Don’t worry Trad, you do not offend me. It is fun to exchange opinions with rational people who do not get offended. But please educate me....Here in the States our legal system goes by “innocent until proven guilty” but isn’t it “guilty until proven innocent in the UK?
Dax - I'm guesing that English is your primary language. Therefore you are probably quite capable of writing to several girls and expressing the same things about yourself with little difficulty and without having to resort to cutting and pasting.
This girl you refer to, no doubt, does not speak English as her primary language - as mentioned above she very likely pays for translation and may even have help in writing her letters.
OF COURSE it is quite likely that she is writing to more than one guy - she has a goal just as you do in finding the right guy.
If the cutting and pasting thing is such a problem for you - then I urge you to try writing to these girls in Russian - get a translator or do the best you can on your own with a Russian dictionary - and attempt to give each girl a similar description of yourself to each with free flowing writing, interesting sentence structure and without repeating any section (no cutting and pasting) for each.
Think you can do it? Get your handy-dandy Russian dictionary and give it a try. No sense in criticising these girls for doing something in a foreign language that you can similarly not do.
How about showing a little tollerance here and realizing these girls are at a disadvantage in trying to converse in English. You are far too fast in accusing them of "scamming" you.
Dax - I hope you are being sarcastic about UK law. I hope you further realize that US law is based on old English law. Guilty til proven innocent? Come on. Count me out of any controversy you have just started with out UK members. (Tim and you other guys - Dax said it. I didn't).
SCAMMER ALERT -
The guy who started this thread is calling himself "Eli Manning" who (for you UKers) in is a big sports figure here in the US, #1 overall NFL QB draft choice this year by San Diego/New York. Brother of NFL star Peyton Manning and hall-of-famer Archie Manning.
I just see a little irony in a guy - using another person's name to report a supposed "scammer".
I also found the Eli thing ironic Jet. I am not being sarcastic about the “innocent until proven guilty.” It was an honest question. The very first laws of the colonies were in fact based on English Law, but our constitution is actually an amalgamation of a number of systems of law, including English, Greek, and Roman....thus the acquired prevalent system of the United States...A republic!
As far as English being my first language...Thank you for the complement...I have been an English speaker only for about 10 years, and I have to than the UK and my British ex-girlfriend for that since it was during my time in the UK that I learnt English. I improved it here in the States, but as I mentioned before, there is always a soft spot in my heart for England and its citizens; I had a great time there, and I go back to visit as often as I can. In fact I was there in December, so, all the jokes about Britons coming out of my mouth are in good spirit, trust me. But I do see your point Jet. Eastern Europe and the way of life there is somewhat foreign to me. So I must admit I should be more lenient with this girl.
One important point though...I keep on hearing the same thing.....I did not accused her of anything!!!!! I said that I suspected! Big difference! But I understand your point, and I will be nicer and more understanding; still skeptical though...it is my nature.
Russian would be obviously a very complicated language for me to learn since it does not adhere to the forms of the languages I know...But y since I am actually very interested in getting to know a Russian girl, I am going to learn the language; it will just take me a little bit of time. But as far as what they write to me, I very understand of the language difficulties...the problem with the letters of this girl was not necessarily the cutting and the pasting, but that she knew exactly how to place certain words and phrases in strategic positions....I am just being cautious. Well, I have to go; I have a soccer game and then a hockey game to watch. Go Flames! I just hate the lightening. Have a good day fellow single males.
lol@dax, innocent till proven guilty here as well..Jet, don't worry, he has not upset the uk members, just think he should cut the girl a little slack..well jet, fly out to Chisinau 18th june, I decided to let the agency arrange accomodation etc as the girl who runs it is a friend of the girl I am visiting and I believe I can trust her, if I get burnt, then I get burnt, But my gut feeling says it will be ok. They have rented me an apartment, much cheaper than a hotel, plus the girl said she could not enter a hotel as it would ruin her reputation, what a nice old world point of view.
<<Who knows, probably this is really destiny.... >>
Ha-ha! Once they "thank the destiny" look out! It's a ritual as old as destiny itself. Most of these women are only looking for a ride to the West at your expense. Be careful!
Be sure to tell them you "Thank the Destiny" every chance you get! You can get burned Nine Ways to Sunday and never know.
I must now stop to "Thank the Destiny" Sound familiar?
As for the scammers, fiance.com is more responsible for the scams, not the girls. It's NOT my job to investigate fakes; I don't pay $30.00 per month to play detective. The fact is that fiance.com directly benefits from fake profiles, why should they investigate? Fake letters keep us hooked longer into paying monthly fees.
