Scammers change city location, name spellings, email addresses often to try to hide from blacklist.

You can verify her address by sending flowers. Only use a flower delivery service not an agency that will take a photo of the delivery. Without a photo you do not know if the lady is 400 lbs or like the lady in the photos you have. We have links to reliable flower services on our site http://www.global7russia.com if you need.

1st sign of scammer is they claim not to have a telephone.
If you do not know if this person has a phone or not ask sooner than later. If they claim they do no then hit delete and find another lady. These ladies are just not that poor. Most all small school girls 10-12 years old have mobile phones.

Many times these ladies use fake names to hide themselves on scam sites. They use scam travel companies to collect the money so their true identity is never known.

Always use common sense. If you do not you will be getting an education via Western Union and the money you send will be the cost of your education.

Good info to know while you search for the right lady:

Your chances of meeting any serious girls on free dating sites are extremely slim and slim enough that its not worth pursuing unless you just like writing for entertainment purposes. Those are where all the scammers go to find naive men. There are many scam groups, scam agencies, scam travel agencies, and scammers looking for men to send money.

In Russia avoid these cites and surrounding cities:

Mari-El Republic, Cheboksary, Yoshkar-Ola, Zvenigovo, Volzhsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Kirov, Nizhniy Novgorod, and cities surrounding those cites are not good cites to look for any women. Many scam groups, scam agencies, scam travel companies and scammers in those areas. Look further to the east in Russia.

In the Ukraine avoid these cities

Lugank, Lviv (Lemberg), Kiev, Nikolayev
and cities near the black sea.
All of those cities have many scammers. North East Ukraine and closer to the Russian border seems to have less scammers.

Age difference

Look for ladies within 10-15 years of your age. Avoid ladies under 25. Take the ladies age add 20 years and that's her parents age in most cases. No Russian mother is going let her daughter go with a man close to her age plus no lady is looking for anyone close to her parents age or grandfathers age. These ladies are not that desperate.

No Phone

If the lady claims not to have a phone hit delete and move on to the next one. 99.9 % of all Russian and Ukrainian women have phones and most have two phones, home and mobile (cell) phone. Even young school girls 10-12 of age have mobile(cell) phones.

Meeting the lady **** (very important)

Always visit the lady in HER CITY first.
You must meet her mother and father.
If she does not want to introduce you to her parents she is not serious.
It is Russian culture to always introduce the man to the family if she is serious about the man other than just friends. No Russian mother or father is going to let their daughter go to a man who they have not met in person. Again use common sense.

Visas

Russian or Ukrainian ladies look for naive men on free dating sites to send them money for visa's etc. If you have sent money you will not be getting it back.

These ladies cannot just get a visa to many countries. Check with the Embassy of your country in Moscow Russia or Kiev Ukraine for visa details and requirements.

Many times ladies involve scam travel companies to appear be honest and have the money sent to the "travel agent". This allows them to hide their true identity and the person sends the money feels more comfortable using a company to handle the expensive process. Either way the money that is sent is gone, not recoverable and the person gives a percentage to the travel company etc. If she has asked for money sometimes they will say it needs to go to a travel agent or a friend told her how to do it (how to scam). This way they do not need to use their real name the travel company gets part of the money and you get your education all via Western Union without even a thank you letter.

Common related visa scam scenarios:

It's a common scam called by scammers as the BONUS scam.

First they claim to get a visa, have money for travel or sometime say that it cost more to get the visa and the cost of visiting Moscow was even more expensive than they thought and they need money. They even fake a copy of the visa edited by a photo editing program so it looks real. You or men or anyone is not going to get that photo validated one way or the other.

Next.. Everything is looking good...

Now they cannot board the airplane because Russian authorities will not let them board because they cannot prove they have enough pocket money for their visit!! And they want $50 per day for the time they will be in your country. They SAY they will give this money back to you once they arrive they just need to show proof they have the money.

It just does not work that way and the Russian authorities will never check to see if you have money or not when you are departing.. Russian citizen or any other citizenship. When traveling some place they would never ask you when you are exiting a country.

IN SOME CASES... They will even put someone on the phone (a man) who will pretend to be Russian customs / authorities etc.. It's only a man or boy who is part of the scam.

Common related visa scam scenarios:

It's a common scam called by scammers as the BONUS scam. First they claim to get a visa, have money for travel or sometime say that it cost more to get the visa and the cost of visiting Moscow was even more expensive than they thought and they need money. They even fake a copy of the visa edited by a photo editing program so it looks real. You or men or anyone is not going to get that photo validated one way or the other. The US Embassy does not care and getting a reply for the US State Department is not realistic!!

Next.. Everything is looking good...

Now they cannot board the airplane because Russian authorities will not let them board because they cannot prove they have enough pocket money for their visit!! And they want $50 per day for the time they will be in the USA. They SAY they will give this money back to you once they arrive they just need to show proof they have the money.

It just does not work that way and the Russian authorities will never check to see if you have money or not when you are departing.. Russian citizen or any other citizenship. The same goes for the USA... If you were traveling some place they would never ask you.

IN SOME CASES... They will even put someone on the phone (a man) who will pretend to be Russian customs / authorities etc.. It's only a man or boy who is part of the scam.

Coming to your country Scam

Many times girls claim to be visiting your country in the near future. They create some story about a girlfriend they are going to see etc. They even can email you a copy of their passport and visa. In reality they are going to meet with another man and just want extra money from any man for shopping.

Many times they will not want the man to send them the money but will involve a scam travel agency to collect the money and they both will split the money received. The lady does not have to use her correct name, can send forged copies of a passport easily done by a photo editing program etc.

Just use common sense.

Good luck!