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My True Romance Agency?
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Posted by: danieltiger10

Hello everyone, another newbie needing some advice....

Has anyone dealt with or know anything about the agency "My True Romance"? They are located in Odessa, web address: my-trueromance.com I met a woman from Odessa on Cherry Blossoms website a few months ago. She uses this agency for translating of letters. The fees for this are becoming quite expensive (of course). I'm starting to suspect everything is not what I thought it was. My questions are not being answered in much detail, she talks only a little about herself, talks a lot about dreams and hopes for the future. Also a few other woman I cooresponded with from Cherry Blossoms turned out to be obvious scams. This one seemed good at first but not so good lately. Any information or advice would be appreciated, Thankyou!

Posted by: clark

danieltiger......I hate to be the first to rain on your parade my friend but every aspect of your description in your post stinks to high heaven of a scam. Before I wrote this post I checked out the my-trueromance website and it too looks like a scammer site. If I were to put a percentage on it from the information available I'd say the prospects of you being scammed are 99% out of a possible 100%. I deduce this from several things:

1- your description of the correspondance

2- The agency only accepts money through WU

3- the agency's website is very amaturish.

4- the only agency contact is a highly suspectable email

5- the apartments they tout are the same ones on some legitimate sites (same exact pictures)

6- the only actual person you can get to from the site is the webmaster and she is suspect also

I highly recommend you not only run and throw rocks at this lady and agency but run fast and DO NOT SEND ANYMORE MONEY.

There are many of these sites out there on the net. But the good news is there are many legitimate sites with many sincere ladies chomping at the bit for you to contact them. You'll instantly notice the difference in the correspondance. Even the legitimate sites require some payment for their services but it is reasonable for the services they provide. I know from experience several good sites, if you pm me I'll give the web addys.

Hopefully some of the other fine experienced chaps on this forum will look at your situation and give you their honest assessments.

Welcome to RMP and good luck to you!

Posted by: danieltiger10

Hello Clark,

Thankyou for your nice and honest reply. My "inner voice" tells me this is a scam also, it seemed more legit in the beginning though. She has never given me the "Visa" or "I can come visit you lines" asking for money. We have talked about me visiting her in Odessa, this is when the alarms started going off for me. Of course she recommended and insisited I could use the agencies apartments etc. I concluded it is some sort of arrangement where she works for the agency, it is my gut feeling anyways. I will PM you for your recommendations, thankyou!

Daniel

Posted by: clark

Hey Daniel! Glad to be of some assistance. At the end of the day it all boils down to your personal inner voice and gut instinct. The scammers are slicker than a baby's ass on many different levels. I have been contacted by dozens, many use the visa scam but, it's getting tired and they are finding more new inventive ways to separate you from your money. I have only carried on a communication with one. While I never sent any money, I can see where many would have. If I hadn't searched the net and found the pertinent information, more specifically this forum I am sure I would have succumbed too. I am a sucker for a hard luck story but I despise being taken advantage of. RMP has been a wealth of information, some straight to the point and some needing disemination but it has proved very valuable to me.

The bright side of it is that it did bring to my attention and peak my interest in the FSU women. More research has confirmed for me that there are legitimate FSU women eager for positive communication as possible future wives or mates. They are not desperate but they are open to possibilities. Keep an open mind and an open heart but more importantly keep your eyes wide open. The scammers can be found everywhere even on the legitimate sites despite their best efforts. But there are literally millions of beautiful sincere women also. Scammers make it a point to find you before they do.

Posted by: britman

I have recently travelled to Odessa to meet a lady called "Viola" who I initially met on Cherry Blossoms and then wrote to through my-trueomance. She appeared to be a lovely lady, pretty and attentive. Alarm bells started to ring when she asked for ear rings as a birthday present. As I had met her and all was going well I bought her ear rings ($200) and also helped her get connected to the intetnet at home. Even though I met her mother and brother (in fact they bought me gifts when I returned to the UK) I suspect this is a scam. We exchanged cell phone numbers and can easily keep in touch with SMS. Lately however she has become unresponsive. I noted that Cherry Blossoms have since disabled her membership. I've asked them why and now await their reply. Beware, some of these scams are very good and the ladies are not backward in showing "affection"!! Back to square one me thinks, a few $100 in the hole... :-(

Posted by: danieltiger10

Hi!

I just recently viewed your post about My True Romance Agency and a girl named Viola. We probably wrote the same woman, she was a petite blond and 23-24 years old. I don't remember the details as that was awhile ago and I didn't save any of the emails. I think she said she worked at a family friends appliance store, she did state she also had a brother. I think her English was poor also. I did like her, she seemed nice at the time. When I originally posted my question it smelled of a scam in the making, her profile was deleted from Cherry Blossoms and a letter didn't seem meant for me that she sent me. I figured it was a scam that would involve buying gifts or such things when meeting, some kind of Agency scam also. Did you use the Agencies hotel and other services? Viola seemed to be wanting to push me that way before I ended our communication.

I would be curious to how your visit went, we're there other signs of it being a scam now that you have time to look back on things? At least maybe you had a good experience and got to see some of Ukraine. I have taken a break from searching for someone from Russia or Ukraine. I have dealt with a lot of scammers and it got to be frustrating. One benefit is I can spot a scam from a mile away now. A good test is to talk on the phone as soon as possible and verify previous information in letters that you have written each other. Scammers don't like the idea of talking on the phone a lot. Some of my opinions anyways.

I'm actually thinking of taking a "Romance" tour this summer to Moscow or St. Petersburgh. For me it would be good idea, at least I would be able to read body language of the women. I grew tired of writing letters, actual meeting of many women would be a lot better I think. Anyways, thanks for your reply to my thread and I hope to hear from you and some of your experience in Odessa. Best wishes.

