Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Legitimate marriage agency
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Obligation of Support For Mail Order Brides and Their Children
A series of recent decisions suggest that being a sponsor for a new spouse and the spouse's children is a risky proposition. Consequently, the obligations that are incurred by a sponsor should be fully understood and carefully considered before you or someone you know decides to bring a new spouse to this country.
THE AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT
When a U.S. citizen brings a spouse from another country into our country, he or she becomes a "sponsor," and has to agree to sign an affidavit of support for the spouse and his or her children. This obligation of support was created to ensure that the spouse and his or her children do not become public wards if the marriage terminates or the parties separate.
As with most forms created by the federal government, the affidavit of support is a convoluted document that is difficult to understand. The fine print of this form requires that the sponsor pledge his or her support and that the support pledged can only be terminated for one of the following five reasons: 1) the sponsor's death; 2) the sponsored immigrant's death; 3) the sponsored immigrant becoming a U.S. citizen; 4) the sponsored immigrant permanently departing the U.S.; or 5) the immigrant being credited with a total of 40 qualifying quarters of work (i.e., ten years).
In the event that the marriage does not work out and/or the parties separate after a short period of time, the pledged obligation of support can be quite burdensome.
Recent appellate court decisions throughout the country have held that the sponsor's obligation to support a spouse and his or her children can be enforced in both federal and state courts. In addition, the state court must order a sponsor to continue to pay support after the marriage has been dissolved, and where support would or could not be ordered under the state's law.
Considering California's laws pertaining to spousal and child support, this expanded duty of support is frightening.
DURATION OF SPOUSAL SUPPORT EXPANDED
Imagine bringing your new spouse to this country hoping for a long lasting marriage, making all the arrangements for your new home and after only six months, your spouse suddenly moves out. If this happened to you, it would be wise to put aside your feelings of hurt and rejection, because you will have more serious problems - your expanded duty of support!
In California, where there is a marriage of "short duration" (i.e., less than ten years), the rule of thumb used by the courts is to order spousal support for one-half of the duration of the marriage. Thus, in the case of a marriage lasting only six months, the court will usually terminate spousal support after three months.
However, in the case of a sponsor who pledges the support of his or her new spouse, this obligation can last up to ten years. Ouch!
DUTY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN
What about your spouse's children?
In most cases, there is no duty to support your spouse's children from a prior relationship. Under California law, a person has the legal obligation to support a child only under specific circumstances, such as when a party is the biological parent of the child, a party has adopted the child, when the child was conceived during the marriage and the parties were living together, or where a party has held him or herself out in the community as the child's parent.
However, in the case of a sponsor, the duty to support exists, even if the party had not formed a relationship with the child. Again, based on the sponsor's pledge to support the spouse and his or her children, the obligation can last up to ten years!
WITHDRAWAL OF THE AFFIDAVIT WILL NOT HELP!
In a couple of appellate court decisions addressing this issue, the sponsors argued that the duty to support terminated when the affidavit of support was withdrawn. To support their argument, these sponsors cited the written position of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which states that the sponsor can retract the Affidavit of Support anytime until the adjustment of status process is complete.
Unfortunately for these sponsors, the courts of appeals have disagreed. All relevant court decisions have held that the affidavit of support is an enforceable contract and that it is binding at the moment it is signed.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Before signing an Affidavit of Support, a sponsor would be wise to remember the old proverb, "marry in haste, repent in leisure." Indeed, those who bring new spouses into this country, and subsequently discover that they have made a mistake, may have to live with the unpleasant consequences for a long time.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
No Scam Directory Of Russian Marriage Agencies
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Latest additions to blacklist of Russian scammers
* Anastasiya Pushkareva ( Albrest, Russia)
* Elena Marshanova (Suslonger, Russia)
* Alena Lebedkina
* Anastasiya Belljanina
* Svetlana Mikhneva
* Elena Ergardt (Kaliningrad, Russia)
* Svetlana Mihneva aka Svetlana Shustowa
* Dariya Chekanowa
* Natalya Suvorova
