Marina
Lyzhina
Hi my name is Dave Armstrong and I was
contacted by Marina via the enclosed letter. I do not know how she
found me but I am supposing through my Yahoo account. Everything
seemed to be going well until the last letter arrived asking for
money. A different name on the bank account caused some concern. I did
a little research and found out that she has many names. The pictures
that she is currenty using are older ones of herself. They are poorly
scanned and have simular markings on all of them. A list of names were
found with older pictures of her. Who knows what name she is using.
She writes great stories and very long letters. The first love letter
was about letter 6 or 7. She insists that she is a teacher as am
I.
Marina Lyzhina, Lyubov Gavrilova,
Marina Mikhailova, Olga Naumova, Larisa Karpova, Marina Lyzhina/Lubov
Gavrilova/Tatyana, Kuznecova/Natalia Komarova/Natalie Derevyashkina/Tatyana
Mikitailova/Svetlana Kashkova/Elena Novikova
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:03:56 -0800
(PST)
Hi my friend!!! I saw your profile,
I love it. My and name is Marina. I from Russia. I the most
interesting girl, if you will write To me, that I to you I shall send
my photo. If you want to the correspondence to me, write Me by my
e-mail:marfa_2000@krovatka.net I shall write to you the answer in 1-2
days. Yours faithfully.
Thursday Dec. 6
Hi my dear love Dave!!! I am very
glad to receive your warm and lovely letter my darling. I know that
our hearts will together always, because OUR LOVE IS ETERNAL, this
great feeling connects the another people and us through a continents.
My dear, my love Dave, as it seems, this feeling which includes a
three basic feelings. These feelings are a trust, careful attitude to
each other, and complete understanding to each other, sometimes even
understanding without words,do you agree with me my darling? But
not looking on that LOVE is Forever, your love Marina.
Dave Armstrong
  
Marina Lyzhina
(Orenburg, Russia)
Here is a story of how your Blacklist service works. I did not get scammed!
Attached you will find letters and photos. I have more if it will be of benifit to you.
My personal e-mail address is: JimDandie98@yahoo.com. .My business e-mail
is: am970wwyo@citlink.net. Thank you very much for theBlacklist. I still wish I
could find a beautiful Russian woman like this to love me but "our dreams should
be just beyond our grasp for what else is a heaven for?"
Sincerely, James W. Jennings 608 College Avenue
Bluefield, WV 24701
   
Marina
Milkhailova
This girl ,26 y/o, got me from yahoo dating,I
think it was yahoo dating,or dating faces. After 5 or 6 letters she said
she was in love with me and wanted to come see me here in USA. she's sent me 9 letters,on the last one she wanted $280 for
visa,passport and applications. On the last letter she said her real name was
Marina Mikhailova,and that the name she had been using,Marina Lyzhina was her
mothers maiden name. Any way I didn't send any money cause I found her
name on the BLACK LIST. Thinks for the info on BLACK LIST I'll try and
put one of the pic.s she send me on here.
Marina
Mihailova (Orenburg, Russia)
My name is Dan, I am divorced, 42, have two children,
and I am going back for a Master's degree this year.
Marina' contacted me first, it was a response to a
Yahoo personal I had listed. The first contact was innocent, if generic:
Letter 1
"Hi my friend!!! I saw your profile, and I love it. My
name is Marina. I from Russia. I the most interesting girl, if you will write To me, that I to you I shall
send my photo. If you want to the correspondence to me, write Me by my
e-mail: marfa_2000@krovatka.net I shall write to you the answer in 1-2 days. Yours
faithfully."
The second, which I found on this blacklist also, was
to my e-mail address which I had supplied on the personal add.
Letter 2
"Hi my friend. I am very glad to receive your answer
from you to my short letter. I want to tell about myself a little bit more, I hope
that you will become interested in me the ambassador it. I was born on
November 14, 1974. I am 26 years old now, but I will 27 soon if you see. My growth is 169 centimeters, my weight is 57
kgs. I live in Orenburg City. My friend, I studied in Orenburg Pedagogical University
on the teacher of younger classes also I work at school. I left the University on 1998. I
like my work because I love children very much. I will tell you about our city. Our
Orenburg City is a beautiful place, im my opinion. It is situated on the River Ural
(51°47 ' N 55°07'E). The population of our city is about 600 thousand people. The
time zone is +5 GMT (+2 Moscow). Our climate is a continental with warm and dry
summer and with a cold winter. Sometimes in winter the frosts are be up to -40
degrees C. It is so cold. Now at us frequently there are rains and weather simply
awful. On the streets are pools and there is a lot of water. At the school I work
almost all day. By the way I use the computer at the directors by our school.
