Svetlana Board

We met in a Russian-dating website during first quarter of 2018. She invited me to coomunicate on Skype

initially which I gave her. Her skype is light_svet_light. After sending some pics and sweet words she gave me her number  which I added on my whatsapp was also in viber.From Skype we chatted  on whatsapp . I told her initially that we should meet in Kiev which she declined for many reasons. Rather she said that she has a friend who can lend me her apartment for both of us and I agrred trusting what she said. We started our correspondence on Skype from 28-11-2017. She told me that she will pick me up from airport once I arrive in Kiev international airport.She was showing interest in our chats and I felt that she looks serious. I got holidays from my work place in Australia. I arrived in last week of April and was received by her at the airport. She said that she hired a taxi for me all the way from Uman to the airport.We sat in taxi and taxi started journey to Uman.All the way she remained quite and did not talk with me. Was looking very serious. Though we already had video chat on Skype. After 1-1.5 hours we arrived at Uman. Than she told the taxi driver something in Russian or Ukrainian. She told me that I need to pay him money which I paid through an ATM machine in that city than she told me to take out money for 10 nights in her friends place. And she took the money from me. Asked me to wait in Taxi and she went out to  a place with money. Driver was looking very suspicious guy. She came back in five minutes and told me that she has got keys of the apartment from her friend.I believed her. Then the taxi took us to a place which looked very cold with nothing in it just a blanket.Then she took me to a shop and I bought grocery in it. We came back and she said that now its getting late she has to go back to her house where her son lives and she will come back tomorrow morning. I gave her choclates for her son and a gold nacklace as a gift.Next morningshe came back and joined me in breakfast and after the breakfast she said that she had to go some place for some work and also to take her son to school and she would meet me in evening. I waited for her all day long thinking about our dinner or going to restaurant. In the evening she called me that sorry I could not come now its too late. She came next morning again and had breakfast with me.And than went back to drop her son to school. She continuously did the same thing for 3-4 days after which I started feeling uncomfortable.I decided to check abut this apartment from someone in the same building.There was a woman next to this apartment she told me with the help of a person who could understand english that the place where I am staying is actually her residence. And I was shocked after hearing this.I decided to leave this place after suspecting this woman a scam. I asked her to pay me back remaining of the days money which she said she cant pay me completely. She said that her friend is not happy that I am earlier cause want to give this place for rent becasue of me she lost a guest who was interested. But that was her (Svetlana) own story. Than she took me to bus stop and told me to sit in the bus and gave me very very small money back out of the actual money. I was shocked and stressed. In the bus I met a girl who was studying in a university in Kiev but was from Uman. I showed her the place where I was living which I took some pictures. That girl told me that I was charged more than twice for ten days. This woman looks like working for an agency or self business to lure foreigners and take money from them. A smart scammer I would say. In total I lost 1000 AUD. My sincere advise to all gentleman ,dudes,blokes is never accept offer of staying while online chatting with a prospect. Thanks

Note. She never kissed me or huged me. Also when I asked her to return me the gold necklace she said that lost the necklace some where.