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Russian Brides for Dummies

December 7th, 2009

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fraud

Most men agree that Russian women are some of the most attractive in the world, up there with the best of nations such as Brazil, Venezuela and Romania. But, is finding a beautiful Russian who is honest and legitimate, and who wishes to marry a Westerner a real option anymore? Fortunately, the answer to that question is still Yes. Finding those quality women, however, is an increasingly difficult task in today’s Internet marketplace.

The best option for finding a Russian bride is to travel to Russia, explore and travel the country, get to know the culture and feel for the language, and take care of business the old fasioned way – that’s right, walk right up and talk to her. If she doesn’t speak English, you’re on to the next. If traveling to Russia is out of the question, for financial or other reasons, finding a beautiful Russian bride is still possible, but requires additional caution.

Searching Google or Yahoo for Russian women will quickly uncover thousands of sites such as Date Russian Brides.com or Single Brides.com and many others. How do you know which is legit? You don’t. No dating site on the Internet is immune from fraud and international scam, not one. This knowledge alone can save the customer a lot of time, money and heartache.

The warning signs:

1. A woman who falls in love quickly, too quickly.

2. A woman with model like photos, like out of a magazine.

3. A woman who soon asks for money for visa or “emergencies”.

4. A woman who writes very general, almost form-like letters.

5. A woman who never speaks about herself or her family.

Now that you’re aware of the warning signs and you understand that fraud and scams from Eastern Europe are rapidly rising, you’re on the right track. But, what if the relationship progresses and you’re considering a serious committment? Get her checked out with a professional investigation from Wymoo. You’ve been talking with this woman for 6 months, and you trust her, you say. Too many victims have said the same, and still lost big. How does it happen? In short, the scammers are professionals.

More than ever… be skeptical and get her checked out!

Best of luck,

A. Hathaway

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Foreign Brides – the Risk and the Attraction

March 18th, 2009

The appeal of foreign brides and the primary risks.

From a United States, Canada and Western Europe perspective, we can examine the demand factor for foreign brides, and it doesn’t take long to uncover the reasons explaining the interest. For some of those living in the leading developed world, find something different or “exotic” can be the appeal. For others, the appeal may be to find someone from a different culture, who offers a fresh perspective, and arguably, a more natural and pure mentality not driven by the West’s competitive economics. The physical attraction is easy to pinpoint, as some of the world’s developing nations offer the most incredible women in the world – this is not debatable. Countries such as Russia, Romania, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela produce what many consider the best female talent available on the planet.

The potential reward of a woman from a foreign country and culture is real, but so are the risks. Some in nations such as the Philippines, Colombia, Russia and others in Eastern Europe have begun to cash in on this foreign interest, scamming foreigners out of millions of dollars each year. Scammers mix themselves in with the honest women on websites, typically, sending beautiful photographs and gaining the foreigner’s trust before asking for money, and more money. In addition to the relationship, advance fee and Internet fraud, there is the risk of blending two cultures in the form of language and cultural barriers, and pulling one away from his or her own home country to live. As in the financial markets, the risk-reward relationship here is directly related. For those willing to take sizeable risks, the potential reward can be substantial. On the other hand, it is wise to proceed with caution and do your homework to avoid the many pitfalls.

Is obtaining a beautiful and honest woman from Russia, Colombia or Brazil really an option? If so, what is the best way to make it happen? Based on experience we recommend visiting the country of interest in person, seeing not only the country’s women but also the culture first hand. If you don’t speak the language, seek out a woman in the country who speaks your language, at least basic conversation. This hurdle alone can save a great deal of money and heartache. Remember that with poverty (as in Russia, Colombia and Brazil) comes cases of women seeking financial gain, and nothing more. Approach women with a skeptical eye, and if visiting the country isn’t an option, use utmost caution and due diligence in screening these women. We recommend a confidential background check from a firm like Wymoo once any relationship starts progressing – before any money is ever sent. Too many people have lost big. That being said, there are no shortage of winners out there who are happily married.

Are there any websites that are immune to such cases of fraud? The answer, unfortunately, is no. No website is immune from gold diggers, relationship or advance fee fraud. It just isn’t possible to screen all the individuals paying for memberships on Internet matching sites. There are many beautiful women in the market. Sifting through those is only becoming more difficult.

Best of luck in the search,

A. Hathaway

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My four year search for a Russian bride

November 14th, 2008

Hi there to any guys who have decided to jump onto the Russian bride’s bandwagon and are searching for a Russian bride, or Russian dating.

