 times, right?
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Want scam to go away (or to acquire hot chick)?
Ask her to send you photo of herself doing something you've told her to do. Like hold common object up in particular hand ("send me photo of you holding banana in your left hand"). D219 knows where it's at.
Oh, and you only send money to rellies after you've banged her 50 times, right?
That won't put them off, very often these are real girls working for people who do this for a living. Its a pretty widespread scam, they'll of course go for the usual "send me money for an operation" or plane tickets or whatever but there have also been tons of reports of guys who've gone over there to visit, met her "parents", proposed and given money for graft ostensibly to speed a visa or passport and occasionally kidnapped and ransomed back to whomever in the US might care enough to pay to get them back.
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Originally Posted by CMYKid
That won't put them off, very often these are real girls working for people who do this for a living. Its a pretty widespread scam, they'll of course go for the usual "send me money for an operation" or plane tickets or whatever but there have also been tons of reports of guys who've gone over there to visit, met her "parents", proposed and given money for graft ostensibly to speed a visa or passport and occasionally kidnapped and ransomed back to whomever in the US might care enough to pay to get them back.
Originally Posted by Doofy
you only send money to rellies after you've banged her 50 times, right?
And why would you need to go "over there"?
Originally Posted by davidflas
So, I'm a member of a major online dating service and pictures of Russian women are placed on there all the time, claiming to be in US cities
Since you're the love of her life, she's OK taking the train to come see you and being reimbursed for the ticket after you've hit second base, right?
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punch line:
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That's a very old Lada (Russian car styled after a Fiat with 1/8 thick cast iron body) in the background of the first picture so she doesn't live in your area unless you live in Eastern Europa.
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
punch line:
"i can has greencard?"
Ha
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she is cute though.... hmm
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
That's a very old Lada (Russian car styled after a Fiat with 1/8 thick cast iron body) in the background of the first picture so she doesn't live in your area unless you live in Eastern Europa.
No sh!t, Sherlock.
Did ANYONE ever believe these girls were in the US already ?
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Friends, she must really love me...after several e-mail messages, she finally started using me name in them!!!!111!!!!one Only true love would allow a woman to use mail-merge to insert my first name into an email. At this point I'm wondering what the most entertaining way to interact with "her" would be. See latest photo below..
Hello David, My Far Friend!!!
How you? David, what mood at you? What did you do today? I hope that
all that you wanted, all has turned out.
David you know, what I saw today? When I went along the street I have
seen small a cat. It to purr, and looked at me. I have lifted it and
have carried it home. Now I do not know, what name to it to give. At
me never was a cat. You can to me will help?
David I wish to learn from you how you like to have a rest? You like
to go on the nature? You love what songs? What films? What dances? You
would dance with me? I not so well dance, but with you I would agree
to dance. Theatre, the sea? What do you love? David tell to me.
I adore, films and cooking. The grandmother has learnt me to prepare
many dishes, and I am assured, that it would be pleasant to you of a
dish which I have prepared. I am able prepare such pizza which more
can to prepare nobody. I am assured, that you would estimate my skill.
David you were on the sea? I was only once in Sochi. Very much it was
pleasant to me. As the cool wind shrouds a body as cool water gives
freshness and pleasure. There is no only one. Men, with which all it
can enjoy. You would go with me David??? I THINK, THAT we With YOU
NEVER WOULD forget SUCH TRIP. HOW YOU THINK?
I send you a photo on here I with the cat whom I have found. And as I send you
greetings from my mum and girlfriends.
I will wait for your photos and the letter. They my pleasure every
day. I am happy, that have met you. I can discuss all with you that I
want.
I wait for your letter.
VERY MUCH I WAIT!!!!
Yours Yuliya.
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Not the pussy shot we was all expecting....
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Send her this photo.
And see if she is still interested.
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Right then Dave, start talking to her about her boobies and how much you'd like to see them, because you could never love a woman with inverted nipples. Ask for photographic evidence.
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Right then Dave, start talking to her about her boobies and how much you'd like to see them, because you could never love a woman with inverted nipples. Ask for photographic evidence.
Hmmm... I do love boobies a lot and you've got a good point
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
punch line:
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Popeye?
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
Popeye?
No, no, no. David Flas.
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Friends,
Here's the latest daily update, its great to hear that even her cat likes me! I think I'll write to her and ask if she can wire me some money so I can move to Russia and marry her. I'll be sure to run it through a machine translator first.
Hello David!!!!
David I worked today and waited time when a smog to receive your
letter. When I have received its that to me it became good. David and
how you? How your day?
I am glad that you understand me. I with impatience wait every day for
your photos and letters. David, tell about the friends? At us in Russia
to have the saying, tell who your friend, and I will tell who you. And
at you?
At me it is not a lot of real friends. At me to have the girlfriend
who calls Nastya. I send you a photo on it I with the girlfriend. We
are on friendly terms with it with the childhood. We together went to
school and always together. It very good friend and always and in all
supports me, on all knows about you. I have told to it about you. It
is very glad, that I have met you. She says, that I have very much
changed after a meeting with you. Says, that I became happier. And mum
too speaks so. David thanks that you do me happy. Nastya the teacher
at school now works. We with it together studied well English. You
understand what I to write? I hope what yes. Teachers said to me, that
I talk better, than to write. But I hope, that you understand
everything about what I wish to tell.
David at you to have the best friend? How his name? You have a rest
together? How? You are on friendly terms for a long time?
You can send me a photo you and your friend together? I wish to see
your friend.
I hope, that I will receive your photo with the friend tomorrow.
David you know, how I named a cat? I have named it BRAVE. Mum very
much was surprised to such name. But I think, that so it is better. By
the way the BRAVE sends you regards. He wakes up every morning and at
once starts to purr.
What dreams you see? I began to see many interesting dreams. I will
not speak, what now. I will tell just they about us with you. I would
would like that they became a reality.
I hope that you will soon write to me. I very much wait for your
letters every day.
Your far girlfriend Yuliya.
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David I worked today and waited time when a smog to receive your letter.
So you cure her indigestion, but pollute her city. A complex relationship, I see.
David at you to have the best friend? How his name? You have a rest together?
Isn’t is a bit forward to already start asking if you sleep with your friends? I’d have waited at least another two or three mails for that kind of thing.
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That scam was featured on the radio here a couple of weeks ago. A guy from Quebec 'met' one of these Russian chicks online, they developed what he thought was a relationship. He offered to pay her airfare to Canada so they could meet in person and wired the money. Of course that was the last thing he ever heard from her. Her finally realized that he had been duped when he waited for hours at the airport, with nobody arriving for him.
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I took a big step today, I asked my new girlfriend to marry me. I asked her to please send money to me so that I can move in with her and live in Russia. I used iGoogle translation so that I could speak to her in her own language, I can't wait to see what the result is. One thing that I really love about her so far, is that she never directly responds to what I say in my e-mails, it's like the process is automated.
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Originally Posted by davidflas
One thing that I really love about her so far, is that she never directly responds to what I say in my e-mails, it's like the process is automated.
Sounds like you're already married to her.
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Sounds like you're already married to her.
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I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this thread, it was fun. However, it appears that my mechanically translated Russian message to "her" has spooked the scammers... I guess I won't be moving to Russia to live with her and her mother as I suggested in the e-mail
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How about sharing her e-mail address and we can all go to bat for you.
I, for one, can send dozens of e-mails every day telling her what a great guy you are, and how much money you are going to inherit in the near future, etc.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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