Helpful Hints for Finding a Russian Bride
(Written by a Man for Men)
By John C. Fisher
©2008 by John C. Fisher
A True Account of my Personal Experiences
in Russia
This is not meant to be an
all-inclusive guide on how to find a Russian bride, nor is it meant to be the
protect-all guide to help someone from being scammed. If you listen to my advice, and use some
common sense, you will be able to protect yourself from the many scam artists
that are out there. I know, because my
own story begins with correspondence with a lady who was attempting to run a
scam. Fortunately for me, I found someone
to point me in the direction of doing things the right way before I sent money
that I would never see again to a Russian scammer.
Don’t get me wrong, if you are
looking for a Russian Bride, you WILL spend money and you WILL spend A LOT of
money if you want to do it right. There
are no easy shortcuts, because if you are serious in your quest you will NEED
to travel to Russia
Your travels may take you to
different parts of Russia Russia
Before I explain to you WHAT to
do, and HOW to do it, let me explain to you some things NOT to do. If you are currently or plan to be in
correspondence with any woman from ANY foreign country, and she asks you to
send her money…………….RUN very fast in the opposite direction. This is your FIRST hint that she is running a
scam. Search for her name on the
Internet using a good search engine. If
she’s scammed other people before, her name might pop up on a “black list.”
A “black list” is a place where
you can read all about who she scammed, how she scammed them, and how much it
cost the person who got scammed. You
know, there MIGHT be some legitimate reason for a woman to ask a man to send
her money over the Internet………………….AFTER you know who you are dealing
with. I would never recommend sending
money to a woman unless you have actually met her face-to-face, unless you know
people who know her and you are very secure in their trustworthiness.
Let me make it clearly understood,
that she may tell you how difficult life is for her in Russia Russia
A good Russian woman will never
ASK you for anything, and she will be happy with very small gifts. Even small gifts mean a lot to a Russian
woman, because a lot of them don’t have much.
The standards of living and
economies are very diverse from big cities like Moscow ,
to smaller cities, like for example, Yoshkar-Ola
My own search began around
December 2006. I found an ad on the
Internet on a site that advertised “The Best Russian and Ukranian Women.” Of course, in order to communicate with any
of them, at this site you are required to pay.
I happened to find one ad where perhaps accidentally, the ladies
personal e-mail address showed up in her profile. Evidently, the people who run the website
didn’t catch it. So, I sent her an
e-mail, and to my surprise she responded.
All seemed well and normal for a while, and we just told each other
about our work, our hobbies, our families, and the cities where we lived, etc.,
etc.
After about the fourth e-mail she
told me she wanted to meet me in the USA United States
Next she told me she had an
automobile accident while driving her friend’s car and she needed $800.00 to
pay the medical expenses of the person that she hit. She had sent me some pictures of herself and
her friend, who she identified as Svetlana (Sveta). Her name was Alena. So, I thought I will write to her with
another e-mail address that doesn’t identify me by name and pretend to be
someone else who is interested in her and see what happens. I got an e-mail reply from her friend
Svetlana, but of course the pictures Svetlana sent me looked nothing like the
girl that she had identified as Svetlana in the pictures that she had sent me.
Finally, I told Alena that I
wanted to send to her some flowers and I would like her picture taken when she received
them. She told me something like she
didn’t want to “feel like produce on a grocery store shelf.” OK, to be honest, I don’t really understand
that analogy, but I think she didn’t want to have her photograph taken because
she wasn’t who she said she was.
Lots of these scammers aren’t even
women, they are men. Some are university
students studying English. Scamming
people not only gives them an income, it also provides them with an opportunity
to improve their English language skills.
So BE CAREFUL!!!!
The website where I learned about
this lady, writes in their homepage that if a woman on their site asks for
money to notify them and they will remove her profile. Well, guess what? I wrote to them TWICE and her profile is
STILL there two years later. Any
legitimate agency will remove a ladies profile immediately if they are notified
that she (he) is trying to run a scam.
In the interim, I had begun to
correspond with another lady in Russia
So, now when you are beginning the
process of getting acquainted with a Russian lady who you have not yet met yet,
there are some things that you should know.