I can use the computer while we have a dinner or that it is only one hour. In time
when I studied at the University, I studied English language and I can
speak freely, but if you see with my spelling is not so good. Sometimes I will use a translate
programm on the computer. It will save my mork time. By thw way I would like to
learn about you more and it would be interesting for me to learn about life in
your country. I hope that you will answer me soon and will write me about your growth,
weight and in general describe youself in detail. I wait for your letters my friend.
Now I must go to work. Your friend from Russia, Marina. P.S. My friend, I sent you
my photo. I hope that you will like it."
The picture was, of course, of a very attractive young
woman. Note here that her e-mail, supposedly ther school directors computer, had her own e-mail account
somehow, showing as "Marina" <marfa_2000@krovatka.net>
in the sender line.
Letter 4 and 5 were identical to each other, which I
found a bit odd, seeing as I had written her in response to #4. In retrospect, she had apparently
lost track. She did the same thing a second time later. Up through #5 she talks much of her life
and people, while making no commentary on the people I had written her about.
When I pressed her for her last name, she evaded, said her grandmother died, and
she would try to answer my questions if I would resend my letter. She didn't.
Letter 6 hints about her students talking about
'Marina + Dan' at the school where she works. Letter 7 (two weeks after the first), she suddenly 'has
fallen in love' with me, which is where my first suspicion came in. She had been very evasive in
answering any of my questions to get to know her better, and at this point neither
of us knew the others last names, or if there were previous children. Smelling a
scam, I played it for a bit. While I do like the idea of Russian brides, I'm not a fool.
Letter 7
"Hi my dear Dan. I was so happy after your answer on
my letter my Dan. I think about you my Dan all days, all times, all minutes. I so wait for your warm letter for
me Dan, I want to say to you that now I can't without you and your so feelings
emails my Dan. You emails are so important for me, it are a part of my life,
it are a source of my pleasure to my life, I want to say to you that the occurrence of you
Dan is a beterest part of my lonely life now, you letters gave me a great happiness
and pleasure in my life Dan. Believe me Dan, that I speak this my words with
my by sincere care to you Dan, with my by respect for you Dan. Also I want to
emphasize that I thought about our feelings to you my Dan, I have come to a
conclusion that we are created for each other my Dan. In last night I didn't sleep, I
couldn't do it because I thought about us my Dan, about our acquaintance on
Internet, about your warm letters and in basically about you my Dan. I thought
about all my Dan, I want to say to you that I can't without you my Dan, I want to
say to you that I have fallen in love in you my Dan, yes, I lOVE YOU my dear Dan.
My Dan, it has taken place so quickly and suddenly, I didn't to expect it my
darling, it is so sensual for me my Dan, I can't without you Dan. I love you darling. I
feel to you the greatest feeling on ground, it is MY LOVE TO YOU my dear Dan.
