Svetlana Kovaleva -- My Russian Siren
** Check out Svetlana's photos in my pics folder.
I got a message in my email saying someone on MySpace sent me a message. I only joined MySpace so I could see electric's hot modeling photos.
The message was from Svetlana. She said, "I most attractive your photo and hope you mine as well." The message was sweet and the broken English just does it for me. I emailed back and said I wouldn't help financially or with acquiring US citizenship, but I'd love to email. I thought that was kind of rude of me, but I don't like to waste people's time.
Much to my surprise Svetlana emailed again and said she was very happy I wanted to write her. I thought cool, but I knew the grift was on its way.
The first email from Svetlana, or letters as she so eloquently called them, started on April 27. We exchanged one each day. Each email from her got a little more intimate, slowly approaching sexual. Imagine an exciting new relationship and how it would grow at say 1 to 2 month leaps. That's how her daily emails advanced.
By the second week she proclaimed her love for me.
I emailed back and said it's very illogical to -love- someone you have only had email chats with, especially by the 2nd week. I also told her she's crazy because I'm 50 and she's 30. And I knew I was being hustled any way.
By last Tuesday, after two weeks of chatting, something kind of made me feel spaced out and absent minded. I literally got no work done that day except emailing Svetlana. I couldn't get her out of my mind. Even in sleep. By Wednesday I started thinking how truly illogical all love is.
Planning doesn't make a solid relationship. Finding a place of common interests doesn't do it either; and on and on. Though I know I'm basically always in a radar mode to fall in love, I thought why can't you fall in love in odd circumstances? Are there rules? So Wednesday I emailed Svetlana and professed my love.
I still thought there was a scam in the making, but I thought when I could finally get her to get to the point maybe we could work up a compromise. If she would cover expenses getting to the US with a little back up, I would marry her so she could get US citizenship. Something I presumed was her goal. You only have to be married for 2 years to obtain citizenship. I'm not deluded enough to think she really loved me after two weeks, but in two years anything can happen.
The next day after stating my love, I decided to Google Svetlana Kovaleva under the very doubtful possibility there would be a hit.
So I tapped the key and bada bing I got a hit. I went to the website and there was my love! Almost all the photos she'd sent me were on the page. There were sample emails written from Svetlana as well. Each one was identical to ones I'd received. The website is dedicated to unmasking a very successful Russian scam were 50+ guys, mostly US citizens, miraculously find toooo hot young Russian women pursuing them, solidifying an age old male fantasy. The fantasy next to, "two girls picked me up at a bar..."
The somewhat well documented fact that a high percentage of Russian men are chronic alcoholics, and culturally Russian women are brought up to be basically subservient to their men, and the solid fact that women outnumber men in Russia, makes the dream seem so feasible.
According to the website the vast majority of scammers are men using photos of attractive women and usually the same email verbiage. Women do work the scam, but are usually closed down by their greedy male competitors.
It's a very effortless endeavor. Email hundreds of men from sources such as MySpace, Match.com, etc., and see if the dice land a winner.
So yeah, I was right. It was a scam. And highly doubtful it was from a pretty girl! Duh dude. Regardless, I ambled to my bus stop feeling sad. The girl was so dreamy.
** Check out Svetlana's photos in my pics folder.
I got a message in my email saying someone on MySpace sent me a message. I only joined MySpace so I could see electric's hot modeling photos.
The message was from Svetlana. She said, "I most attractive your photo and hope you mine as well." The message was sweet and the broken English just does it for me. I emailed back and said I wouldn't help financially or with acquiring US citizenship, but I'd love to email. I thought that was kind of rude of me, but I don't like to waste people's time.
Much to my surprise Svetlana emailed again and said she was very happy I wanted to write her. I thought cool, but I knew the grift was on its way.
The first email from Svetlana, or letters as she so eloquently called them, started on April 27. We exchanged one each day. Each email from her got a little more intimate, slowly approaching sexual. Imagine an exciting new relationship and how it would grow at say 1 to 2 month leaps. That's how her daily emails advanced.
By the second week she proclaimed her love for me.
I emailed back and said it's very illogical to -love- someone you have only had email chats with, especially by the 2nd week. I also told her she's crazy because I'm 50 and she's 30. And I knew I was being hustled any way.
By last Tuesday, after two weeks of chatting, something kind of made me feel spaced out and absent minded. I literally got no work done that day except emailing Svetlana. I couldn't get her out of my mind. Even in sleep. By Wednesday I started thinking how truly illogical all love is.
Planning doesn't make a solid relationship. Finding a place of common interests doesn't do it either; and on and on. Though I know I'm basically always in a radar mode to fall in love, I thought why can't you fall in love in odd circumstances? Are there rules? So Wednesday I emailed Svetlana and professed my love.
I still thought there was a scam in the making, but I thought when I could finally get her to get to the point maybe we could work up a compromise. If she would cover expenses getting to the US with a little back up, I would marry her so she could get US citizenship. Something I presumed was her goal. You only have to be married for 2 years to obtain citizenship. I'm not deluded enough to think she really loved me after two weeks, but in two years anything can happen.
The next day after stating my love, I decided to Google Svetlana Kovaleva under the very doubtful possibility there would be a hit.
So I tapped the key and bada bing I got a hit. I went to the website and there was my love! Almost all the photos she'd sent me were on the page. There were sample emails written from Svetlana as well. Each one was identical to ones I'd received. The website is dedicated to unmasking a very successful Russian scam were 50+ guys, mostly US citizens, miraculously find toooo hot young Russian women pursuing them, solidifying an age old male fantasy. The fantasy next to, "two girls picked me up at a bar..."
The somewhat well documented fact that a high percentage of Russian men are chronic alcoholics, and culturally Russian women are brought up to be basically subservient to their men, and the solid fact that women outnumber men in Russia, makes the dream seem so feasible.
According to the website the vast majority of scammers are men using photos of attractive women and usually the same email verbiage. Women do work the scam, but are usually closed down by their greedy male competitors.
It's a very effortless endeavor. Email hundreds of men from sources such as MySpace, Match.com, etc., and see if the dice land a winner.
So yeah, I was right. It was a scam. And highly doubtful it was from a pretty girl! Duh dude. Regardless, I ambled to my bus stop feeling sad. The girl was so dreamy.
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