Tatyana Kozlova,
Email: tanj40872@mail.ru
Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Date of birth: 4 August 1972
Telephone numbers: Home telephone: +7 (8362) 631202
Mobile cellphone: +7 (8362) 993092
Home address: 424019 Mari El Republic Yoshkar-Ola Dimitrova 60-33 Russia
Place of work: Mari State Technical University 424000 Mari El Republic Yoshkar-Ola 3 Lenin Square Russia
Agencies used: Maksim Introductions (Virginia) http://yoshkar-ola.com/e Russian Brides Marriage Agency http://love.mari.ru Both agencies have been informed of the scam. Financial loss: Over $5,000 USD, all sent by Western Union and received in her name.
The facts: Tatyana Kozlova is no ordinary scammer. She is capable of an extraordinary level of deception over a sustained period of time. Rather than cherish my admirable attributes she chose to take advantage of them for her own personal financial gain, and ultimately exposed her actions to be entirely fraudulent. She clearly demonstrated that she had no serious intention of ever honouring her acceptance of my marriage proposal. I was her major source of income for 12 months while she misled me into believing that she intended to join me in the United Kingdom. Of course, I must accept my part in this long-term scam for without my naivety and stupidity it could not have been perpetrated. I failed to act upon the warning signs, and to listen to the sound advice of others who clearly had far greater experience than I did in the potential pitfalls of dating a Russian woman. Furthermore, I was so foolishly willing to trust this woman upon face value only without exercising the proper degree of caution or conducting a background check. I began correspondence with her in November 2002 through Maksim Introductions, also known as Virginia due to its associated travel agency bearing that name. I knew one of the employees of the agency. Located in Yoshkar-Ola (capital of the Mari El Republic), the agency is widely considered as one of the most professional and reliable agencies in the Russian Federation. Generally speaking, it has a good reputation boasting a long list of successful outcomes. For the first two months we wrote to each other almost everyday, and within a month I began speaking with her over the telephone every evening, and continued to do so throughout the entire 15 month relationship. She always maintained she loved me and wanted to be with me. However, the nearer the Embassy trip approached, then the more infrequent she was at home to take my calls. Sometimes she would end the call as soon as she heard my voice, and then make out the next day that there was a problem with her phone. Her letters were personalised, and could in no way be considered as taking a standardised approach. Therefore, I see no point in publishing any of our correspondence on the Internet. However, after our engagement she was not afraid to ask for money in them. I visited her between 16 January 2003 and 03 February 2003. We got on to what I perceived to be very well, and on 01 February 2003 I proposed to her to become my wife. She happily accepted. I left Yoshkar-Ola in February 2003 giving her a commitment not only to prepare for the time when we could apply for a fiancõe visa at the British Embassy, but also to help improve her circumstances by maintaining her in Yoshkar-Ola. She actually asked for this assistance, and although I was in a period of full-time study at the time (and thereby could see the difficulties of such an endeavour), I nevertheless considered it as both my joy and duty to take care of her. During 2003 I postponed my studies, took full-time employment at the academic institution where I study, rented and fitted out a brand new luxury apartment, all with the intention of preparing the way for when we could obtain a fiancõe visa in order for her to join me in the UK for the purpose of getting married and setting up home together. She repeatedly told me that this is what she wanted. For over 12 months I sent her a regular sum of $150 for her living expenses. In addition, I sent money to pay for private English tuition for her and for her son, Anton (aged 11). Incidentally, after 5 months of English lessons, her son could not speak a word of English. Perhaps, she spent the money on something else? I paid for her to regularly visit an osteopath to treat her backache. I paid for her and her son to attend a summer camp. I paid for repairs to her electrical appliances, which burnt out during a power surge. I paid for a new toilet pan. I bought her designer clothes and a new mobile phone so that she could keep in touch with her sick mother. I paid for medicines for her mother. I bought taxi cards to make her life easier. I even helped her pay off a debt to one of her girlfriends. In total over a 12-month period I had sent her over $5,000 by Western Union. In addition, I had the expense of monthly agency fees for letter translation. Finally the day arrived, when on Monday 26 January 2004 we met in Moscow to spend the week together with the intention of attending the British Embassy. Not only did she bring her son with her, but also her girlfriend! Of course, I was expected to pay for all the train tickets and for two twin hotel rooms. Immediately I could tell that I had been scammed (denial has to end somewhere, right?). She was not at all pleased to see me, and at no time did she show me any real affection or express endearment. Shortly after her arrival I exchanged some dollars, but she literally snatched the roubles from the cashier (about $600). Within 3 hours of her arrival she was shopping with my money. Within 24 hours she left me for over 12 hours while she and her son supposedly visited her aunt. I was not invited. Within 48 hours she tried to trick me into giving her $900 that I had reserved for the Embassy fees. Finally, having postponed the Embassy visit on the Wednesday, I decided to put her intentions to the ultimate test and continue with the Embassy visit on the Thursday. She continued to ask me to give her the Embassy money. Then, whilst our driver was kindly waiting in the line outside the Embassy and we were waiting inside the warm car, she ran. She had planned this; she had repeatedly asked our driver the whereabouts of the nearest Metro station from the Embassy. She had no intention of ever attending the Embassy on that day, or at anytime during the previous 12 months. This was not a bad case of on-the-day nerves. She had kept me in-tow for 12 months and played on my loving and caring nature to give her the lifestyle she wanted and a free shopping trip to Moscow. Within 24 hours of returning to Yoshkar-Ola, she and her MARRIED girlfriend, Zemfira Gallyamova, posted their profiles on the Russian Brides Marriage Agency website. I spoke with the owner who removed their profiles immediately. I have contacted Western Union and she has been placed upon a blacklist whereupon senders will be unable to send her money. With this report I am posting one agency photo and one personal photo. Other information: her girlfriends are: Zemfira, Lena, Irina (1) and Irina (2). She also has a girlfriend called Luda living in the US. Her girlfriend Zemfira Gallyamova made two trips to Turkey last year (2003). Tatyana Kozlova joined her on a trip to Turkey in September 2002. Having led a reasonably sheltered life, it is not until recently did I discover that these types of trips to Turkey are most likely to be working holidays for the women. |
