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....A recent tale reported to me is cause to remind you to search for your new "love's" name and email address on as many search engines and anti-scam websites as you can. It's the first thing you should do no matter how sweet she seems to be. The tale involved financial support after the K1 process began, when the guy felt she was a keeper. Wasn't a case of her getting cold feet either. (He's a visitor here, maybe he'll spill after he recovers.)

Use her married and maiden names, ect, and be creative in your searching. Do it a few times over the course of the first months of the relationship and for sure do it *after* you've met her, proved her identity, or started a K1. (Don't expect the DOJ name check to catch her at being a "deep visa" scammer.)

This simple act would have saved a few people I've heard from much grief. You may be surprised what turns up, some of these deep visa scams go all the way to just before the interview. It's a double shame when it turns out her bad marks were on the Net all along. Granted, such extremes are fairly rare but it's clear a few out there among you need a reminder to "trust, but verify".

Search for her right from the beginning and don't stop too soon. And for all you love-sick romantics out there: Think what you want...you've been warned.

... in response to A reminder....., posted by LP on Jul 9, 2003

This is overall good advice, but take what you find with a grain o' salt.

Before I visited the woman who would become my fiancee, I did a net search and found 2 other sites she was on. However, on one site, the photos weren't professionally done-- it was a casual shot of her outdoors-- and she looked hideous. Her hairline was the same, the name, the hometown, the age, so it seemed like indeed it was the same person and that it was a classic case of looking great in doctored pro photos and looking hideous in real life. I almost gave up. I didn't mention it to her. I had a backup plan anyway.

What actually happened was an agency made a mistake -- an agency she did not give permission for her to appear-- they put her info with another girl's photo, and my fiancee had known about this, but the agency wouldn't change it. (Now I think they don't exist.)

So when you do your search, take what you find with a grain o' salt.

... in response to Re: A reminder....., posted by Scaught on Jul 12, 2003

...about scamming, not looks. If she's not on a scam site you're only running a 50% chance she's bad. ;-)

... in response to A reminder....., posted by LP on Jul 9, 2003

The key is be creative.  Use Russian search engines, first name only with date of birth, portions of email addresses, spelling variations, and above all be persistant. You may be surprised.

... in response to A reminder....., posted by LP on Jul 9, 2003

Agree totally

... in response to A reminder....., posted by LP on Jul 9, 2003

Mr(s) G. Meir/Zhadanov.

Stalin's - '48-'53 kicks - were, at least, clever.

I'm enjoying your efforts, well, to a sub-par level.

Peiper

... in response to Sam, Golda, and Joe....  What gives?    ..., posted by Philb on Jul 10, 2003

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Phil.

No malice intended towards you, sir.

Sam? Who is that? The inference is related to: Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors 1948 - 1953, Johnathon Brent and Vladimir Naumov, Harper Collins, 416 pages.

The recent book compliments I's other 'satanic' behavior(s), well, against humanity.

Vaughn

... in response to Just, goofin...., posted by BURKE89 on Jul 11, 2003

Sam is A russian immigrant that owned a msall plasics manufacturing firm (NY I think).  He manufactured plastic vials for which the only known use was storage of cocaine.  Even though he had no direct connection to the drugs he was successfully prosecuted, lost his company, life savings, etc..  Last I heard there were still appeals pending.

I was just looking for a connection.

... in response to A different Zadanov, posted by Philb on Jul 12, 2003

I do, however, try to stay in acquaintance with various Russian nationalists, anthropologists etc.

They're very interesting folk, indeed.

... in response to Sorry..., posted by BURKE89 on Jul 10, 2003

esoterically communicate, you obviously live in your own world. I (and probably others) can seldom figure out what you are trying to communicate. Kindly communicate with ALL in mind instead of writing for yourself only. Translation: Peiper, your posts are gibberish.

... in response to By the manner in which you, posted by MtMav on Jul 10, 2003

the lil' war-monger.

Yes, the minor fellow, who doesn't have his pal (alter eg...): Yoe, to play with.

Play on... to Damascus and, well, Manhattan... just for me.

Cheers,

Robert Taft

... in response to By the manner in which you, posted by MtMav on Jul 10, 2003

n/t

... in response to I second that n/t, posted by KenC on Jul 10, 2003

asd

... in response to Stay as sweet as you are Edmund.....:-) ..., posted by Griffin redux on Jul 11, 2003

sf

... in response to please clarify n/t, posted by thesearch on Jul 13, 2003

or Pale Fire as much as I enjoy playing chess against a worthy opponent.  Burke's posts present similar intellectual challenges.  Pearls.....:-)

... in response to I enjoy reading Finnegan's Wake,...., posted by Griffin redux on Jul 14, 2003

Mr. Heywood, was a grand fellow - in the 16th century...

... in response to I enjoy reading Finnegan's Wake,...., posted by Griffin redux on Jul 14, 2003

similiar intellectual challenges........" The pompous ass should take his esoteric musings to a board dedicated to such pompous pursuits. Try a MENSA board; not one dedicated to pursuing FSU ladies.

... in response to Stay as sweet as you are Edmund.....:-) ..., posted by Griffin redux on Jul 11, 2003

in any endeavor you wish to pursue.

Yes, get back on that horse, lad.

For I've: had my petrol-buster found & I'm lookin' at an extra 10K... if only for the betrayl, of the company that treated me in a grand fashion, until recently.

Thank, our lord of hosts, for loyalty & honor!

To Central-Asia... you go,

Vaughn (oh, yes, Peiper does seem to stir up tangents of logic,as well, indeed.)

... in response to Stay as sweet as you are Edmund.....:-) ..., posted by Griffin redux on Jul 11, 2003

fool is no Edmund Burke any more so than I play basketball like M. Jordan in his prime. Any fool can communicate in an incomprehensible manner thus making himself seem to be a philosophical sophisticate. He is not! This Burke fella should get off his "high horse/pedestal" and communicate like one of the guys vice some self annointed, pseudo intellectual elite. (PS..... I could give myself the handle "Descartes," write in undiscernable gibberish and pass myself off as a member of our liberal elite. I prefer not!)

... in response to Sorry, the , posted by MtMav on Jul 11, 2003

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Machiavelli?

For, it suits you well!

Once you discover that rare artifact... called ideological thought; well, then, perhaps you can play.

A humble -state-schooled- fellow,

Vaughn

... in response to Sorry, the , posted by MtMav on Jul 11, 2003

so therefore you sorta think maybe you are, huh Dude?

... in response to A reminder....., posted by LP on Jul 9, 2003

I check the search engines periodically, but for a different reason.  Every so often, my wife's original ad resurfaces on a new web site.  There are some sites that will "borrow" ads from other sites, without the original site knowing.  In the last case, the new site resurrected the ads from my wife's original site, dated back in 1998.  Same pictures.  Same profiles.  It was like a time warp.  

While I found it humorous, Marina was less than pleased.  Consequently, I spent a couple of weeks in correspondence, before the ad was finally pulled.  All of the other ads are still out there though, even though I mentioned certain ads to the site owners as being 5 years old, unchanged...