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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #135 on: June 26, 2012, 08:06:50 AM »
Felicidades John :)

Will you post trip report? 
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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #136 on: June 26, 2012, 08:36:00 AM »
Is your love one of the girls whom you previously believed to be part of an Anastasia scam?

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« Reply #137 on: June 26, 2012, 05:32:59 PM »
Is your love one of the girls whom you previously believed to be part of an Anastasia scam?

Greetings ..

I returned from Ukraine. There the heat is unbearable.
Never been like this before.
I am very happy to have spent a few days with my love.

Now back to work


Yesterday was warm and about ten days ago it was low 30's but the rest of the time in Western Ukraine it was bearable. If you want the other extreme travel in January or February when there is a cold snap.

We would be curious to see you travel expeirences and how it went with your love.
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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #138 on: June 26, 2012, 05:40:36 PM »
Is your love one of the girls whom you previously believed to be part of an Anastasia scam?

Greetings ..

I returned from Ukraine. There the heat is unbearable.
Never been like this before.
I am very happy to have spent a few days with my love.

Now back to work


Yesterday was warm and about ten days ago it was low 30's but the rest of the time in Western Ukraine it was bearable. If you want the other extreme travel in January or February when there is a cold snap.

We would be curious to see you travel expeirences and how it went with your love.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #139 on: June 26, 2012, 05:56:14 PM »
Is your love one of the girls whom you previously believed to be part of an Anastasia scam?

That is precisely why it will be most interesting to see outcome.
Of all the sites Anastasia  is probably the easiest to verify the girl-- that she is real etc. It does not however-- do any more than that.It makes it all the more interesting to hear what did happen in this case.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #140 on: June 27, 2012, 04:16:55 AM »
Is your love one of the girls whom you previously believed to be part of an Anastasia scam?

That is precisely why it will be most interesting to see outcome.
Of all the sites Anastasia  is probably the easiest to verify the girl-- that she is real etc. It does not however-- do any more than that.It makes it all the more interesting to hear what did happen in this case.

How would you do that? (without  :money: ?)
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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #141 on: June 27, 2012, 05:03:08 AM »

How would you do that? (without  :money: ?)

Sharon just for you-- the comment refers to anyone using Anastasia.For all its faults it is easy to establish that their is a girl for the profile.On the site you can do live 2 way video chat,phone calls and sms as well as all the other ways the sites use generally.My comment is intended to convey that.
   It does not say she is genuine in expressing what she is really thinking--that is a different issue altogether.
  FWIW-- I can access if I choose to without spending a cent of my own-- and no--I will make no further comment on that.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #142 on: June 27, 2012, 12:33:58 PM »
Telephone calls, emails, snail-mail letters and messaging all have one thing in common: they do not verify that one is communicating with the girl in the photos. Even video chat can be fraudulent in various ways. It may be prerecorded. Even if the girl is sitting in front of the webcam in real time, she might not be communicating with you any more than the weather girl on TV is communicating with you. For example, you could be communicating with a translator, not her. Even if she is communicating with you, she could be being paid to do so. This is not to say that the system has no value but it is hardly an acid test and is a very poor substitute for Skype.

If one is reasonably certain that he is, in fact, communicating with the girl in the photos, it is only one of many hurdles that he will have to negotiate before anything that resembles a real relationship is possible. Personally, I would never play video-chat roulette because I object to being given a false sense of security.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #143 on: July 04, 2012, 03:28:43 AM »

Good morning,

I had heard a lot of Ukrainian girls.
My source of information was Louise. She immigrated to Spain in the 90's.
A woman born in Western Ukraine. Now 55 years.
Those conversations encouraged me in finding a Ukrainian girl.
All I heard it accomplished what I expect from my partner.
I started out to work. Unfortunately I crossed paths with the worst.
Anastasia has brought me the money and she has emotionally abused.
I've tried with many girls from there to achieve my dreams.
It was useless.
Only in one case, I believed at the time that the intentions of the girls were sincere. Now I have many doubts about the legitimacy of that case.

