She wants a letter of invitation

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Wannabe Baiter Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 97

Oksana (not Belousova) wants to come visit me. She supposedly won 1000 Euros in the lottery which I'm pretty sure isn't enough to pay for everything involved in coming over here. She hasn't asked for money yet, but she wants my name and address, a letter of invitation and photocards (whatever they are) of my son and me. Don't know what to make of this one since I've never heard anyone mention anything about any of their Vladettes ever using this angle. Anyone have any ideas?

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:29 am

When in doubt, ignore the request!

See if she repeats the request, or just continues on without pushing it.
If she does insist and acts like she will cut you off, look up the actual visa requirements for your country.
If this is an actual requirement there's probably some way to dodge the issue with her.

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 97

I'm in the US. I didn't find anything on the State Dept website about a letter of invitation.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:43 pm

Ignore it. If she asks again, you can find some pics of a man and son to send.
If she pushes about the letter, you can tell her you are a felon, and won't qualify as an official invitee, or your afraid if you give your real name to the visa people, the IRS will find you, or child support, etc

I'd stall and ignore first.
She shouldn't be too concerned if she's the normal scammer just after western union money.
If she's up to something else, she may get stubborn. May be interesting to see what happens.
If you're a seedy character, won't matter to her if she just wants you to send some quick cash. Maybe not even if she's trying something more involved
See what happens.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:53 pm

Letters of Invitation are issued by individuals and businesses willing to "sponser" a person to the states or other 1st world country. It helps her in the visa interview but also reveals personal and most important "financial" information of the sponser; as that is what is most important to the consolate officers in the interview. (Does the sponser have the funds to support the applicant? Will she become drain on the states welfare system?) Certain income requirements must be met before anyone can sponser another. A minumum wage worker can not sponser another to the states "even if married" from a 3rd world country, because his income is considered poverty level. Sounds like she may be phishing for your income status to see if you quailify.

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