Ðseudonym: Al
Story: Another 26 year old Russian girl, wants to meet 46 year an Australian man. She is very convincing, becareful, call herself Marija Ushakova, from Kungur, Perm region. She even will send you her university diploma, even better, her passport, well I don't think it's reall y her though... But when you ask her to call you or you want to call her, she will give you most classic bullshit execuse, no international telephone connection available from her town. There you go!!! When she's going to ask you money, she will even send you her flight schedule received from another scammer airline company, I don't even know that airline office exists! Watch her around the Russian scammers arena! Al
Scammer detail:
Name: Marija
Surname: Ushakova
City: Kungur
Country: Russia
Email: muchka@yabex.info
Postal address: Kungur Gagarina street 26, flat 87, post code(zip) - 617472
Phone number: She doesn't have one
Agency details:
Which agency/website you contacted her through: adultmatchmaker.com (she claims)
Did you report the scam to the agency: No, because I am not member of that agency or any agency in that matter
Letters:Email 1:
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Hello!!! It was very nice to receive a message from you!
it is my first time I try to correspondence with man in internet world.
I do hope you will be enough patient to understand my writing.
I want you to know that I have only good intentions and I don`t have
big secrets. 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 guideor just be good friend to spend time with.I think that it is
hard enough to live in foreign town without friends and also I have never been abroad. I am from so small
town here in Rusian Federation,I am afraid to be lost.
I want to see real life and it is impossible to see without
person who knows all sides of the life. It doesn`t matter what age is
he or what is his eyes color, I just want to know that he is kind and open-hearted inside.
I don't want to live in Rusian Federation because I have not any chances here,it
is hardly possible to explain it by the first time but I want you to
know my plans. In Ru ssia many young girls also want to start a new life abroad, so
many of them used a special program "W ork and travel" for young people who wants to
work abroad. I also decided to do so and to use it. This program just helps to
register documents and gives suitable work in any state(town)of USA, Canada or Europa (or other big
country) . I just need to choose.I already started to register
documents and now I need to decide in which city I want to work.
I`m 26 years old and I`m not afraid of work (I shall work as the seller in shop or cafe of a fast food).
I think it is the right way for me, I am lost here, and I think that I look pretty enough
to find a better place. I never been abroad so I decided to find a friend abroad and make his
city to be my destination. I want to repeat the same way,it is my only chance to change my life.
I am full of plans and different dreams.
I have brown hair and green eyes. I think I look very good, but
first of all I want to be beautiful inside.
I do hope that you will be not disappointed to meet me in the real
life if we will meet.
Well,I will close this letter and I do hope to get your reply.
I will leave my town in a few days or so (I can't tell you everything
exactly right now) and I would like to
be sure that I have a man who waits for me there. I will work all day
and I would like to find a man to spend all free time together to get to know each other better.
if you have any interest to meet me I will be more than happy to meet
you too. My be it sounds silly but I just don't want to be alone in the
evenings,and I want to be sure in advance that somebody waits for me!
I think that my e-mail starts to be too long so I will tell you all
details about me and my life that you would like to know in next e-mails if you will like my
pictures and will want to meet me! I send my loved photos - I am in the central streets of my city!!
I hope you will like it )))
With best regards Marija! (this is my real name)
P.S
I hope it's OK with you and I will receive an answer from you!
I'm responding from my private email address.
I hope I'm your type of girl, I'm not sure you like Slavic
appearance!! I hope so!
OK, I will wait for your answer. When I hear back from you I will
write more things about myself and send more pics!
Email 2
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Hello, its me again!! I just wanted to tell you hi!!
I decided to send you more photos, I hope you will like it.
I think you are interested that I don`t have a boyfriend, because all
men here look on my appearance and I want somebody who will look inside me.
.........some picture....sexy.... :-)
but....
I'm not info taking naked photos!
I really apologize if you think now I'm not a good girl...
