Russian Whale Gets 2 Years in Jail after Scamming Polish Businessman for 5,000
05-04-2018, 12:04 PM
https://www.kp.ru/daily/26825.7/3864389/ (Article in Russian)
- 100 kg 34 y.o. Russian whale from Urals catfishes Polish businessman for close to 8 million Rubles (a bit over $125,000 USD), providing photos of a young model and portraying a fake life for duration of almost 2 years.
- She met the 51 year old Polish businessman on a dating side and he he's taking to the girl on the right, as she portrayed her as a 28 y.o. with no kids, knowledgeable from the oil and gas business with some connections and she even discussed helping him in a huge multi-million dollar contract.
- The pair spoke in English over the phone, and Lech loved the girl's sexy voice...perhaps he had no idea it's a 100-kg housewife from the Urals.
- "Katya" then wanted to introduce Lech (fake name used here) to her family, but all of a sudden told him she had an accident and needs money. Then told him his mom was ill and had cancer and needed more money. Lech kept sending money, Katya then said his mom is dead.
- Growing dubious why Katya won't meet in person yet, Katya kept saying she wants to leave Russia and live in Poland, but would always postpone a flight and time of meeting over something. Lech finally grew impatient and did a reverse google image search of Katya only to find out, it's not a sweet girl with oil and gas connections in Perm Russia, but rather a model in Ukraine.
- Lech then hired a private detective and found out who this person pretending to be "Katya" is. He then flew to Ekaterinburg to file a police report and found out how his money has been being spent.
- Court has sentenced the whale to 2 years in person, and also having to return the money to the businessman. Lech knows she'll never return the money, but is happy she got 2 years in jail.
Question remains, had this big-shot Polish businessman ever heard of webcams or Skype ? (unless I missed it in the text)
More details in the article...
Who he thought he was talking to
who he actually was talking to
- 100 kg 34 y.o. Russian whale from Urals catfishes Polish businessman for close to 8 million Rubles (a bit over $125,000 USD), providing photos of a young model and portraying a fake life for duration of almost 2 years.
- She met the 51 year old Polish businessman on a dating side and he he's taking to the girl on the right, as she portrayed her as a 28 y.o. with no kids, knowledgeable from the oil and gas business with some connections and she even discussed helping him in a huge multi-million dollar contract.
- The pair spoke in English over the phone, and Lech loved the girl's sexy voice...perhaps he had no idea it's a 100-kg housewife from the Urals.
- "Katya" then wanted to introduce Lech (fake name used here) to her family, but all of a sudden told him she had an accident and needs money. Then told him his mom was ill and had cancer and needed more money. Lech kept sending money, Katya then said his mom is dead.
- Growing dubious why Katya won't meet in person yet, Katya kept saying she wants to leave Russia and live in Poland, but would always postpone a flight and time of meeting over something. Lech finally grew impatient and did a reverse google image search of Katya only to find out, it's not a sweet girl with oil and gas connections in Perm Russia, but rather a model in Ukraine.
- Lech then hired a private detective and found out who this person pretending to be "Katya" is. He then flew to Ekaterinburg to file a police report and found out how his money has been being spent.
- Court has sentenced the whale to 2 years in person, and also having to return the money to the businessman. Lech knows she'll never return the money, but is happy she got 2 years in jail.
Question remains, had this big-shot Polish businessman ever heard of webcams or Skype ? (unless I missed it in the text)
More details in the article...
Who he thought he was talking to
who he actually was talking to