PREVIOUS QUOTE FROM TRADMAN:
"Eli, you are completley wrong, this is the site where you are least likely to be scammed, you have tried and hung this girl in public, what big men you are. Of course initial letters are going to be similar, do you think they have the time and the money for translation for long letters, they will get more personal when they have narrowed down their choice, she maybe a scammer, maybe not not, but why didn't you just quitely asl olga to investigate?"
MY RESPONSE:
Like I said, it's not my job to play detective. I'm not going to email Olga every time I determine someone is a fake. Initial letters may be similar, but this was NOT an initial letter. I had been corresponding with this woman (or shall I say man) for almost a month. What a big man am I? Do you work for fiance.com or something? I'm simply watching my own back. I'm sure you would love to censor my feelings about this site so other potential members don't harm revenue. How can I gang up on this woman? She's not a woman! It's a fake person posing as a woman!
I've already requested a refund from Olga, and it was granted. I will never use this site again. Someone previously posted an anti-scam site. Can you please tell me the URL? Thanks.
PREVIOUS QUOTE FROM JETMBA:
"The guy who started this thread is calling himself "Eli Manning" who (for you UKers) in is a big sports figure here in the US, #1 overall NFL QB draft choice this year by San Diego/New York. Brother of NFL star Peyton Manning and hall-of-famer Archie Manning. "I just see a little irony in a guy - using another person's name to report a supposed scammer".
MY RESPONSE:
You can't be serious. It's just a handle; I'm a NY Giants fan. So you're telling me your real name is Jetmba? That might have been the funniest thing I've ever read on a forum.
I will also say that this is not the first fake I've ran into on this site. I received a letter from a woman who had a facial photo and a body photo. About the only thing the photos had in common was her red hair. One pic she had a huge nose, and in the other pic she looked like Nicole Kidman. It was obviously not the same person in these photos!
Wow, Eli, you pay$30 per month, I can understand that for such a large sum you would not want to play detective, with customers paying as much as you, I expect Olga has gone to the Cote d'azur in her rolls royce for the weekend.
I have no connection with fiance.com other than as a memebr, same as you.
My opinion is , that this site is well run, absolutley trustworthy and very good value, I do not want any censorship on this forum, I suggest you go and join Anastasia dating site, and see how green the grass is there
Eli- my handle is idiotdetector, and I just detected you. idiot. I have hade lots of letters from lots of girls, some fake, some not. You must just attract them from you dumb looking photos. Any site, anywhere can have scammeres, it goes with the teritory if you choose to do this. I have found this site to be very good myself and seem to be fighting off very genuine girls. To make your initial post here was just stupid as everyone here talkes about scammers and are obvoiusly happy here. What is the name of the site you own anyway so we can join it.
eli manning: look up the word "ironic".
Clearly jetmba is a handle. It is not anyone's name. Eli Manning is someone's name and you assumed it to report someone else that you are claiming was using a false identity.
If $30 a month is such a large sum (evidently enough to break you) then you can't afford to look for a Russian wife (or ANY wife) and it. If you demand so much, and are so paranoid and suspicious of a womans letters (who may have accidently repeated herself by cutting and pasing and doing the best she could in a language she doesn't fully understand) - it is obvious why you have been unsuccessful so far and will continue to be.
I agree with idiotdetector's detection. Go play on other sights - and after you see what they have to offer (if you are bright enough) perhaps you will change your mind about this one.
tradman - good luck when you leave on June 18th for Chisinau (though I am sure that we will both write again before that time). My time in Chisinau was not all that I intended it to be. Partly because i was "held captive" by a girl who I did not want to spend all my time with and a lot of the time I was trying to figure out a way to break it off without being stranded. It was a very frustrating trip - I felt out of control of my own destiny most of the time. And the girl I really wanted to see (but the first girl would not allow it) keeps calling me - as she did just tonight to ask when I will go and see her (I truly still want to see her - just don't know how or when).
In short trad - I hope you trip is more fruitful than mine (though it seems I met my share of "fruits" - it wasn't what I wanted).
I am slightly envious of your upcoming plans. Though things didn't go well for me - I like the adventure. And the trip looks better in my rearview mirror now then it did when it was immediately over.
eli, you seem to be the type of person that has no business looking for a women like this. you remind me of many of the local guys here where i live. way to paranoid (and cheap), your better off find a local girl nearby you.