I hope you don't think so. Please let me know and
I will write you more if I'm forgiven for sending this pic!!!
I hope you will answer this email and we will try to get to know each other better!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAh!!!! I'm so ashamed to send this
pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also want to see your different photos and hope to know you better!
P.S
>>> WHAT IS YOUR REAL AGE?
>>> I like adult men! :-) The adult the man always serious and sincere!
I'm looking for a friend, lover or maybe even something serious...
I'm a free bird now, I don't have a boyfriend and I'm open to
anything!!!I would like to have a serious relationship although I don't know if
that's possible in internet so I'm looking just for a good man who can
show me over there and....... we will see!!!!!!!!
I'm impatiently waiting for your answer!
kiss Marija
Email 3
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Al hello!
Thank's for your reply so much!!!
I hope soon I will be able to come to your area and we will meet each other!
This time I will write you more about myself. I think you should know
more about my life and my hobbies so you will know if we have any
common interests. I'm 26 years old, not too young I
think? My birthday is 27 February. I'm 167 cm tall (5.9) and 58.5 kg weight..
I don't know exactly my bust-waist-hips measurements, I
don't have a reason to measure it because I think it's OK and my body
is proportionate ))
I take care of my body, I do aerobics three times
a week and I go to the swimming pool twice a week.
I have no sister or brother. I live with the father and mother.
We all live in two-rooms flat.
As I wrote you I live in Russia. The name of my city is Kungur,
it's near Perm city. Kungur is very small and Perm is a
large city, the main city in our district.
I graduated from Perm Humanitarian University two years ago.
As I wrote you I`m a menager of the big shop, my city is small but we have a
big shop here. Sometimes I attend courses in
Perm so I have several diplomas (look
pic), but you know in russia we don`t have good work opportunities. But this work help me to take
care about myself. When I come to your city I think it won`t be a problem to find work on
my specialization (I shall work as the simple seller).
My father is 58 years old now, my mom is 46. You see my mom
is much younger then my father and they are very happy together. My
mother is a teacher of music in the school. I also could play a piano a
little. I like classic music, jazz, rock, lounge. I like all kinds of music!
A little about my father: he is in a good shape because we usually make
exercises together, he doesn`t work now, because he is retired already.
I love both my parents and I'm happy my parents will be not alone when
I leave them and will go to another country. Of course I will miss
everybody but I want to have my own happiness!
Do you have an International Airport in your city? Please write me it's name an code.
Or write me the name of the nearest INTERNATIONAL Airport to you.
I write you my emails from Internet cafe, I don't have my own computer.
If you want I can call you when I will be in Moscow, it would be nice
to talk to you. We don't have international calls here. I suppose in few
days I will fly to Moscow and start my trip! Today I will tell my parents
about you, I'm sure they will be happy that someone is waiting for me over there!
There is no any messenger in this Cafe so we can only keep emailing
each other. I hope you are not getting bored to read my emails?
My address here is Russia, Kungur Gagarina street 26, flat 87, post code(zip) - 617472
So now you have a representation of who I am....
I just can tell you that I enjoy life and I try to live to the
fullest, I like to try new things. I'm not that smart.. I was not that
good in mathematics, physics, biology and so on! I don't like to be
smart! But I'm very tender, caring, artistic, faithful, decent person.
Sometimes I can be not well organized, I think everybody had it's own
minuses and pluses. I don't look any special qualities in a man. I just hope he will be
faithful to me and ready to create a happy family with me and I will
do everything to make him happy. I'm looking for a soulmate!
OK... it's time to finish my email. I'm sending a kiss by the wind to
you and if I sent it to the right destination you should receive it by
evening )))) I hope you will catch my kiss somehow )))
bye!
Marija
Email 4
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Hello again..I just want to add few things... I think last time I wrote you not all
my thoughts... My mind is always in a mess when I write you because
it's hard to write everything to somebody who is so far away. I don't
remember if I wrote last time I've never been married, don't have
kids but I love them and they love me! I
And I want to tell you that I always wanted to find an older man.