Dan

Posted by: britman

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your message. Meeting Viola was an interesting experience. She is certainly a lively girl and very attractive. While I was there I met her brother and mother, which are all good signs. We spent much of the 6 days I was there together but she was unwell. Like you, although I am open minded I am also on the look out for scams. I did visit it her in hospital and I was quite obvious she was ill although I never got to the bottom of exactly what. The agency was a bit suspicious too although their charges were not far away from the advertised charges of most other agencies.

While I was there it was Viola's birthday. She asked me if I would buy her some earings! I had already brought with me a small gift from the UK. This set the alarm bells ringing and put me in an awkward position. As I was there with her I agreed but limited the gift to $200. From this point onwards I was less happy although as the week progressed so did the level of affection. When she left I gave her $50 for her phone for the purpose of keeping in touch with SMS messages. She told me later she spent the $50 on medicine and had little credit on her phone! Even now I am not 100% sure she is an out and out scammer but either way I am not happy with her conduct so I have written of this lady as a future partner for me. In my mind if there is any doubt you have to walk away.

I am also frustrated with letter writing. I have received hundreds and written many. Quite a few have been scammers and many I have had my doubts about. At this point in time I am writing to two ladies who seem genuine... so far! Perhaps the romance tour is a good idea. I would imagine scammers are unlikely to attend these meetings.

Good luck Dan and let me know how you get on!

Posted by: Seaview

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Originally Posted by britman

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Perhaps the romance tour is a good idea. I would imagine scammers are unlikely to attend these meetings.

Don't know about scammers but prostitutes are always there

Posted by: Spakoyna

And the professional daters. Scammers?? I know a guy that got hooked pretty good. On his 2nd visit to see her she informed him he would have to give her $1000 a month for her to remain his fiancee! This was after he had bought her and her daughter many gifts.

Posted by: Raka

Most of the girls that turn up for the romance tours are what they call
"good time girls" there for a good time and nothing else. Your milage may vary.

I never used one. I did the hard work myself, and my wife who is a beautiful Ukraine lass told me that any serious woman would not go to one of those parades. Her words !

Posted by: danieltiger10

Thanks for your reply and sharing some of your experience, I'm sorry to hear that you won't be seeing Viola any more. She did seem nice and she was very attractive, but asking to buy her a expensive gift would be a alarm bell for me also. At least you took the chance though and didn't lose much from the experience. I wrote to her from October to about December last year, we we�re talking about meeting in January when things fell apart for us. Maybe she is legit, but I would agree her behavior would at the very least been a turn-off. I would also think meeting her family would be a great sign, but the other things would be too negative for me to ignore also. My personal decision on her was she was a professional dater of some sort that was getting money from the agency for corresponding and money when men visited. But, I never had personal contact with her like you and of course my decision might of not been completely correct. I felt uncomfortable enough about the situation not to commit to the time and money needed to go visit. How was her English, did you have to do the whole interpertor thing while you we're there also?

As far as the Romance tours they might be the best option for me. I'm aware that some of the women are professional daters and might not be genuine. I have done my research and I�m aware of the pro and cons. I know a lot of people view the socials as a negative. It at the very least would be a great experience for me to see some of the sites and experience some of the culture, and also meet a lot of different women in person. Body language and behavior is a much harder thing to fake, from my life experiences anyways. I also don�t like the idea of investing all my time and money into one or a few people on a trip and hoping it works out. Maybe that is the best and only way though, the socials do seem to have it's share of good time only girls. Maybe I will just go as a tourist vacation and meet women as I go along......So many decisions......

I will take my wise mothers advice she gave me at my bird and bees talk as a child. She told me you can�t get in much trouble if you just keep it in your pants!

I have been writing a few people also now that seem okay so far. I have talked to one on the phone also, that went well. Thinking of Viola made me realize that all the women I have known from Odessa have turned out to not be legit or at least very questionable. I have had the most luck with women from Moscow and St. Petersburgh. Not sure why that is, maybe a little different culture or probably just a coincidence. It is good for me for it is the two places I wish to visit for sure this summer. I did find back-up copies of the letters and photo�s involving Viola, it was interesting to go back and read some of them. Reading them again made me realize how vague some of them we�re written. Most questions we�re answered but never much detail in the answers. Lot�s of talks later on of dreams together and that kind of junk. If you want to compare notes sometime email me, that might be fun! I wish you well in your adventure also, I will keep in touch.

Dan

Posted by: cedarwind

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Originally Posted by Seaview

Don't know about scammers but prostitutes are always there

Yes there are !!!

and lots of scammers, green card gamers, and I needy gift seekers.

There are some good women too but they are very few.

Posted by: Texas Proud

Early on in my search... I ran across one that was a 'internet' scammer... she was 'poor' and could not afford to get on the internet.. and if I only paid $20 per month to this agency I could correspond with her as often as I liked... but there were maybe 50 women on this site and very poorly made... and I saw her on other sites, so I dropped her..

Posted by: Spakoyna

Daniel, Did you ever consider going on a "romance tour" as a backup plan? That's exactly what I did. I flew my now wife into the city where the tour was. Turns out I didn't need my backup plan but the support and comradery between the guys was great! Course theirs always a couple a Aholes in the group!

Posted by: danieltiger10

Hi Spakoyna!

Thanks for the input. Yes that is exactly what I'm leaning towards now, using a tour as a back-up plan. Will have to see how the coorespondance goes in the next few months with a few ladies.....