From your letters Dan, I see that we arn't are indifferent to each other
Dan, I hope that you will agree with me my Dan, is it true Dan? I hope that you feel to me such
great feelings to me my Dan. Also in last night I was asked to God, I thank
him that we found each other my Dan, I closed my eyes and have seen the God's
presence. He saw on me and I saw on him, he said me that I will happiest woman,
because I found you Dan, you are my future man Dan. Also in the eyes of God
that he cried, I think that he is very happy for us my Dan. I cried too Dan, because
it is so happiness for us that we can be together soon, that we can to have a
normal family, I so want it my Dan, because I can't to be one my Dan, the basic
part of my girlfriends are married for a long time, they asked me all time before our
acquaintance with you about that why I couldn't to find a man, on their questions I
couldn't answred, but I said them that I want it very much, but I can't to
begin any close feelings with any man because of my of modesty. I am a
modest woman, I said about you in my last letters my Dan. But I want to say to
you that I feel about you not modesty my Dan, I feel to you all my love to you Dan. By the way I want
to say to you that I said about my love feelings to my parents and my girlfriend
Katya and Carl. My parents said me that they are very happy for us my darling
Dan. In the eyes of my mum and my dad I saw a great happiness for me and
for you together my Dan. They said that they hope that I did a right choice in my life
and they hope that we will happy together my love Dan, also they said me that
where we with you will live together. I answered them that I want to live with you
in USA my darling, they asked me about that they will miss me very much, but
since other side they understand that it will be better that we with you Dan will live in
USA because they understand that now in Russia is difficult live situation. They
said you a their warm hi and they wish us my Dan our future family happiness and
great mutual love my Dan. Also my girlfriend Katya and her boyfriend Carl said
me that they guessed about that we with you will have a love feelings since our of
acquaintance to you my Dan. They are very happy about us my dear Dan, they
said that you will a good boyfriend for me my Dan, and I agreed with them. Also
Katya and Carl said you a hot friend hi and they will hope that we will
together with you Dan. My darling, I am so happy for us my dear Dan. I
want to say to you that I love you very much, my relatives and my friends are
very happy for us very much. Also my dear Dan, I want ask you a main question, I think that it will so fairly
since my side my darling. Do you write with any another womans my Dan?
It is so important for me my Dan, I hope that you will understand me, because I love you
and I don't want that you Dan write with another womans. I want to say to you that
I don't write another men except for you my Dan. By the way I want to ask you my
Dan about your profile in Internet? Did you clean your profile TOFNAME? Also it is
so important for me Dan, believe me, Dan, I don't want that any another woman will
try to steal you from me my love Dan. I say you about it very seriously my Dan. It
will so pity for me if you are writing with another woman my dear Dan.
By the way Dan I want to say to you that I cleaned my profile at once after my sending to you
of my first short letter. Please, Dan, answer on my important for me questions
honourly, ok my dear Dan? We must trust each other in this, ok my darling?
Of courses, my darling may be you will ask me about my work and about my school
childs when I will far from Russia. Of course, I will miss about my school childs
and about my work collegues, yes, I will miss about their, but you can see that I
gave back all personal time to my work, my children, I havn't a free time never
there. I think that if I found my love and my future man, I must change my personal
life in the party you my dear Dan, because I am a woman and I must have
my family life as another womans do it. Realy my Dan? I think that my collegues and
my school childs will miss me too, but we willn't forget about each other too, I will
can ring and send emails from USA them too. My dear, how you see on this? I
want to say to you that I miss you very much and I want to say to you that you
became on the first plan in my life than my work my Dan. I love you Dan
and I can't without you my darling, and I decided that I must near with you
my Dan. It is so necessary for me my Dan. I so love you Dan. By the way I will learn my dear
about the necessary documents of my coming to you my Dan, as I know from
my girlfriends, it are the foreign passport and visa,I will try learn it
Dan in near future time my Dan. My darling, I hope that you have a great desire of our meeting my
love Dan. I so want it my love, I love you and I miss you. I will wait for your
mutual warmth letters my Dan. Thinking of you my Dan and all kisses for yo darling.
Your lovly teacher,Marina."
Letter 9, I got a lovely poem:
" Thinking about you my darling Dan"
I am loving you and you know that So why do you pretend you don't?