More additions to come soon.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Pistures of Russian Scammers



| Russian Romance scam perpetrators are seeking new ways of getting money out of your wallet, gentlemen, and it happens from time to time that a love letter from a certain beautiful Irina or Nastya that you discovered in your mailbox have been actually composed by a male "correspondence partner" posing as a beautiful Russian girl. |
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Scammer from Ukraine
Late in February 2010 a new suspected scammer was reported, this time it was a certain girl by name Marina (or someone posing as "Marina"), from Ukrainian city of Khmelnitsky, who didn't reveal her Second Name. The e-mail address this Russian romance scammer used was mmmarinary@gmail.com. The person using, this identity in correspondence, uses (or pretends to be using) a translation agency and she contacts men with an aparent intention to ask them for money to pay for translations. And, guess what? Another man she wrote to was smart enough to anticipate the imminent request of funds and wrote to Marina that there are some Russian girls in the Russian (Ukrainian) online dating industry who would make living by defrauding western men of money under the pretext they need cash to pay to a translator. After such reply Marina interrupted correspondence and never showed up again. We believe this evidence is enough to mark Marina from Khmelnitsky (Khmelnitskiy) as scammer and put this person's known identity details on blacklist. Attention: be aware that the photo may belong to a differnet person that could be completely unaware someone uses it.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
How Russian Prostitution Is Linked To Russian Mail Order Brides
Researcher Donna Hughes discusses the rise of "marriage agencies" in response to a growing supply and demand for "Russian brides". The introduction of Russian women into the market (of pre-arranged marriages) saw demand grow even greater. In 1998, there were over 200 agencies operating in the United States which had helped spur 747 U.S. fiancee visas issued to Russian women and 282 visas issued to women from Ukraine in 1997.The results from such arranged marriages vary... However, many women are willing to take the chance, whether through marriage agencies or through independent migration to Western sex industries. As scholars Sue Bridger and Rebecca Kay argue, when conventional employment prospects are so poor, ordinary jobs are by no means risk-free and the spectre of years of poverty haunts millions, they may well feel they have very little to lose." Scholar Laura Agustin’s research with various sex workers in Europe vividly demonstrates the dilemma. In one interview, a Ukrainian woman who had migrated to Spain reflected on her decision to migrate:
- Life is very hard there, because there is no work. Today I sent money to my mother… to pay for her house. You work, work, work and then they don’t pay you, because there’s no money. For example, I worked in an ashtray factory, and when there was no money to pay me they said "take ashtrays", 100 ashtrays. So? Can you eat ashtrays?
From the October 2006 research by Katherine P. Avgerinos "From Vixen to Victim: The Sensationalization and Normalization of Prostitution in Post-Soviet Russia".
Katherine P. Avgerinos graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Slavic Studies and History from Connecticut College, where she served as both the Chair of the Slavic Studies Student Advisory Board and the President of the Russian Club.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Scammers from Saransk, Russia
Olga Patsyuk, Russian dating scammer on blacklist
This is the picture that was used by a Russian dating scammer associated with the name Olga Patsyuk from Saransk. Actually, the picture may belong to a different person, as well as the identity Olga Patsyuk may be stolen too.Other russian dating scammers from Saransk with some details:
1) Julia Gorodnicheva - Komsomolskaya 2-78, Saransk or Khmelnitskogo 12-76, Novosibirsk or Sverchkova St 3-35, Cheboksary, Russia
2)Iraida Belyaeva - Saransk Russia
3)Julia Gorodnicheva - Saransk Russia
More:
recent queries: 1990 * mail order bride scam * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * international marriage scam * 1991 * Russian women scam * 1992 * blacklist * oksana ryabinina * 1980 * zelenodolsk online dating scam * scammers Tatyana Khobarovsk * ekaterina meteleva omsk * Anastasia * photo * olga oatsyuk
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Natalia Erdyakova
This Russian girl (or someone using this identity) presumably operates from Kiev (Ukraine) or Kirov (Russia), has been noticed to use the following email addresses: natashenka@iwoman.ru, sweetnatasha1@rambler.ru, pleasantlynatasha@rambler.ru, Natali1979_2004@mail.ru, but can be expected to use other e-mail addresses too. More photos photos will follow. There was a complaint on several anti-scam sites on the Internet from a man from Germany by name Thomas saying:"I was recently scammed out of 500 Euro from someone using the name Natalya Erdyakova. I sent her the money via Western Union. Since then I never heard from this girl."
This Russian scammer normally would say she (he) doesn't have phone number.
