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Anatomy of a Romance Scam

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 5:59 AM
From: Yulia

Hi how are you? I went to the bank this morning and we dealt with the senior bank employee for a long time. I was told that perhaps you yourself have become a victim of scammers who can later change the transfer data by deceiving them by requiring different passwords as confirmation or SMS passwords that can be sent to you. Since my bank is state-owned and not private, I was told with confidence that no one would require this, so copies of passports can be used in other fraudulent schemes. I was advised to urgently contact you so that you take the money from the Western Union system so that you do not lose it. I was also told that Western Union does not record passport data until the transfer is received. I came home and recorded a video for you and took a photo as you requested. Only it is not necessary to send these letters to anyone. I asked if I could get a translation from outside the Russian Federation. I was told that my card does not allow receiving transfers from abroad.My dear Ryli, I am very worried about you now. Is everything OK with you? My dear Ryli, I was strongly advised by the bank to use a different transfer system. I was told that there have never been such problems with the Contact system. My dear Ryli, please use this system. I’m really looking forward to the moment when we finally meet. I’m of course a little upset that there was such a problem with the translation. But I do not despair. After all, these barriers only make our love stronger. I see that you have no intention of giving up and you are dealing with problems. I love you very much and hope that we will cope with these problems. To be honest, I am afraid to send my passport data to anyone other than you, suddenly someone will be able to take a loan or a microloan by deception, and I will not know about it. After all, with an active loan, I will not be able to fly out of the country. And now for me dream number one is meeting you and our first dance, first kiss, first love. I love you very much and, to be honest, I really want you to be able to hug me now, take my hand and just look into each other’s eyes. My dear Ryli, I will have to send you flight details when I can pay. I don’t know how it will be. If suddenly you receive a letter from the manager with the date, time and airport when I arrive, then know that this will be a message that we will be together soon. Maybe they’ll tell me to send you the flight details myself. But of course, for this to happen, I need to pay for the flight. I love you very much and with all my heart I hope and believe that next month we will be able to communicate live. I believe that we will love and be loved not at a great distance, but very close to each other. Today I have absolutely free day. I think I’m going now to go for a walk, think a little and listen to some music. Soon my player will be charged and I will go for a walk, in the evening I will watch TV shows and wait for your letter. I hope you are not upset with this translation problem. After all, you know that I wish you only good and joyful. I’ll be waiting for your letter.