Are you hiding your secret of your great desire to be with me somewhere Deep in your heart Or you are afraid to be hurt? Oh, Dan
listen it is easy to say Love is a passage of words That when you breath them out You feel like you fly Way over gloomy earth Look at me darling And don't you shy You don't even need to talk - Love is a glance of unruly eyes, Confession of
steamy walks. Dan, let's start it now! Lend me your heart and I will show you
the way How to gam in a love band. You wouldn't want any more to stay In a crying
violin solo play, You wouldn't want any more to stay"
Letter 10 is the money letter (note almost Identical
to the one to Tim by Lubov Gavrilova on http://www.womenrussia.com/blackpage44.htm#absolute)
" Hi my dear love Dan!!! I am very glad to receive
your warm and lovely letter my darling. I know that our hearts will together always,
because OUR LOVE IS ETERNAL, this great feeling connects the another people and us through a
continents. My dear, my love Dan, as it seems, this feeling which includes a three
basic feelings. These feelings are a trust, careful attitude to each other,
and complete understanding to each other, sometimes even understanding without
words,do you agree with me my darling? But not looking on that LOVE is
very strong great feeling, it also is very fragile, realy my dear, because only one word or
an not right action can destroy it and already anybody willn't can to restore this
great feeling. Probably, you will think that a purpose of all my correspondence
with you it is only desire to leave for America. Believe me my darling, it is not so
my love, the fact in that when I began to write to you, I couldn't to believe what it is
possible to fall in love through the Internet. I thank Internet that we found each
other my darling. Only I have decided to try to do it and that from this it has
turned out. We with you love each other very much and we should be together, because
we can't withoiut each other my darling. I have learned much in the searches as
we want to meet each other very much. My dear, I have a good news for us my
darling Dan. My aunt Olga has said to my mum at last day that she has learned
how much cost a visa and a passport. She called in embassy and there have said
to my aunt Olga that it will be better for us, if I will have the visa of a
tourist. This visa will valid during 12 months. It is one year my darling. With this visa I can travel
till USA without any restrictions. The price of the visa, as my aunt Olga
was informed in embassy, is 195 US dollars. Besides the process of registration of the
visa costs 55 dollars. By the way my aunt as has taken an interest about other
kinds of the visas, as to her have said, that there is a set of kinds of the visas. For
example, visa of a bride. My aunt has thought that this visa of bride approaches to
us, but her in embassy have said that this visa costs more expensively and
its registration costs a lot of money. Therefore for us the visa B-2, it is the tourist
visa, is better variant. I want to ask you my dear, that you will send
me a money recourses on the visa. As probably you know an economic situation in our country,
simply it is awful, and at school don't give the salary to teachers during a long
time. Our government explains it to those that they simply don't have money. By
the way I ask you my dear send to me 290 dollars. It is certainly large
money, you probably have thought what is it more than the cost of the visa. But I ask
little bit more because I still should go in Moscow and there I must live some time. If you
will send me money recourses, it will be better for making through a system of
Western Union. As to me my aunt Olga has said, it is the best and fast translation
system, besides this sistem is a safe. When you will send the money, send
it on this address, which is here: AVANGARD BANK 5, VOLODARSKOGO STR
ORENBURG 460000 RU MARINA MIHAILOVA When you will sent me the money, it will be necessary
for me that you must send me the an important information which from you required at a
parcel of money. It is ten-digits, that is "Money Transfer Control Number" or MTCN. Besides write me your full name and
your address. I understand that I already have your address, but I must will have the
address which at you will asked in the system of Western Union. Without these
data I can't receive the money which are necessary for my coming to you my dear
Dan. I understand that it is a large money, but me any more on whom I can to rely
and on this I ask you about your help with it. We with you love each other
very much and we will together, simply I am sure in it my darling. I am
waiting and I am dreaming for a moment of our meeting in your airport my Dan. I
will cry in this moment, because it will from our happiness my dear Dan. I dream as we will live
together my darling, to go for a walk, keeping for our hands my love Dan. I want
that you will show me your native land, a places where you like to go for a walk
and you like to spend a more your time. I want very to be with you my, I
want it very much my dear, I love you and I miss you my love Dan. Thinking about you my
darling Dan, Forever, your love Marina."
Note: same city, same bank, slightly different bank
account, many of the same phrases used in the letter (OUR LOVE IS ETERNAL), same aunt Olga, same dollar
amounts. Different guy. I recieved one letter after, # 11 telling me I needed to hurry, there would not be
another chance at the visa for a very long time. I am very happy I found your site, it confirmed my
suspicions. I did not send her any money. Poor lady, whoever she is.
She must have worked very hard not to
have got my $290 dollars. Attached are three of the several photos, not the
washed out appearance at the bottom of each one. Regards, Dan (please withhold e-mail. Please feel free to cut,
edit or paraphrase.)
 
Marina
Mikhailova/Lubov Gavrilova (Murmansk Russia)
I am a 37 y/o single father of 1, I am a White American
My contact with this scammer came thru Yahoo Personals, she/it originally sent
me a message on marina_465@yahoo.com, the rest of our contact was thru
marina777@krovatka.net, we have exchanged 9 emails at this point. I stumbled
upon her pic's on page 44 of russianwomen.com blacklist. She/it was under the
name of lubov gavrilova. The story and wordings were verbatim of the 9 I have
received.
She/it Claims to be working as a librarian in Murmansk and is a tutor in math and
physics, I got suspicious when questions asked became vague or non-existant.