This article is about myself and some of the times and fun I had over 4 years whilst searching for my Russian bride It was by pure chance that I got into the Russian Brides dating thing, My friend had joined an English dating site, and one evening whilst we were searching which was very depressing given there are so few nice beautiful ladies on any dating sites here but by chance there was a couple of Russian girls, very very beautiful I must say, and for me this was the first time I had ever thought about a Russian women let alone chatted to one but to cut a long and funny story short, I was on a plane two weeks later to Moldova! Moldova!!!! Where the heck is Moldova I thought!! I had never been to Eastern Europe in my life it was going to be an adventure, and was more of an adventure when I changed planes in Hungry for the “Air Moldova” plane, Was I going to make this flight alive?? We landed several hours later in Chisinau Airport that was an experience, I didn’t think the let cattle graze on the runway, well maybe they did things different here, of course some of my friends were saying it was not safe, mafia ect ect, but what the heck it sounded fun to me, and I was meeting a beautiful girl, what did I have to loose this was all new to meJ.

I finally departed the aeroplane and went to arrivals standing there waiting for me was Natasha a beautiful Moldovan girl, well it was a good start, I can tell you now I have made two trips to meet girls at later stages and they did not show up at the airport and in fact did not meet me or contact me, but that is another story I will tell about another day. I was there for four days and already it was a bit of an eye opener, I was having a good time with this girl she was friendly spoke very good English, she had found me a reasonable apartment, Over the four days I learnt a lot about Eastern Europe, and it was nice to go out for a meal for two and a bottle of Moldovan wine for less than $20.00 On my departure I made plans with Natasha to come to England to visit, which she seemed very eager to do, however after my return to England and spending time preparing a visa and purchasing a air ticket it turned out the girl I went to meet was not who she said she was, well this was my first experience of not being scammed but finding out ,all is not as it seems in Eastern Europe, I won’t bore you with the details but seems the girl had taken some money from a Canadian guy, who thought he was sending to her to fix her computer $3000!!! Expensive computer! and was about to do a runner, she left for France a week after I left with a French guy lucky I’m open minded I tracked her down out of curiosity, but just put the whole trip down to an experience, I should of learnt from this, never to rush to meet someone until you have spent at least two months communicating and you can build up some idea of who you are meeting, unfortunately on my later travels and meetings I did not learn by my mistake.

Whilst back in England my mind was full of Ideas and plans I had decided that I wanted to find a beautiful Russian bride, I had soon signed up to a Russian dating site, this was greatJ) I was corresponding with a beautiful girl from Kiev in Ukraine within a few weeks( here we go again!) I was planning to meet her; within a month I was on another plane to kiev to meet Natalia. I could not believe my luck when we met at arrivals there she was, very very beautiful, with long blonde hair, It was February and so cold!! -15 , Natalia had found two apartments one for herself and one for me, So I paid her for the two apartments, of course, she was staying with a friend so I guess she kept the money for her apartment , but this was just one more trick I learnt on my travels,(never let a girl find your accommodation)She was nice enough , we went out to some tourist sites and during the evenings went out for meals but it was on my mind how such a poor girl knew all the best places to eat and drink, even so I even invited her to England,( why did I do that?? I only just met her!) I’m not going to bore you with my story of when she came to visit me in England , all I will say is I was glad to see the back of her!! And it was only when she was in England that I learnt she had visited .England on four other occasions as well as travelling to the Caribbean several times I did wonder why she wanted to go to the travel agents and pick up some brochures, that was a lucky escape for me!

So it was back to square one.

Now anybody reading this article may now be worried as to is, it worth the trouble to try and find an honest good Russian bride, and my answer to that would be yes! I did in the end and you can too by just following your instincts, I made some mistakes, but in general they were my own doing, at the same time I had a great time and can say I was never really scammed or robbed of money.

Over the next few years I travelled Eastern Europe extensively, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova meeting many interesting ladies, making some great long term friendships, I had some great fun and great time and along the way and I guess you could say for the first few years it was like a addiction travelling to meet so many beautiful girls. Along the way I learnt a lot about Russian life, Russian culture and in particular Russian women and their mentality .Now Russian women’s mentality, that’s another subject I will write about another day. I also fell in love with Russia as a country, its culture and its people. I’m not saying all girls you meet are just after gifts, money, travel and holidays but there are many who just seek that, but then there are many girls like that on dating sites here so It is nothing new. My best advice to anyone planning to meet a Russian bride is to take it slowly and be sure you get to know her a little first, and remember she is probably communicating with several other guys at the same time.

I finally met my love in St Petersburg and decided to live and set up my own Russian dating site www.email2femail.com to give other guys a chance to meet genuine Russian ladies looking for love, romance and marriage.

I spent five years on many of the usual sites, many of which just send you scam of some sort or another or the usual pile of e mails saying “ letter from Olga” with the usual , “you have to join to read it” So I’m trying to offer a honest service that doesn’t cost the earth to join the site offers a very personal touch for anyone planning to travel to Russia advice on travel, visas, accommodation, any worries you may have, infact any thing to do with meeting your Russian bride, all advice is free just drop us an e mail or feel free to call me on my Russian number.

Any comments on the site would be very much appreciated, and I wish you good luck in your searches.