Dating Spam: With Love From Russia

I received a non-typical email spam, a well written (spams are usually filled with bad spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, especially those from Dakar, Senegal for example) email from Maria Wyatt (most likely forged) claiming to be Nadezhda from Saint-Petersburg in Russia. Couple of photos were also included.

The full email without the headers:

Hello!
How are you? I hope that all good for you and you will read my letter
with a interest. I the girl from Russia. My name is Nadezhda.
I am from Saint-Petersburg. I have fair hair and blue eyes. My height: 5 ‘ 2 ”
and weight: 115 lbs. I am 27 years old. I have been born 10/29/1980. On
star sign Scorpion. I work as the seller in shop home appliances. I’m
cheerful woman who like to go for sports and do all what like are usual
peoples. I am ready for creation family and want it very
much. I cannot find the man in Russia for myself because it very hard
in Russia. I want to create family and to live in your country because
the government to care about people. I want to live and be sure in the
future. In Russia it is not possible to live easy. You understand me?
To you probably it is interesting where I received yours e-mail the address.
I am right? I got your e-mail through internet dating agency.
I gave my letter to agency and they have told that my letter will be
send to man in Canada!!!! I want to arrive to your country and I have
good chance for this. I need only man who can meet me and
probably we can to develop our relations. Some time back I’m with my
girlfriend were going to go in your
country as tourists for search of men for serious relations. But my
girlfriend could not go with me. She had problems with your family.
But very soon I will receive visa and I do not want to lose a chance
to arrive in your country. I will receive visa in 7 days for your
country. Now I waiting for reception of my visa. It will be great if
you can meet me and we can to have relations with you. I will be very
happy if YOU will answer to me. I will be very
happy if you will write me and we will have our meeting very soon. And
it is possible we a meeting in 7 days because I can arrive to you.
Please tell to me about yourself a little! I have questions for you.
What is your full name? What your age? In what city you live?
I hope that you will answer to me back it is very fast. I send you my
photo. I hope that you will love wash a photo. Send me your photo.
I will wait your answer so much…

Write to me on e-mail: loo_vee_lee@yahoo.com

The email header revealed:

Received: from [116.36.182.245] by bizavmta1.netvigator.com; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:06:27 +0900
From: “Maria Wyatt”

A whois search on the IP address revealed:

IPv4 Address : 116.36.176.0-116.36.191.255
Network Name : XPEED50
Connect ISP Name : Xpeed
Registration Date : 20080117
Publishes : Y

[ Organization Information ]
Organization ID : ORG830616
Org Name : LG Powercom
Address : Seocho-dong Seocho-gu Seoul
Detail Address : 1329-7
Zip Code : 137-070

[ Technical Contact Information ]
Name : IP Manager
Org Name : LG Powercom
Address : Seocho-dong Seocho-gu Seoul
Detail Address : 1329-7
Zip Code : 137-070
Phone : +82-2-2086-5435
E-Mail : ip@lgpwc.com