She/it called my home 1 time and has a voice of a sewer rat, very grovelly and
rough, not to mention sounds well used up.
1st Letter
Hi there in USA. I'm from Russia. I'm looking for
something I'm not sure I do yet. I'm not very great in English but I hope that my letter to you is
understandable good enough! My name is Marina. I want to find a friend at another side of the
world. I found that you are very interesting person and I decided to write to you a
letter. I hope you don't mind against this! I think that it is very intersting to write
with someone from another part of the world! If you interested you may answer me
to my e-mail: <marina777@ krovatka.net>. I'll wait for your answer. If you want
I'll send you a photo of myself. Hope to here from you.
2nd Letter
Hello from far Russia! It's me again! I hope you remember I wrote you a little
message before. My name is Marina as you understand... It is interesting to write
something to another side of the world. I'm a little afraid that you will not answer
to me but I continue anyway to write to you this message. As I understand you would
love to know some more about me and my life here. If so I'll try to describe me a
little... I'm a simple girl that live for the some happiness. I'm looking for my half
in life very hard but have too few results. Of course I had many boyfriends
but it is not for me! I'm looking for my happiness, for one and only half...
I'm 26 years old already and I know something about this cruel life around.
I had so many disappointments already that I almost tired to find someone
who will understand me completely 100 percent. May be I'm a little hurring some-
times but I'm very serious girl and I have very serious intentions for this
chance to find so p.s. I hope that my English is not a problem in continuing of our conversation! By the way
what do you think about how am I looking like?
3rd Letter
Hi my new friend Jody! Thank you for your pics. I like you very much!
I'm really glad to find your letter for me again! I was a little afraid that
you will not answer me. I found that I want to know more about you and
want to tell you more about myself. How do you think is it good? Some words about weather here. It is already cold
and the ground is co- vered by snow. The roads are so slippery and so strange and
great at the same time. The winter is in the air already. It is coming and I feel great
waiting for those great celebrations that are coming with winter. And the best is
New Year! I love it so much and can't wait until it's beginning!!! I heard that there in
USA mostly popular is Christmas but I love more New Year. I have heard much
about Santa Claus and I always was inte- rested if Americans heard about our
prototype - Grandfather Frost or I'm not sure if I spelled it well. So great to feel that
winter is coming!!! So - information about me. I am 169 centi p.s. Please don't be
angry for me if I will write to you not every day. I have no chance to go to Internet
Centre every day but I'll try to do it for you! I ask you to not to lose me if I will not
write you for several days!
4th Letter
Hi my friend Jody! I want to ask you how are you right now? How do you feel, how
do you live there so much far from here. It is so hard to imagine that somewhere
there is a country where everything is different than in Russia! So strange but I feel
so exciting asking you about this silly things! I can't explain what's happening to
my feelings last days! Sorry that all last words sounds some sentimental!
You know the life here is different and often changes from good mood to
bad in may be few minutes - it is everything is good around. I'm almost
happy thinking that everything is how I want to! I waited for the winter here
and it's come finally - here is already 10 degrees below zero by Celsius and
finally not dirty at all! I love this time - winter - cold but everything is so
clean and clear. The air is so fresh and powerfull that I feel sometimes that I can
straighten wings and fly away towards the land of dream! It is so great
feeling!!! I hope you don't th
5th Letter
Hi my good friend Jody! Thank you very much for that beautyful poem!
With every letter to you I feel that something is growing between us. I'm not sure for that what
is it but I know that I like you and your letters very much. They make me feel
warmer and I feel much better when I read your letter. It is really great to know that
you have a good friend at another part of the world. I understand quite good that
you are really interested in knowing more about me and my life. I'm trying to
describe it to you. I will continue this in my next letters to you. It is very hard to
write long letters because the ideas are forced down and block each other
sometimes. For example I want to write about one thing but at the end write about
another. I hope this is not very bother you. Some words about the weather here. It
is very windy today and the weather is some gloomy but nevertheless it does not
make me feel bad. I think that the weather does not influence very much for m
6th Letter (I wrote a letter in russian, trying to break the speech barrier)
Hi my close friend Jody! I think fo you better to write letters in originally English - I
can read them more better! I'm so glad to write an answer to you again. It takes to
me a great pleasure to read your letters and to know that someone far away
waits for mine too. I feel happy to find news from you my dear friend!
