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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Warning about Allure Marriage Agency Author Post deanis Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 8/24/2003 6:50:27 PM   y first experience searching for a foreign bride began in the spring of 2000. I’m a little ashamed to share this experience with you in this forum but the need to tell this story to others so they won’t be scammed as I was outweighs my personal pride. Allure Marriage Agency based in Astrakhan Russia is an absolute corrupt company now found on their renamed website www.allure-inc.com/index.htm. I purchased about five ladies postal addresses but later decided to use Allure’s email forwarding service instead. I received two responses in a few days from Natasha Kovaleva from St. Petersburg and Elena Gigiyak from Ekaterinburg. I corresponded with both ladies using the email forwarding for a few months. I had never spoken with them by telephone. I then decided I would visit both ladies and would use Allure’s travel service to do this. During the process of making my arrangements two interesting things happened. Natasha suddenly would no longer answer my letters and Allure contacted me by email to inform me that Elena spends her summers with her granny in Astrakhan so if I was planning on visiting Elena during the summer I could visit her in Astrakhan. How convenient! Well, I arrived in Astrakhan in August. From Allure I rented an apartment at $50 a day, hired a personal driver at $50 a day, (didn’t know or discover how cheap and plentiful taxi’s were.) and a translator at $50 a day. I met Elena the day after my arrival in Allure’s office. She was beautiful but thinner than in her pictures and spoke almost no English which surprised me because her profile indicated a level 9 or 10. I assumed a simple type error. Elena and I shared a wonderful next two days together. I was surprised on how shy she was though because she seemed so outgoing in her letters. The next day I get a call from my translator and she informs me that Elena won’t see me today. I asked why and was told that Elena said she was busy. OK…..So I spent the day touring museums with my translator The following day I get to see Elena and she explains to me that her granny has become very ill and was hospitalized. So we spend the day and evening together and the romance is really starting to grow. At the end of the evening she invites me to have dinner in her home tomorrow night. I look forward to trying her cooking and having the chance to be alone with her without the translator and Granny is in the hospital. The next day I get a phone call from my translator informing me that Elena will not see me today. She is busy again. I said “what do you mean busy? She invited me over for dinner at her home!” The translator said that was the only reason Elena gave. I said OK again………off to more museums. During this time my translator informs me that they have other girls I can meet if I want free of charge and Elena will not find out. I said no thank you because I really came to see Elena only and I like her a lot. The next day I get the ole call again. Elena is still busy with no explanation. I’m beginning to suspect Granny is not sick after all and I’m being played here. Now I’m getting upset. I didn’t fly 7000 miles to get blown off for no reason. My translator suggested the other girls again and this time I said “Bring’em on!” That day and night was spent power dating. They arranged a date for me every two hours. It was crazy! I went on five dates that day! None of the girls impressed me and my translator was troubled by this. I told her that none were as good as Elena and I still would like to see her again and find out what is going on. The next day Elena again was no where to be found so I hung out with the translator and did some more sights. I returned to my apartment at 9:00 PM. I was reading my book and at 11:00 PM I hear a knock at my door. I open it and standing there is Elena with this older woman. I’m stunned and invite them in. The older woman it turns out is Elena’s aunt who speaks English. Through her aunt Elena explains to me she understands that I want to meet other girls and no longer want to date her. I’m like ???? She said she came to see me tonight to tell me the truth because she realizes I am a very good and kind man and she likes me very much. She then proceeds to tell me that her name is not Elena but Valentina and she was asked by the agency to fill in for the real Elena whom she looked a lot alike. She was supposed to fill in for the whole duration of my stay but they didn’t plan on Valentina falling for me so they had to cut her off. When she invited me to her home they knew they couldn’t allow that so they told her I was not interested and wanted to date other girls. That night I ended up having a late night feast with Valentina’s family. It was a wonderful experience! I informed Valentina that I did not want the Agency to know that I knew about their lie. Hell I didn’t know who I was dealing with! Maybe it was the Mafia! I was new to all of this and just wanted to get the hell out of Russia at that point. For the rest of my stay I would just play dumb during the day and late at night Valentina would come and pick me up and take me out. When I returned home safe and sound I immediately began to investigate. I dug up the old postal addresses I never used of Natasha and Elena. I decided to write them both a letter explaining what I had just gone through with Allure and what they could tell me about it if anything. I sent it Fed-Ex Signature required. Well, Natasha in St.Petersburg came up as no such person found at that address. The real Elena ended up calling me from Ekaterinburg as soon as she got the letter. She spoke fluent English and informed me that she never belonged to Allure Marriage Agency. She had removed her profile in Hearts Harmony a few months ago and was now engaged to a man in Switzerland. She didn’t know who I was and never received a letter from me. I spent about $400 writing letters to Natasha and Elena and who knows who was answering them. Allure wou deanis Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 8/24/2003 6:53:57 PM   Allure would have got away with it but thanks to a sweet girl who couldn’t live with this lie I found out the truth. The real Elena and I both threatened Allure but all it resulted in was her profile being removed from their site and them changing their website address. I later was surprised to find the real Natasha Kovaleva does exist in St.Petersburg. I found her in an AFA catalog while in St. Pete on a romance tour this last spring. Same exact profile just a different model quality girl in the photo used by Allure. I learned a lot and I feel like a fool but it was my first time using a foreign agency. The owner of the agency is Alexey and his manager is Anna. Well, that’s my story gentleman. Spread the word! jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 8/24/2003 8:54:19 PM   deanis: Thanks for the information. It seems that there are many ways to be taken. Being aware of just one more makes us all better off. But tell me (being a softy at heart myself) did anything further progress with Valentina? She must have really fallen for you to take the chance as she did and come with her aunt to explain to you. The romance no doubt progressed further as you saw her. Does the story continue? deanis Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 8/25/2003 9:06:02 PM   Your very perceptive jetmba. Yes the story continued. Valentina and I corresponded by postal mail and telephone for about a year. I then decided to visit her in August 2001. I stayed for a week with her and her family. I had a wonderful time and was treated like a King. This trip restored my faith in what we are all trying to do here. Although Valentina and I did not get married I will never forget her and her family. Turns out Alexey and Allure are just small time crooks and not Mafia. He harassed Valentina for a while because he was worried she may try to contact me on her own (Which she did)and I was invetigating him. Now I only deal with American based companies because if they rip you off at least you can go after them legally and maybe get your money back. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Warning about Allure Marriage Agency
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