My girl is real. She is full-blooded Ukrainian.
She took me to meet her parents on the third day of meeting.
Soon, she wanted to meet my parents.
She does not like to frequent restaurants or nightclubs.
She did not want me to spend my money.
She wants me to eat and sleep at home to minimize my expenses.
When I return to Spain, I have to pay my overweight luggage. They come loaded with gifts she and her parents offered me and my family.
She is a motherly woman, who wants to have children.
She takes responsibility for the administration of our future home.
She is very jealous, and she loves me.
She has recently finished college and she wants to marry me as soon as possible.
She speaks English well enough.
She is very pretty.
What more could you want from your partner?

Anastasia and many are the plague for the man who sincerely seeks.

Here someone said: "The reason that there are men-clients in these agencies is the same by which the casinos are full of customers"
Probably he is right.

My last trip was as extraordinary as the first.
I have some things to tell the world of the sewer agency.
In another letter.

Greetings to all.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #144 on: July 04, 2012, 03:49:36 AM »
John Hi
I'm glad to see it's coming together. Don't be a stranger  :popcorn:
 
She is a motherly woman, who wants to have children.
She takes responsibility for the administration of our future home.
She is very jealous, and she loves me.
She has recently finished college and she wants to marry me as soon as possible.
She speaks English well enough.
She is very pretty.
What more could you want from your partner?


Heady stuff. I agree 100%
Stay in comm buddy ;D
 
 
 
 

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #145 on: July 04, 2012, 03:53:40 AM »
John read other comments made today about site.

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #146 on: July 04, 2012, 06:48:59 AM »
How did you meet your girl?
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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #147 on: July 05, 2012, 08:51:58 AM »
Hola Sharon. Usted habla español?
Admiro el pueblo judío.

I will try to answer your question.

In Ukraine, making the first contact with a girl is extremely easy.
It is important to do so in the right place. And with whom.
Avoid the girls too early and modern.
And those you make it very easy.
The Ukrainian real easy to start contact.
The next step is when they testan your true interest.
They put evidence to prove that you really have interest in it. Never get tired of your stress. Never take it for your lost. Probably few of us can understand. Here, things are quite different.
I have known several girls on the bus, on the street, in a shop, in a park, in real life.
Clearly it is very important that you can talk to her in the same language.
Some of these beautiful girls speak English.
Do not get tired.
Looking mainly in small towns and villages.
That is the best of the best.
I have fled from Kiev, Odessa and other large cities and eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian girls are such as we are told.
Girls who are different are running around the agencies.
Your skill is in avoiding the middleman.
Grab a backpack and a few Euros, and crosses Ukraine.
Do it for yourself.
It is much more exciting and real. Also much cheaper.
You do not worry about the accommodation and other amenities.
With a bit of money, everything can be solved in Ukraine.
In the vicinity of Lviv paid 20 Euros a room in a luxury hotel.
There were the Ukrainian selection of rugby.
You can eat for ten Euros a day.
The bus is the means of transport that I advise.
Very economical and reaches every corner. There do not deceive you.
Taxis charge foreigners from 3 to 4 times, or more, than they charge to the Ukrainians.
Generally, Ukrainians are very hospitable and friendly.
There are few who consider tourists as victims that they can suck up to infinity.
They consider us a little silly.
Is this really the philosophy with the agencies.
Finally and most importantly, you have to avoid intermediaries.
Never forget that there are millions of Ukrainians who earn 200 Euros per month or less.

My Ukrainian girl is real.

Greetings to all

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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #148 on: July 05, 2012, 05:07:35 PM »
Hola John

Si, hablo Español.

Gracias por compartir su experiencia.

Le deseo lo mejor con su amor :)   
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Re: Anastasia.com scam or real?
« Reply #149 on: July 06, 2012, 12:21:22 AM »
John,

Curious will your future wife learn Spanish and enter the work force, assuming the current crisis is resolved in your country?

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