As you understand it has come cold here. The weather is very fine and clear air gives fresh feeling of
freedom when going through the street. That kind of the weather is my best in the
winter - it is frosty but very-very clear and very specific - even I can't describe by
words. With each letter between us I feel that firstly called feeling between
us is growing and becoming stronger. It is very strange to understand the fact that two
people can feel closer without even ever meeting but it is really so!!! My girlfriend at
work began to mark that I'm a little differ from mine else several weeks ago. She
said that I became more looking happier and p.s. Thank you for your beautiful
poem you sent me!
7th Letter (the money que's, and suspicions began)
Hi my love Jody! Or what is it - I'm in total confusion - what's happening to my
poor mind. It may sound so crazy but I feel something for you! It is a very great feeling
love! I can't describe that great mood that I got up today in the early mourning
thinking of you huging me in the field of flowers! It was a great dream!!! I didn't see
such kind of dreams from time of my firstly falling in love!!! It was so
wonderful as in reality!!! I feel love and this fact heat my soul when the winter has taken it's rules
in it's hands and already cold in the street. I feel that I'm enough powerfull to make
my dream come true and come to you to USA and to see you in reality and to
shake your hand and to look into your eyes and to say you in person what I
really wanted to say but can't get it in words on paper... It is so sweet - to think that it
may happen to me and to turn all my life head over heels and bring me something I
have never feel before. It is really seem
8th Letter (romeo and juliette?)
Hey my love Jody. I waited for the moment when I can receive your letter again and
to write to you my answer and this happy moment has come!!! Now and I can find
out what do you think of my previous letter. I will call to Moscow to the American
embassy to learn more particularly about the visa. I shall inform you about results
later. Unfortunately I do not have friends which have left for America, but I hope that
I can learn details myself. It seems that we are so close that we as the husband
and the wife. Only unfortunately divided huge distance so much. But nevertheless
we should continue to love each other and to trust each other.Do you agree with
me? I can't do nothing with myself, it is love. It sings in me as a bird in the
spring sky. I think that it is destiny. It can be dangerous, but I am madly in love with you.
Your letters are filled with such heat and care. And the tears of pleasure
sometimes run from my eyes. I thank to m
9th Letter ( The clincher re: the almighty $$$)
Hi my best Jody! I'm so glad again writing a letter to you from Russia. I know it
sounds a little official but I feel that today is very important day. I finally found
the information about what do I need to get the visa and to make my dream come true
and to come to you my love! I think that the best way for me is to get Tourist
visitors visa. It is the easiest way to come to you. Sure it will be very hard to get it
nevertheless but I hope that I can do it with your help! It has one weakness - it
allow to stay in your country for only three months but I hope that after coming that
time I will have a chance to prolong it. I was said that it is possible.
I heard there are many events when girls from Russia got Tourists visas
and after that got married and stayed abroad. So I think that we can be
together too! How do you think? Am I right? I have known about total cost of preparing of all papers I need to
come to USA. It has appeared more than 200 USD as I said PETROVSKIY NARODNY BANK
EGOROVA STR 6 MURMANSK , 183038 The money are to send for my name - MARINA
MIKHAILOVA!!! Yes I don't mistake - this is my name by passport. But Lyzhina is my
mother's surname before she was married. It is not important when you send me something by mail - this name is usable but in
Western Union they asking for passport and there is my real surname
Mikhailova. So I hope this is quite understandable for you. Another important information is
that I need information about the closest airport to you. This information will help to
get the ticket with big discount! This was asked by my aunt Irina. She promised for
me to make this good deal and can't express thanks to her for this! As you see I
speak too much about money. I hate this world for it is controlled by the money!
But without your help I will never see you! Unfortunately we are to pay to be
together! It's so pity! I'd love to fly to you simply with help of my love-wings that
carry me in my dreams about I will meet you and we will live toge
Thanks to womenrussia.com for helping me find this artist!
