Lugansk scammers

Published : Monday, September 7th, 2009

Tatiana Petrinenko and some male partners scammed me from 11/28/08 thru 8/1/09. She was Tiana, (Tatiana) Petrinenko when I met her on Mate1 and she listed her city as Dnepropetrovsk . Later when I asked her address she said she now lives in Lugansk . We corresponded for over 6 months and in May 2009 I went to Lugansk to meet her for 3 weeks. When I arrived she was not like she pretended to be in all of her letters. Tiana acted like she was only doing her job and was completely bored and not interested in me , she did not even kiss me. She surprised me with her “marriage agency” connection and said we (me) must use agency driver/guide, interpreter (she speaks no English at all like she said she could), and rent the agency`s apartment. She also said when/if we get engaged she (me) must pay the agency $500 and if we get married another $1,000. After just 3 days of seeing 1 museum, 1 church, 3 or 4 statues and 3 dinners for 4 people that cost me over $800 (including the agency apartment), I realized it was an elaborate scam.
I knew for certain on the 3rd night when “Boris”, the agency driver/guide tells me Tiana ( Tatiana,Anna) did not want to see me that night and she lost interest in me because I did not bring her enough expensive gifts. I returned home after only 3 days of a 3 week trip which cost me over $5,000.
A few days after I was home Tiana sent me letters again and said it was “big” misunderstanding because of difference in language and culture.
By this time (to late) I learned about e-mail tracking and I sent about 10 e-mails that were tracked. I found out all my letters to her went to the scam agency office/site in Scranton, Pa., USA, opened and read, and sometimes forwarded to Moscow and Lugansk. When I sent a few letters and questioned Tiana about this, her e-mail address and both the Scranton and Moscow sites closed down all within 1 hour.
When I returned home I also found her on 2 other dating sites, (it is now /was 4 sites and counting). She used the typical scam words such as I was her “last love” and made all the “promises of devotion, I`m her one and only love forever” and such. She used the names Anna Hott and Ana and she used different cities like Aleksandrovsk, Lugansk, Novoaydar and Dnepropetrovsk. I reported her activities to 5 dating sites (Mate1,Merry dating, Metrodating,fdate and Lava place) and they removed her profiles. It is many men and Tatiana committing internet fraud. I also filed reports with the US FBI, INTERPOL, US Embassy in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Embassy here and many anti-scam sites.
I have 8 photos and more than 100 letters she sent to me . I will send any or all if you want more confirmation. I also have photos of Tatiana and me in Lugansk and receipts and copies of my flight to Ukraine.
She has also used the name`s Anna, Anna Hott. Ana, Tiana and Tatiana Petrinenko.
Kittrick.

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