Russian Dating

This has gotten thus bad the U.S. embassy has issued alerts to warn people concerning this.  Here are the basics from the embassy.

United States citizens ought to be responsive to makes an attempt at fraud by persons claiming to live in Russia professing friendship, romantic interest, and /or wedding intentions over the Internet.

Typically, once a affiliation is made, the correspondent asks the U.S. citizen to send money

or mastercard data for living expenses, travel expenses, or "visa costs". Sometimes, the correspondent notifies the American citizen {that a} shut loved one, usually the mother, is in desperate need of surgery and begins to request monetary assistance. Scams have even advanced to the purpose where the U.S. citizen is informed of a serious or fatal accident to the correspondent and the "family" asks for money to hide hospital or funeral costs. Many citizens have reported losing thousands of dollars through such scams.

The anonymity of the Internet means that {that the} U.S. citizen can't be certain of the important name, age, marital standing, nationality, or even gender of the correspondent. In every case reported to the embassy, the correspondent turned out to be a fictitious persona created only to lure the U.S. citizen into sending money.

These scammers have created male also female characters and entice same sex correspondents also those of the other sex. A disturbing recent twist are scammers who have connected to U.S. citizens through chat rooms for HIV positive individuals, posed as HIV positive people themselves, and asked for money for treatment or travel to the United States.

Correspondents who quickly move to professions of romantic interest or discussion of intimate matters are likely inventions of scammers. A call for participation for funds virtually always marks a fraudulent correspondent. U.S. citizens are cautioned against sending any money to persons they have not truly met. If they do opt for to send cash, they'll take several precautions.

-They'll ask U.S. immigration web website for authoritative data concerning the immigration process and the true prices involved. For example, U.S. law does not require Russian guests to possess a bound quantity of "pocket money" or "walking around money" in either rubles or dollars.

- They'll prepare to prepay for a plane price tag directly with the carrier instead of wiring money for transportation to the traveler.

- If the correspondent provides a picture of a purported U.S. visa as proof of intention to travel, the U.S. citizen may contact the United States Embassy in Moscow to ascertain the validity of the visa.

Be careful.  Be skeptical. Assume and then do your research.

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