Too bad that this is such a beautiful girl, (whoever it is) All The
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Marina
Mikhailova (Mumansk, Russia)
I am a 43 yr old man living with my 14 yr old Daughter in Florida. I had An ad
Posted to Yahoo! Personals, to which I recieved a reply from a lovely young
woman in Russia. Intrigued, I replied. Her letters began believably enough, but after
about four, I realized she was not answering my specific question - tho she did
give me her address. Interestingly, Before that, she asked for My Phone number -
She wanted to see if I was real! It did not get as far as asking me for money,
although she did mention that the cost of "making all papers was $200 - this is
when I started doing some research, and came upon your website - lo and behold,
there she was listed as Lubov Gavrilova with 3 of the same pictures I had
recieved! I will note that her letters progressed rapidly, each one more intimat than the last
till, finally, she was professing her love for me gushingly.
Thanks to your site, I have only spent money to send her flowers - I haven't
recieved any reply yet, but I expect that they will not be able to find the address.
Oh, well - lesson learned. Here are some of her letters and
photos.
Letters
Hi my new friend Scott! I'm really glad to find your letter for me again! I was a little
afraid that you will not answer me. I found that I want to know more about you and
want to tell you more about myself. How do you think is it good? Some words
about weather here. It is already cold and the ground is co- vered by snow. The
roads are so slippery and so strange and great at the same time. The winter is in
the air already. It is coming and I feel great waiting for those great celebrations that
are coming with winter. And the best is New Year! I love it so much and can't wait
until it's beginning!!! I heard that there in USA mostly popular is Christmas but I
love more New Year. I have heard much about Santa Claus and I always was
inte- rested if Americans heard about our prototype - Grandfather Frost or I'm
not sure if I spelled it well. So great to feel that winter is coming!!!
So - information about me. I am 169 centimeters height and 58 kilogram-
mes weight - I'm not sure how much it will be in your not metric system.
I hope that you'll be possible to evaluate this in feet and pounds. I live in
the flat which consists of one room and kitchen. It is really small but very
cosy and I love my home as I live not far from my parent's flat. The are in
Murmansk too. I often visit them and I help to keep a household. I work
in the library as librarian - it makes me pretty few money but I at the
same time work as tutor of Math and Physics. I learned it in the University
that I finished four years ago. I learned there for 5 years and it was best time
of my life. It was so happy and carefree days. I have many friends from that
time but we meet not very often and loosing each other from the sight all
this time. Many of them are gone from our city and we didn't see each other for a long time. It is really pity!!!
So I have a higher education that is not claimed in my country but I'm not
despond - I'm sure that I will begin the best life someday - that is my best
dream of life! I like to travel very much! I think that I'm born traveler.
Unfortu- natelly I have never been out of Russia but I'm sure that someday I'll do it!
Now I am to dream only. The best of all I want to visit America. It is seemed
to the land of dream here! Secondly I want to visit Egypt - I think that it is
the land of world secret and I like everything unknown very much! Thirdly I
want to be at the South Pole someday - I understand that it is seemed to
be heard as crazy thing but I like extremal situations too! M-mm-mm. I reread my letter and understood that it is almost not contain
concrete information about me - everything is so blurred. I want to say to you
that I'm very scattered girl - may be because I'm too romantic person! And
how do you think if you are romantic man too? I love romantic persons!
Sorry I forgot to tell you about my favourites but I'll try in the next letter.
But I'll finish now. I want to say to you that it is very fascinatingly with the
man you have never seen in person! I think that I'm little crazy saying you
this. Sorry that I don't ask the questions but you may tell me everything you
want about yourself - I will be very glad to know more about you! Marina.
p.s. Please don't be angry for me if I will write to you not every day. I have no
chance to go to Internet Centre every day but I'll try to do it for you! I
ask you to not to lose me if I will not write you for several days!
Hi my friend Scott! I want to ask you how are you right now? How do you feel, how
do you live there so much far from here. It is so hard to imagine that somewhere
there is a country where everything is different than in Russia! So strange but I feel
so exciting asking you about this silly things! I can't explain what's happening to
my feelings last days! Sorry that all last words sounds some sentimental!
You know the life here is different and often changes from good mood to
bad in may be few minutes - it is everything is good around. I'm almost
happy thinking that everything is how I want to! I waited for the winter here
and it's come finally - here is already 10 degrees below zero by Celsius and
finally not dirty at all! I love this time - winter - cold but everything is so clean
and clear. The air is so fresh and powerfull that I feel sometimes that I can
straighten wings and fly away towards the land of dream! It is so great
feeling!!! I hope you don't think that I'm little crazy in my dreams! But it is all words and dreams only. So I want you to know more
about my life here. It is not easy I think - I don't know what to begin from...
