So you met someone online from Russia and you are eager to meet face to face for the first time… Private investigators in Russia are advising people in this situation to proceed with caution! Do not let the excitement put you at risk. Experienced investigators say it’s better to have a client be cautious and request a professional background check investigation rather than travel all the way to Russia, and find out their online contact is a fraud, and possibly be a risk for serious crime.
Law enforcement agencies receive reports every day of citizens who have been victims of fraud by people they met online. The U.S. embassy in Moscow has a permanent alert on their website regarding this situation. Don’t think it can happen to you? Think again. But, there are serious risks as well. Meeting a criminal or letting a criminal know where you will be traveling in Russia can put you in harm’s way. Don’t be a statistic, and don’t let these devastating events happen to you.
If you are planning on traveling to Russia to meet someone you’ve never met, whether it is for business or romance, be safe and speak to a professional investigator to lower your risk.
Many people, especially men from developed countries, find themselves victim of love scams, extortion and blackmail, and other more serious crimes due to a relationship they built over the internet with whom they thought was a Russian lady. “Some victims have been in this online relationship for so long, that the last thing that comes to their mind is that it could all be a complete hoax”, says Nicholas Donkova, Director of Private Detectives at Russia PI. Many victims are in shock when they find out that everything they have been told in the last months or even years is a big lie.
Investigators from the Russia PI team recommend the following:
Many victims of scam return to their countries with a broken heart, but the truth is things can get a lot worse than that. Having a bad experience in a country that you don´t know and where you do not speak the language could result in tragedy. Be cautious, and speak to an expert today.
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