Hello Irina, My name is Steve. I have been emailing a girlfriend in Cheboksary. We have been writing each other for about 2 months. Several unusual things have happened. First of all, one of her emails was sent twice but signed by 2 different names. She signed the first one as regular with Vera. She sent the same message again but signed it Katya. This is her email address: verochkatel@gmail.com I asked her to explain this and she wrote back that "Katya" is a Russian term of endearment. This word in Russian designates a caressing word. I dont know the Russian language but I always thought that Katya was a Woman's name. Can you shed any light on this? The second unusual thing was that another email was sent twice and it looked like a copy / paste that had been sent many times. The body of the letter was very general and could pertain to anyone. She did type a personal closing that contained words about things that we have been discussing. She wont give me a phone number or postal address and she has never given me her last name. She said that she did not have a home phone and that the postal service was so bad that she probably wouldnt receive any packages or letters anyway. She offered to phone me so I gave her my phone number, address and all of my personal contact information. She said that she would call, but never has. She has never asked me to send money. Here is her picture and a sample email. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Steve

Hello my loved Steve!!!!!!!!!! Loved mine, I do not sleep at night, I wait, that day when we shall meet you. You love you me. I know, that I LOVE YOU! Day after day I think of you, my dear person. How you? What with you? Whether you are ill? What new in your life? Whether happened that with you? Day after day I whisper, as a pray: you the God, let there where the footstep is put with a life let keeps, always there will be a reliable hand of the friend, let any pain will not touch you, let your life will be long and happy! My life has changed since when, I in the first have grown fond. I all so - think of you and all as I present myself you, that you near to me, caress, tender kiss me! You as if an angel have gone down from heavens to present me happiness, to warm soul in a fierce cold, to replace water in hot heat. In fact happiness - it you! I simply could not imagine, what will be, if I shall lose you? I asked the God only about one, never to admit it. In fact then I cannot feel you any more, look in your eyes as the sea which is not knowing borders and limits, attract me to you, call behind myself. I would like to live for a long time, and all this time to love you that we never left you that our feeling has not run low and has not faded, keeping freshness and force long years. Well again I dream. Steve it is enough to me to look at your person to feel happy! When I shall look at your eyes, they will speak me about tendernesses, your lips about love, and your body you will speak that you exist actually, about that that a reality for the sake of which I am ready on all! Steve!!!!!!!!!! If I was your tear, I would slide to kiss you if you were mine, I never would cry to not lose you!!!! I love you, in my heart memory of you is eternal. I know, that soon we shall meet you, and I like, I like, and I shall love only you, my most gentle and madly the beloved on light!!! I want to explain to you about Katya. This word in Russian designates a caressing word!!! You understand me Steve? I hope you to me you trust!!! This gloomy, cold and a little bit sad morning to become the warmest and joyful at one idea about you. Without you - it is dark and cold. I, as the little girl in a thunder-storm, in a wood and without mum. Around emptiness, cold senselessness, prickly grief and terrible fear, you in fact know as I am afraid to lose you. When I shall be with you beside, I shall feel like as behind . a stone wall .; the same little girl, but strong and confident, happy and loved, and from time to time up to impropriety defenceless. I very much on you miss. I love you. I love you such what you are. Steve! I would like to see your smile, your sight, I want to see, how you embraced me with becoming transfixed heart, I would feel, that, simply having embraced, we became a single whole, and it cannot be denied. I trusted and I believe in the feeling because such remains on always. I till now believe, that you love me. I love you! I would not like to meet others, nobody will cause more than such feeling, and I do not want to get rid of him and I can not. I do not want to think, that there are other men. I LIKE AND I SHALL LOVE YOU! CONTRARY TO ALL AND ALL! To me today it is sad, very sad, that we now not together, that we now cannot make love. I so strongly want to be somewhat quicker with you, to see you somewhat quicker, to kiss you in your fine, gentle lips. Whole, yours Vera.

Hello Steve, She is a scammer. I am sure of it. No chance that she is real. Katya and Vera are completely two different names. Vera's another name for family is Verochka, Verunchik, but not Katya. Katya is the short name for Katerina or Ekaterina. And ths is all typical of scammers. They by mistake sent you that other letter signed by different name. Cheboksary is a scammers center now. The photo is also scammer like and the letter is obviously prewritten, just added several things at the end. Her old email is discussed on one of the forums about scammers. Best regards, Irina

Hello Irina, Thank you very much for the quick reply about Vera and Cheboksary. Just 1 more question though if you have time. In one of her early letters she said that "Date Rape" was very common in Russia and that many of her friends had been raped by their dates. Dinner, movie, a few drinks and the men automatically have sex whether she wants it or not. And it is so common that the police cant begin to track down, prosecute and jail all of the offenders. She said that she would not date Russian men because of this. Is there any truth to this at all? Was she just trying to play on my sympathy? Thank you for the great service of Scammerlist.com I look forward to your reply Sincerely Steve

Hello Steve, I do not know nor such practice neither such cases. She was just trying to play on sympathy. YEs, there are such cases when women go go special night club, where they all drink a lot, where there are sometimes drugs, and people have uncontrolled sex, but you need to go there, it is for a special public. And it is rather rare. best regards, Irina