In Russia a very important holiday for Russian Lady’s is International
Women’s Day, which is on March 8th.
If you want to earn favorability with your lady, it would be a nice idea
to send her some flowers on this day…………..BUT, do NOT send a dozen or any even
number of flowers, because she will be insulted. In Russian even numbers of flowers are given
for funerals. Send to her 1, 3, 5, 7, or
9 flowers. If you know what her favorite
flower is that is even better.
Well, “How do I send her flowers,
you might ask.” First, you might send
them through the agency where you her.
Another reliable way to send flowers is Global Flower Delivery.
If you are planning a trip to
Russia from USA, you will need a Visa for your stay also. I recommend using the services of http://www.gotorussia.com for the purpose of acquiring your Visa. Almost everything can be done on the
Internet, except you will have to send your passport to their offices with some
passport sized photos of yourself, so the Visa can be attached to your
passport.
Three reputable agencies in Russia
are:
1: http://www.y-ola.com This company is
also tied in with Virginia Travel http://www.y-ola.com/?cPath=164 which can help with arrangements when/if you decide to
travel to Russia. I have personally met
and been with two of the interpreters and two of the managers that worked at
this agency during my stay in Yoshkar-Ola. I also dated four different woman from this agency. And yes, there is a REAL office with REAL people and ALL of the women
that you find at this website are REAL women, all of whom have actually been in
the office and been interviewed face-to-face by the agency. This agency also has apartments available for
rental during your stay. This will
probably be cheaper than to stay in a hotel.
2: Next, is http://www.yoshkar-ola-sweethearts.com, which is no longer operational. I can also attest
that this was a REAL agency with REAL employees and REAL ladies who were in
search of foreign husbands. I rented an
apartment from the owner of this agency twice during my stays in Yoshkar-Ola,
and I also met a lady who met her husband through this agency. I also met the English instructor who was affiliated with this agency.
4: If you are lucky enough to actually know the
ladies address, you can also order flowers/candies/perfumes/gifts thorough Cyber-Florist.com. I can also vouch
for the integrity of this company, as I have used their services. I know that they have delivered as
promised. They are a bit on the
expensive side, but sometimes reliability is worth the extra price.
5: Also, a good resource for learning about
Russian traditions, customs, what to expect from a Russian woman, etc is
Most of what is
written her is from people who have been there and know how a Russian woman
thinks/acts.
6. Take advantage of using Forums on the
Internet that are devoted to men who are looking for or have already found their lady in Russia. You can gain a lot of
important information from people who have been there and who have met Russian
ladies, become engaged to Russian ladies, or married Russian ladies.
Also, it is a good idea to know
when her birthday is. And of course
don’t forget Valentine’s Day. Also, she
may like some chocolates or some champagne on a special occasion. Another big
holiday for women in Russia is International Women’s Day. This holiday is celebrated on March 8th. If you check out the internet, this holiday
actually started because of a women’s protest about working conditions for
women in America, and we don’t even celebrate the holiday here.
Chances are if you make a journey
to Russia, you might fly into Moscow. If
you are flying on an international flight, you will land at SVO-2. This is a relatively small airport, in
comparison to JFK or LAX, but if you don’t know any Russian, it is a good idea
to employ the services of one of the companies that can provide translators to
meet you at the airport. Not many of the
signs are even in English at this point.
When I left Moscow, the didn’t even make the announcement in English
that my flight was boarding for departure.
Of course there are other major
international airports in other big cities such as St. Petersburg. There is a smaller airport in Kazan, so you
may fly through DME in Moscow and transfer to Siberia Airways to Kazan. Depending on where you final destination is,
you may be taking a train from Moscow.
There are at least four train stations in Moscow, and trains go from
there to most other major cities in Russia.
They also go to some foreign countries from there.
Don’t carry a lot of cash with
you, and make sure that when you get to Moscow, you change your currency to
Rubles. Or even better, change some of
it before you depart the US. You will
find a currency exchange kiosk in almost any international airport in the US.
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