Why? I have two answers..
Firstly, I think older men are much more serious and they can take
care of me, they are more experienced in life and can teach me many
things. Have you heard a saying "The older the violin, the sweeter the
music"? I believe in it... I think I'm not that young already but I
don't have much experience in life and I want to have someone who has
more experience in life then me.
Secondly... maybe I'm not right about it... but I want to be honest
I've always had such worry... if I marry a man nearly my age...
and after some years I will become not that young and beautiful... I
think it's more hard for a woman to be attractive then for a man...
and he will find a younger mistress and I will become very miserable.
I don't want my man to be unfaithful. I know I can be faithful to my
man and I will never cheat on him.
But this is just my worries. This is not my goal. Please tell me if
you think you will love your woman at any age and not find a younger
one? Can you be faithful?
Also I want to tell you that I learned english in university, so I don`t
use any translators, and I can speak english as good as I write on it.
I hope we will have no problems in communications. I feel that
you are very nice man I really want to meet you. If you will not like
me or something else we can be just friends.
I hope I will get my work visa soon in Moscow and all documents and I
come to you! I don't have any area limits with this visa so I can work
where I want. I don`t know exact day of my arrival, but as soon as I will
know I will write it to you.
You know, I'm just trying to be honest with you and write you all my thoughts on
different issues. Please be always honest with me also....
I will write you later, I will look if I have more nice photos to sendyou.
Have a good day!
P.S
Do you like a photos?Do you love carrots? :-)
Marija
Email 5
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Al hello! It's good to write you again! I think I'm a lucky girl to meet such
good man as you in Internet! I hope I will be lucky enough to meet you
in the real life!!! Yesterday I told my parents about you.
They said that now they don`tworry about me as before because now they know you are a kind man
and can help me if I will need your help. You can show me your city and
tell me about the life over there! I think I didn't write you I like cooking.
I will cook Russian cuisine for you! Pelmeni, vareniki, blini, borsch, okroshka!
You will like it! Besides Russian cuisine I like Italian and Mexican. I love
spaghetti and pizzza!!!!! mmmmmmm ! I can't live without it! I like
Mexican food because it's very spicy, although I don't cook Mexican
dishes too often. I've been told my cooking is very tasty!
I like to cook cakes. My favorite is cheese-cake with raspberry! You
know... when I talk about food I'm getting hungry ))) I eat everything
and I'm not on any diets but usually I don't eat after 7 pm. This
helps me not to be fat! I can cook many tasty things for you when we will meet! You know..
almost all Russian men are like bears! They are so rude, they can't be nice
and polite, they don't want to have a family. I think you are not like them.
I like to go to the cinema! I really like to watch a good movie with
my friends. 50 percents of movies in our cinemas are Russian and about 50
American. Actually my favorite actor is Johnny Depp and I like all movies with
him. I've watched Pirates of the Carribean (part 3 and 4) some time ago! I
think the third part is not as good as the first part and now I want
to see "I am legend" with Will Smith. Have you
seen it? Could you recommend me any American movie so I can watch it?
What is your favorite movie and actor? Soooooooooooooooo......... what else could I say?
I have a driver's licence but I don't have a car. My father has a
Russian car and he gives me his car sometimes.
I don`t like only cinema! I like theatre and opera too, I like ballet.
Unfortunately there is only one small theatre in my city and there is
nothing interesting. If I want to go to ballet, for example, I should
go to Perm, there sometimes can come famous Russian actors and
dancers but I can't go there often because it's quite expensive.
By, the way, one thing else about my trip. Agency will help me to rent a room
to stay near my future work. I will share this room with a few girls yet,
it is usual procedure and it helps to pay the rent (it will be cheaper).
And I have a question, is it normal if we will like each other may be it is
possible to live together?of course if you or somebody doesn't mind.