Olga Zhelonkina - Irkutsk, Russia * Oriana Shakhova * Ozodhon Ubaydullaeva - Komsomolskaja St 11a-10, Orsha, Vitebsk , Belarus * Polina Ageeva * Andzelevich (Andzelewich) * Astapova * Natalya Rybakova Efremov, Tula, Russia * Natalya Rizhikova * Partizanskaya Petersburg Russia * Natalie Salikova – Lugansk * Donetsk, Ukraine * Natalya Samoilova, Ufa, Russia * Natalia Saribalaeva (Sarabelaeva) * blacklist * scammers database update * Margarita Mihalskaya * Mariya Akulitch * Maria Alexandrova
Monday, February 1, 2010
Fake ads and professional flirts on Yahoo and Match.com
MSN NEWS
New addition to Russian scam blacklists by another resource:
Zoya Vasilenko (Lugansk, Ukraine)
Yelena Bibik (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Yulya Shirokova (Kremenchug, Ukraine)
Tatyana Lebedeva (Syktyvkar, Vladivostok, St.Petersburg, Saratov, Russia)
Tetyana Kharchenko (Lviv, Ukraine)
Olga Maximova (Nikolaev, Ukraine)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Russian Scam Database
- Alisa Korablewa, Russia, Penza, e-mail: iltribecorona@gmail.com
- Elena Shipovskaya, Russia, Surgut, great4tune@gmail.com
- Zyryanova Valentina, Russia, Tomsk,
- Marina Rahmanova, Russia, Saratov, marishca-love@yandex.ru
- Irina Sultanova, Russia, Izhevsk, charminggentlegirll@yahoo.com
- Nargizakhon Atamedova, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, kissimmee_2000@mail.ru
- Tatyana Bessonova, Russia, Tambov, Poluhsy@Yahoo.com
- Nigar Rzaguliyeva, Azerbaijan Baku, anvoi@hotmail.co.uk
- Olga Shtonda, Ukraine Lugansk, glauka@gmx.net
- Irina Medvedova (Medevedeva), Ukraine Lugansk, irinairina@front.ru
- Lesya Ignatenko, Ukraine Lugansk, lig@ukr.net
- Elena Dneprova, Ukraine, Lugansk, e-mail not available
- Nina Finogeyeva, Ukraine, Lugansk, sunnysmil@web.de
- Irina Ustinova, Ligansk
- Nina Chernova, Ukraine, Kiev
- Daria Zarubetskaya, Irina Zvanskaya, Darina Morozova - all from Kiev
- Boldireva Galina, Russia, Moscow, admin@bargology.net
- Olga Smirnova, Ufa, Russia, email not available
Indian Dating Scam
From: atif mattar, atifmattar@indiatimes.com
Hi Dear,
How are you doing?I am new here and you can call me Joyce,I am in search of a true and trust worthy friend whom I can trust as I have the believe that a good friend is better than a bad relative.I have gone through your profile and you met what I need in a man.I believe age,color or distance can never be an obstacle where a true emotion is flowing.I will be waiting for your message to my email here (jamal200970@yahoo.com)so that I can send you my photo and also tell you more about me as I have important thing to discuss with you.
Yours
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Russian Scammers Database
- Olga Frolova, Vorkuta, Russia, peach26@yandex.ru
- Elena Vohminceva (Vohmincheva), Kirov, Russia, millenium555@mail15.com
- Tatyana Shilova, Khabarovsk, Russia
- Sveta Pitomets, Kursk, Russia, svetlana_pit_25@mail333.com
- Ekaterina Turgeneva (Marta Turgeneva), Chelyabinsk, Russia, magnificence@land.ru
- Tanya Kuklina, Omsk, Russia, tanyarussia@fromru.com
- Elena Korneeva, Ukraine, Donetsk, Korneeva@hotpop.com
- Irina Tuhtina, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, irinann@mail2k.ru
- Elena Andreeva, Kazan, Russia
- Oksana Sedova, Barnaul, Russia, sedova_oksana@inbox.ru
- Elena Larina, Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Elena Novosyolova, Vorkuta, Russia, krasotka000@yandex.ru
- Yulia Redkina, Samara, Russia
- Elvira Muharlyamova Tomsk, Russia, elviranda@front.ru, muhaelvira@mail333.com
- Svetlana Tyrnaeva, Kazan, Russia
- Ludmila Fedorova, Zelenodolsk, Russia, Line40@yandex.ru
- Aleksandra Volodina, Abakan, Russia, volodaleksa@yandex.ru
- Svetlana Zagainova, Ufa, Russia
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Bouquet Scam Check
Bouquet of mixed seasonal flowers and gift card will be delivered to the address you provide. The company's couriers will personally visit the address, and report back with their findings within 3 - 5 business days. The report will include a description of whether the address or the recipient was found, and a photograph of the delivery, in the event that the person does exist. The service includes a check in local telephone directories in case the courier is unable to find the recipient (your virtual sweetheart). Thus you achieve 2 goals simultaneously: you discover wether there's that very real person behind that lovely place and pleasantly surprise her in case shes's what she claimes to be.
