NOT For the Faint of Heart

[Admin]

I ran across this article today, and thought I would mention it to you guys.

The article is about a lawyer who got scammed for what he claims was $75,000 by a Romanian gal, so he decided to write a book. Both are linked below:

Article:
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=46780

Book:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MT9YOW?ie=UTF8&tag=russianwome08-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000MT9YOW">How to Not Get Burned By Internet Dating and Mail Order Brides: A Guide for the Potential Victim (Volume 1)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=russianwome08-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000MT9YOW" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

[Cold Warrior]

You can never be too careful, big red flag is how badly she wants to leave her country.

[viking]

A $30,000 diamond engagement ring? Even by AW standards that is pretty hefty. What was he thinking? ??? (yes, I know the answer)

[Shadow]

As it shows intelligence and education often have no use once a guy starts thinkingwith his little head.

[Louie]

If she's dating a rock star, she'll get whats coming, girls like her are a dime a dozen to them, I don't care how hot she is

[BC]

Somehow I find little sympathy for the guy.. 

This ranks up there with the guy that sent his fiancee 25K to have her bed shipped to the US, never to be seen again.

[viking]

I have done some foolish things now and then, but $25K to have a bed shipped? That truly stretches the limits of my imagination. I would love to read how she managed to convince this guy to do something like that.

[catzenmouse]

I have done some foolish things now and then, but $25K to have a bed shipped? That truly stretches the limits of my imagination. I would love to read how she managed to convince this guy to do something like that.

Hell, I'd like the guys contact info. I wonder how gullible he is...

[Cold Warrior]

Jail for lonely-hearts conwoman

A woman who conned tens of thousands of pounds from men she met through newspaper and internet dating sites has been jailed for two years.
Emma Golightly, from Meadowfield Gardens in Walkerville, Newcastle, claimed to be a wealthy businesswoman.

The 22-year-old, who even convinced one man she had cancer so he would marry her, used her victims' credit cards to fund her lavish lifestyle.

She was jailed after admitting theft and obtaining property by deception.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that her 18-month crime spree included more than 80 offences and was worth £254,000.

The cash was spent on holidays, fast cars, shoes and beauty treatments.

Lavish gifts

Golightly told one of the men that she had terminal cancer and did not want to die an unmarried woman.

She then took him on an £8,000 honeymoon, which he was unaware was paid for using his credit card.

A year later, she arranged another wedding with another man, and again paid for it with his credit card without his knowledge, the court heard.

Judge David Wood told Golightly: "Over a period of quite a long time you befriended a number of men and pretended to them you were rich, terminally ill and in need of a husband.

"You encouraged them by offering lavish gifts whilst all the time you had stolen their cheque books or credit cards and were using them for your own advantage."

He accepted that she was suffering from a personality disorder but said the offences of theft, deception and attempted deception were so serious that only custody could be justified.


Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/tyne/6313617.stm

Published: 2007/01/30 14:44:47 GMT

© BBC MMVII

[jj]

I can see why he  would have to write and sell some books to make up for lost income!    Sounds like AW relationship I had to a smaller degree.(no ring tho, just used car)   jj

[viking]

Ken
Obviously VERY gullible!

COld Warrior
Where you are and over here in the states, people can be brought to court for fraud. Too bad the same is not true for Russia and the FSU. If it was, there would be many scammers behind bars and most likely less scammers overall.

[mspanky]

Gullible,

 Judging by his pictures he is not an attractive man. But guys like him keep going after beautiful women 20 years their junior and suprised it's not true love. I don't feel sorry for him one bit. There are a lot of 30+ very decent looking women in Russia. But because he is a lawyer and has money, he wants a model who only wants his money.You reap what you sow.