I wake up at 7 a.m. usually. Then I make an easy breakfast for myself and
put closes and move to library. It is not far from my home - in 15 minutes
of way by trolley bus. I use to move for work. I have no my car so I do it
usually to get to work. I like to go walking to work when it is not cold and
I have good mood. It makes me else better mood and give me the charge of vivacity for the hole day. I begin to work at 8.30
a.m. usually. It is not very interesting work but I don't complain - it is enough
original. I'm the youngest girl in our department and I have not very good relations
with our women here at work. I have the best girlfriend at work - Katya - she works
at other department but we are together during all changes and dinner time. We
have a dinner on a neighbourhood cafe. It is not very expensive but very tasty to
eat there - and we often have very big dialogues with Katya there! We like to
have disputes with her but anyway we are very good friends! I like my for the chance to
have a great access to many books. You know... I love to read very much! That's
make me to think more about what do I live for? Am I the person that comes to
this world not simply so but for something important that I can make! So.... I will
continue about how do I spend my usual day... After the dinner that I have from 12
till 13 I continue to work until 17.30 will come. After that I have my
free time. I spend it differently and this is mostly depends from my mood and
day of the week but often I simply get to home and take the book and lay down
to bad with it. It sounds very prosy but it is really so. That is description of my usual day. I hope
that you were not very bored by it! Sorry but I see that I have to go now... It i so
pity that I to stop now but I hope to find your answer for me and I'll sure will write
you a new letter some later... Sorry I forgot to ask your phone number - I want to
do that earlier but forgot at ll. If you don't mind I want to call to you to hear your
voice and to check up that you are really exist! It sound some crazy may be but I
wish to know your phone number! Really! I'll think of you! Marina.
Here she mentions money...
Hi my love Scott! Or what is it - I'm in total confusion - what's happening to my
poor mind. It may sound so crazy but I feel something for you! It is a very great
feeling love! I can't describe that great mood that I got up today in the early
mourning thinking of you huging me in the field of flowers! It was a great dream!!! I
didn't see such kind of dreams from time of my firstly falling in love!!! It was so
wonderful as in reality!!! I feel love and this fact heat my soul
when the winter has taken it's rules in it's hands and already cold in the street.I feel that I'm enough
powerfull to make my dream come true and come to you to USA and to see you in
reality and to shake your hand and to look into your eyes and to say you in person
what I really wanted to say but can't get it in words on paper... It is so sweet - to
think that it may happen to me and to turn all my life head over heels and bring me
something I have never feel before. It is really seemed to be a land of the dream
here. USA is something that does not seem to be real but some kind of fairy tale.
I hope that this enthusiasm does not frighten you! I feel so happy thinking that some
day we finally can meet in reality but not only over e-mail. I'm sure we are to meet
someday. I need to know you in reality!!! Mmm... I want to tell you about why am I
still alone... It is really hard here to find a man I want to be with. It may seem to be
whim but it's not so. It is really poor here with good men. I can't describe
it correctly but it seems to me that Russian man don't want to find their half in me. It
is not good experience of changing boyfriends often but I come through it and it is
all false. I hate that period of my life. I was crazy and finished at all to make
mistakes in this life. Now I decided to find the man in other country and it
happened that I decided to find him in USA. It was always my dream to marry
American man. Of course that wish was mostly subconscious but finally I was
advised to try to write to American man and I feel that make a good thing. I like
what's happening to me last days. It is so new to me!... But I have known a little
about how can I come to you. The most important is to get the foreign passport
and visa to visit. It is not easy as have heard and but I think that there's no
impossible things in the world. The most important is great wish and will to do
what you want. I will speak with mother about this but firstly I need to
know what do you think about this. I have learned that the cost of making all papers for me
will totally cost about 200 US dollars but I'll learn it more better if you want.
All this letter is so spontaneous but from the deep of my heart. I want to know what do
you think about what I said to you in it. Is it really love - how do you think? This
feeling makes me so strong and courageous. But in deep of the heart I'm afraid to
read your answer. I want to love but what future will show?... I need to know your
answer!!! I wish for you to answer me as soon as you can. I love you. It is a little
part of me. I'm finishing at this... Marina.
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