Apparently professing my love of relish didn’t scare her off and it’s actually fun again:
Hello my dear!
I am very pleased to receive your letter. My love, I am sorry that for so long did not write to you. I could not write to you because I am now a very large mountain.
My mother is now in the hospital and she has a heart attack. Now I spend all my time with my mom. Because it is very bad. I do not know what to do to me a lot of tears because my mother needed an urgent operation and the operation is worth $ 212! This is a very large sum of money and I can not now find such a large sum.
I requested the money from all my friends but unfortunately they have no money, because Russia is now the financial crisis. I do not know what to do and where do I find such a large sum of money.
I really hurt, but I have no other choice. Dear, could you help me with money for the operation of my mom? Forgive me, but I do not know what to do.
If I lose my mother, then I will not be able to live! Do you understand???
I will wait for your reply eagerly.Your Irina.
And my response:
Dear Irina,
How is it to be a mountain?
That is a very cheap operation. Can I come live there? What is your address? I would like operation too.
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It finally happened! Your relationship is definitely progressing. Nice one.
You should ask her if anyone has climbed her peak yet haha
This Irina Ginsburg from Russia is most definitely a love-money scammer. She scammed a naive friend of mine of thousands of dollars. Her first money request was made using a duplicate letter of the one you received (above) asking for $212 for a fake operation. The next request was for a thousand and something dollars. As it turns out, “she” might actually be a “he”. I’m sure he/she uses other names to perform his/her love-money scams. In any case, bad English and money desperation are definitive clues one should take note of when getting involved in foreign affairs.