Check out new scammers blacklist additions:
- Viktoriya Alekseeva, Kazan, Russia;
- Ekaterina Neznakomova, Kiev, Ukraine;
- Larisa Shabashova, Omsk, Russia;
- Oksana Zhadan, Poltava, Ukraine;
- Irina Gluhova, Voronezh, Russia;
- Nadejda Kornilova, Zelenodolsk, Russia;
- Lira Morozova, Ashgabat, Turkmenia (Turkmenistan);
- Natalia Morozova, Cheboksary, Russia - associated with e-mail baby_girl160879@mail.ru;
- Olga Nizovtseva, Chelyabinsk, Russia - associated with e-mail baby_love@mail15.com;
- Masha/Elena/Anna, associated with e-mail babycool@front.ru;
- Anna Molokanova, Novoaltaisk, Russia - associated with e-mail babyruss4@myfreeemailbox.com;
- Svetlana Glushkova, Medvedevo, Russia - associated with e-mail BabyS1@yandex.ru;
- Olya Gritsenko, Lugansk, Ukraine - associated with e-mail BagiStar@ukr.net and noticed as operating through online introductions agency Bagira.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Dating Scammer Ekaterina, Western Union Scam, Visa Scam
Following some requests from men seeking marriage abroad, specifically in Russia, we have performed some research on the Internet, and here's what we've come across:
My Loved --!
I am very happy to see your letter! I wish to tell to you many thanks, for that you do not leave me in heavy time. I see, that you understand - that to me difficultly here in the big city without your support. I am happy to read your warm gentle words. My Loved --, today I have visited the airport, I time have spent long time at the airport, considered the various prices for tickets, and as flight dates. The prices for tickets depend on a class of the plane and flight date.....
Now do your own conclusions.
Please, mind, that the picture this Russian dating scammer "Ekaterina Demeneva" may belong to a different person. Moreover, "Ekaterina" may turn out even a male:))))) At least we can tell you that this picture and these personal data are being used in a Russian online dating defraud scheme. |
Well, let's go ahead, here's what you are expected to get next:
It will be very good, if you send me money through western union. It will help to issue my visa faster. Now I want you will give you the information in which to require. It is the bank address in which there is an office western union, and my full name. Here the necessary information:
115093
MOSCOW
MASTER BANK
LYUSINOVSKAYA 29 STROENIE 1
Ekaterina
Demeneva
Also the employee of bank has told to me that I will require in number of the control of a remittance (MTCN), I should have this number what to receive your help!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Russian Dating Scam Check
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Russian scammers blacklist update
Angelica Semenova from Cheboksary, Russia Lyudmila Matveeva from Cheboksary, Russia Olga, Cheboksary, last name unknown Dating scammer Ekaterina from Cheboksary, Russia Elena Gorlanova Dating Scammer Marina Kushakova Nataliya Kuklina Dating Scammer Anna Ivanova from Anapa Angelica Tesmeeva Elena Klementeva Larisa Koldybaeva Sedyh Maria |
Kirpichnikova Oksana from Cheboksary, Russia, airfare and visa fraud:
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Sometimes Russian dating scammers work in teams that are needed for writing and sending love letters to foreigners 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the sole aim to generate the profits. Ultimately that one naive random individula is spotted and seduced to rush to the neartest Western Union office thinking a desperate model quality beauty girl will soon be serving his every need. English speaking girls often hired to return phone calls to victims, posing as a girl on the picture. The scam is normally being fueled by the victim's own greed. Instead of settling for a marriage minded homely girl, he wants a slim 18 year old supermodel, even if his own appearance and financial income leaves much to be desired. Exactly for the same reason male victims of mail order bride scams will hardly report the crime out of fear of exposing himself for even more humilation. |
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Featured Scammer: Yulia Patrusheva, Russia, Cheboksary
This girl last known e-mail address that she used is: yulialoveee@rambler.ruShe is 28 old, born 08-12-1980 |
Other women's names that have been noticed to scam or to have attempted to scam western single gentelmen:
Yana Bazil, Ukraine, Luhansk
Yulia Hayes, Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk
Yuliya Kovtun, Ukraine, Vinnytsya
Yuliya Kuznetsova, Ukraine, Kiev, e-mail milanita69@yahoo.com
Yelena Deyneka, Azerbaijan, Baku
Yevgeniya Skvirskaya, Ukraine, Uzhhorod or Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya
Yulia Pestilova, Russia, Zheleznovodsk
Yuliya Kiseleva, Russia, Kazan, e-mail address: ylia848@rambler.ru
Yulya Yavorskaya, Ukraine, Luhansk (Lugansk), diamond.yulya@list.ru
Zarina, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, is known to have used e-mail address zaika87-04@mail.ru
Yana Koroleva, Ukraine, Kiev
Svetlana, Ukraine, Donetsk, e-mail address: lastochka365@meta.ua
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Russian scammer blacklist update
Natalia from St.Petersburg, aka Galina (Galia) – Slaviansk. This photo may actually belong to a different person who could have become a victim of the identity theft. |
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This girl last known e-mail address that she used is: yulialoveee@rambler.ru
Natalia from St.Petersburg, aka Galina (Galia) – Slaviansk. This photo may actually belong to a different person who could have become a victim of the identity theft.