Hi Tanja yes I was communicating with a woman for a few months, I thought that she was attractive and she was the same age as me with a kind and happy nature, she said she was looking for a life partner and that through our many conversations she felt like we should meet, I felt the same and so agreed. I knew that she had a fairly small income so I sent her the money to afford the trip to me. I explained that I have a large house and that there are several bedrooms so that she did not need to feel in any way obliged to me so that if we were not compatible it would still be great to have her here as a friend and that I would pay for any excursions while she was here and take her out to see different sites. She said she was very excited and was looking forward to meeting me and us having a holiday here together. The next thing that happened is that she contacted me saying that she needed £5000 Stirling to satisfy uk visa requirements so I checked on this and found it was not true, I had already told her according to the uk visa office she could come here as a visitor instead of as a tourist on a maintained visit as I would be paying for all her expenses. She insisted several times that she could not come here on a maintained visit but I know this is nonsense as I checked with the uk government myself. I did not send the five thousand pounds so she stopped communicating so I believe it was a scam. She later told me that she would endeavour to return the money I had already sent but I said not to bother as I wouldn’t miss it. I always had a suspicion that she may be false from the start ....nearly every photo was a good quality image and despite me asking there was never a photo of her doing an everyday task. I had also sent her a letter by special recorded delivery that I tracked and was never collected despite several attempted deliveries, it sat in her post office for a month before being returned here. It is such a shame as I was prepared to do all I could to meet that certain someone to be a life partner but oh well that’s life I guess. Most men like me are quite willing to pay and make great effort to make a meeting easier and we understand that we can expect to do this as many Russian women do not have a good income. I am very angry about the insults I have received here on this forum considering that these women do not know me personally or what I have already been through. It is why I said that sometimes more down to earth photos instead of glamour would help people get a real insight into there potential partner. I am not looking for some model girl half my age, I am looking for the one I can connect with on all levels