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ronin1
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Posted: Saturday February 4th, 2006 05:19 am |
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Please note that on occasion an America Man (AM) will find himself in a situation where he maybe grief stricken from the loss of a long standing marriage or girl friend. These are extraordinary circumstances and it is understandable that one's decision making facilties maybe compromised a bit.
Scams or e-scams account for a very low percentage of the e-mail relationships that are going on-line. However, for Russia/Ukraine it is significant enough to be a flourishing business. Fat Yuri is hard at work churning out canned love letters for those who are forlorn and lonely. Regardless, of the low percentage, the damage that is done to the individuals can be enormous on both a financial and personal level. In addition, it gives the whole process of finding a RW a black eye. Fat Yuri earns his name well as being the rotten apple in the bunch.
To defeat Fat Yuri is quite simple, one has to make sure that one’s head is screwed on securely without cross-threading. The execution of this can be difficult for those who are still in as state of grief so it is strongly suggested that if this is the case, one should wait to start this endeavor until sanity sets in. If a person finds himself already enmeshed with a Fat Yuri, egress will be far more difficult. In this case I urge one to cut off all communications with this charlatan. However, one’s will is weak in a state of grief, perhaps it will be impossible to withdraw until the full scam has been perpetrated.
How does Fat Yuri work? His job is very easy. His overhead is a computer and a internet connection. He then collects photos of models or other equally attractive ladies. Then he creates fictitous profiles and canned form letters of each. He has two basic avenues to snare his clients; one is in dating or marriage personals. Here, he will shotgun his fake profiles to numerous potential clients. If it is e-personals, he may also submit the profile to the database so long as it’s free. Pay-for personals, he will be very reluctant to use. The second avenue of marriage agencies is where Fat Yuri slips the fake profile into the database of a less than careful agency. Once in, all he has to do is wait for the marks to come to him.
How does Fat Yuri set the hook? He tells the guys what they what to hear. Bear in mind that these guys are not in their normal state of mind. They have big holes in their heart and that vacuum is the primer for sucking in Fat Yuri words like a big mouth bass.
What kind of letters does Fat Yuri send? Well, as an overview, his letters often engenders the beautiful woman helpless in a terrible situation that only the AM can save her from. An alternate form is the, “I’ve fallen head over heels for you and love will conquer all. Now where’s the money to make this happen?” Often in the sequence of letters the confession of love will occur approximately on the third letter. If this was a real RW, such a confession wouldn’t occur until after a face-to-face meeting. The letters escalate in emotion and climax when a situation occurs. At some point, the client will be given some weakly plausible crisis where it it implied that he has to act by sending money somewhere. It could be to Fat Yuri directly, a less than honest Russian travel agent or Visa service. The end result is that the client is confronted with a situation that implores him to part with his money in some way.
What are the tip-offs to Fat Yuri? Yuri is often very predictable. He works his formula letters like clockwork. He doesn’t like questions from his clients (won’t fit in the canned responses). If he does answer questions, he will not like it because it takes a great amount of effort for this. If you ask too many questions, he may write you off by continuing to send letters without answering question (want does he have to lose). Also, Fat Yuri is very busy juggling numerous clients. In this, he is prone to slip-ups every now and then. Perhaps he will write someone with the wrong name. Perhaps he will forget which letter he sent last. Most of his errors are from a lack of organization of his clients’ accounts.
How can I protect myself from Fat Yuri? Keep your wits about you. You can’t send your life saving to a picture. That is not reasonable to anyone. Even as little as a couple hundred dollars is just more fuel for Fat Yuri to burn others. Keep your wallet firmly shut when wife searching. When corresponding, ask a reasonable number of open-ended questions. Look for reasonable replies to ALL questions. Paraphase a question that you may have asked a couple of letters ago and look for repeated canned answers. Phone calls can improve your chances that you may have the real deal, however you maybe talking to Fat Yuri's wife of girl friend. Don’t rationalize the responses. Too many anomalies are a sure sign that Yuri’s on the other end.
Have Safe and Sane hunting.
RoninLast edited on Saturday June 30th, 2007 01:17 am by ronin1
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Posted: Saturday September 23rd, 2006 02:08 pm |
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It has come to my attention that the ever so scammer friendly Western Union is experiancing a drop in "costumers " in russia right now, it appears that they are switching to MoneyGram due to WU's new found cooperation with The Ministry of the Interior, Beware of both of them, when its all said and done I could not sleep at night if I didnt warn you to not send money at all, but at the same time remember ( as I am slowly learing) not all of the RW are scammers, keep an open mind, but dont ignore the red flags. Best of Luck
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