As you know I will stay there for three months but If I will like there I will be
able to prolong my trip. I think I will be able to improve my english and you can learn Russian
and I think it will help us to learn each other better,who knows.Do you have a big
wide bed?(joke). And now I have some good news for you! After sending this email I will
go home, take my packed bags and go to Perm! From there I will fly to Moscow! I`m
really afraid to fly on a plane! I hope my plane will not fall down! I'm really afraid!
It is several hours from Perm to Moscow.
When I come to Moscow and settle down I will write you an email. I
hope today I will be able to write you. Please don't worry about me
if you don't hear from me today, that will mean I was not able to
find a place to stay and I will write you tomorrow.
In Moscow I will spend a week or maybe even more, I should make all
final arrangements with my documents and after it I will come to you!
I've never been to Moscow before and I'm so nervous now... I've never
went somewhere alone and now I should go alone to such big city!
I really want to talk to you by phone, but as I don`t have a mobile
phone, I will find a public phone in Moscow with international calls.
You know... I had such great desire to start my trip already.. and now
I feel myself like a newborn kitten who has even didn't open it's
eyes... I just want to hug my mommy and don't want to go anywhere...
but I know that's my dream to start a new life and I will try to turn
in to reality! Soon you will hear some news from me from
Moscow!!!!!!!!
Love and kisses! hope I'm the one for you!
I send you photos (I think it is so beautiful))
Marija
Email 6
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Hello!!! I'm so excited to write you again!!!!!!!!!! I'm in Moscow! You can't
imagine how happy I am because I already started my trip to you!
I still cannot believe I've done it! WoW! As I wrote you I was scared
to fly on the plane but everything was OK and I'm still alive ))))
Moscow is a really big city! I've been told the population of Moscow
is about 10 million of people! From the Airport I went by bus... it
was so long way... about 1 hour and 30 minutes. I've seen so many nice
places in Moscow while going by bus!
When I got off the plane in the Moscow Airport policeman asked me about
passport and he looked at me like I am an enemy )))
I think all people here are a little crazy because of terrorism.
Everything here is very expensive, not like in my city... and
everywhere are big crowds of people! Everywhere is so many people! I
feel uncomfortable because of it but I hope I will be OK soon.
I found a place to stay, I rent a room from an old policeman. He is about
70 years old. He said his wife died 2 years ago and he
doesn`t have money to live, so he give in rent rooms in her apartment.
He is very nice man. He said I have to be very careful.
You know... he said many girls from small cities come to big cities, they are looking for a
better future and fortune but because they are from small cities they
can`t imagine that their way to find the happiness can be not so easy as they
thought... and some of them can end up as prostitutes or something
like that. He said I should be careful when I will meet you!! But I
don't worry about you! I feel with all my heart you are really nice man!
Sorry I wrote you about my worries.. I have nobody to write about it.
My parents are worried enough about me and I don't want
to make them to worry more. I think that's really good I've met you! I
can write you about everything. I miss my parents... but I'm getting better with every hour ))
Now I'm very hungry and I will go and eat something.
I`m sending for you some photos of Moscow that I found in internet.
Please confirm the name of international airport (and his code) and be sure you wrote it right.
I am afraid to make any mistake... I hope everything will be fine.
please write me as soon as possible!See you soon! Great kiss from Moscow!!
Marija
Email 7 (when she's asked for money)
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Al hello my darling!!!Excuse me that I could not write to you.....
I'm writing to you as soon as I can!!!!!! I was busy with many
arrangements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also I had to repeat some words
for my English test and I finally passed my test today morning!!!
Today I was in the travel agency and I received an information about my trip!
I will be very thankful to you if you can meet me at the Airport!
!!!!!I will arrive to you on Tuesday, 19 February!!!!!!
I hope so much it's a good day for you to meet me!
Please look at my flight schedule!
Here is the info, about my flight, that I was given in agency:
Information for Marija Ushakova .
