Omsk, Russia, 2010. An American citizen came to the police station in the city of Omsk to file a complaint. He was very upset and told that he had got to know a Siberian beauty on social networks some time ago. She was lovely and cordial. He fell desperately in love with her soon. The man sent her quite a considerable amount of money and they were about to meet each other in person. But then she suddenly disappeared. Probably, according to one of the woman`s friends, a car accident took place. The man asked the Russian police to get to the bottom of this story.
An investigation was launched and it turned out that instead of talking to the pretty Russian woman the man had been chatting with 2 Russian men (aged 24 and 25). They engaged in communicating with him under fake female profile. The conmans borrowed photos and personal data from their female friend with her consent. They started swindling the victim out of money by telling invented stories about different problems: debts, thefts and so on. Also they asked him to send them money to buy flight tickets. The victim being in love willingly transferred money - 8 600 USD in total. When the conmans ran out of excuses they just stopped answering victim`s messages. Then in the name of a "friend" of the "woman" they informed the victim that his virtual girlfriend had died in a car accident. Confused and upset, the U.S. citizen came to Omsk.
The arrested swindlers were due to face charges of fraud and might have received up to 10 years in prison (which is very unlikely though). Pravda.ru
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