"Around-Travel", 125475 Moscow, Klinskaya street 34, office 125.
Price: USD 1285.00+ Round trip tickets.Eco.class.
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Aeroflot
SU 551 Sheremetyevo (SVO), Moscow, Russian Federation
Terminal 2 23:35
Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand
Terminal 1 12:50
Turkish Airlines
TK 60 Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand
Terminal 2 14:20
Changi (SIN), Singapore, Singapore
Terminal 1 17:30
British Airways
BA 17 Changi (SIN), Singapore, Singapore
Terminal 1 19:15
Tullamarine (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Terminal 2 05:25
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This reservation will be automatically cancelled if the order is not
purchased until Monday , 18 February 2008.
Please use our service . Best regards.
Manager: Ekaterina
I am so glad to see that we are almost near our goal,and our meeting
wait for us. I think I will call you from airport before my flight.
You know I booked tickets on Thursday flight and I will buy them before
my intervew. People from embassy must be sure that I am not going to stay illegally,
so I need to buy roundtrip tickets (with returning date).
I wanted to ask you about electronic tickets but they tell that
I can't use because it is their businees to arrange all travel details
and they have some extra money from all the things,
you see it is just business.I think that you will be able to help me
because I don't know anybody here and only you are my hope now,
I think everything in your hands and I believe that you will not leave
me here alone.please borrow some money. I am sure I will be able to return all your money
back after a few weeks, I will get salary and I will collect the sum I own from you.
To be fair I am not sure I know what to say because I hate to ask but
now I have no different way, you see.Please help me it is only money
and much more important if we will meet in person I will do my
best, you won`t be disappoined. I see that it sounds a little crazy
but I can't believe that in the worst case I have to return
home,they all will laugh at me.I think it rests with you to decide and I feel that
you will help me because you are kind. I have about 300 US dollars yet and I think
I need about 980 US dollars from your side with all travel needs and living here till my
flight! (I had 1180 dollars, but flight from Krasnoyarsk, opening visa, medical
insurance and all travel needs costed about 800 dollars).
For truth I didn`t expect I will need to buy roundtrip tickets, but now
I see that its a very strict rule.
Please send it today by Western Union or Money Gram
I will write you details:
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Send it to
Russia, Moscow, Marija Ushakova!!!!This is my full name!
Also I've got an advice to send you a scan copy of my passport
in case you need to confirm my details.
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This is my full name used in all official documents. They said this is all info you need.
But please for any case write down more info. The address where I'm staying in Moscow is
Moscow, Nikitskaya B. street 32-19 I rent a small room In an apartment of an old policeman here, it's
cheaper then hotel.The address of the closest Western Union (or MoneyGram) here is:
UralSib Bank
Nikitskaya B. Street 14/2,build. 2
MOSCOW , 125009
I have some money but it's not enough to complete my trip.
Please send me 980 US dollars and I will complete my trip!
After it please write me all details about the transfer -
your FULL NAME and Money Transfer Control Number!!
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I will call you as soon as I receive it.
When I receive the money I will pay for my trip and only then
the embassy will put all final stamps on my documents.
I've bought you few souvenirs with Russian attributes!!! I'm
sure you will like them! If you need something more please let me
know, they are not expensive. Also I bought two boxes of Russian
chocolate! I hope so much when I come to you we will like each other!
You are already very special to me!
Please when I come to you tell me more about you and your country!
I will listen to everything you tell me and I will do everything you
tell me! I trust you really much!
I hope you will not do something to hurt my feelings.... I
think you are really good man. I will never do anything to hurt yours!!!
By statistics Moscow is the second most expensive city in the
world after Tokyo... everything is so expensive here... and I have
to pay for my rent and food and buy tickets.. please help me..
Sorry if I missed something or didn't comment please let me know
I was so busy with with all preparations!!!!
Your Girlfriend, Marija
(See!! She even call herself my girlfriend)
