The Scammer's house in Cheboksary was destroyed many years ago

Michael from Australia wrote:

"I have been corresponding with Olga Kutasova of Cheboksary. She is planning to come to Australia in the next few weeks. Recently I have become suspicious of her requests for money. I do not have a home address. I have several photos though. The PO address I was given was. Cheboksary, the postal index 428022, POSTE RESTANTE. I think she lives with her mum (a school teacher), her dad (an electrician) and a younger teenage brother. I do not know their names."

Letter from a scammer in Cheboksary:

Hello my dearest Mike!
I answer you on all questions. If you want me to see near to yourself I shall sit on Sunday at 18:35 in a train up to Moscow, the ticket on which I have got 8 numbers on Thursday. To Moscow I arrive in the morning on Monday and I start to be engaged in registration of the tourist visa. On the account of the ticket. As we with you shall act - I continue to work with the travel company "Intourist - Cheboksary" (the Address: Cheboksary, parkway K.Efremova, 18) also I bring the certain sum till Saturday or I shall buy the ticket in Moscow or you to me will order it...

This is our scam investigation report:

On some reasons Michael yielded and gave way to sympathy. He wrote:

"Hi there, If you have not already, please do not make contact with Olga. I have been satisfied with her intent enough not to risk having you discovered. If you could proceed with a simple identity check on the papers, that would suffice. Thankyou for your help, Kind Regards"

We re-acted immediately:

It is scam. The passport is fake (forged in Photoshop):

- the font doesn't meet the Govt's standard and is different by contrast.
- Place of birth doesn't meet the Govt's standard (Chuvashiya)
- Judging by the number (series 64) the passport is issued somewhere in Chukotka, not in Chuvashiya.
- The code line is bad and it doesn't have the expiration date.
- The signature is 99% made in Photoshop.

Then we went to Cheboksary. After she sent a fictitious passport we could not expect too much from our trip. It only confirmed what we already knew. The address "Pushkin's 35 street, an apartment 16" doesn't exist. The Pushkina street is in an old half-empty district of the city. Most of houses are already destroyed. The last number is 19. We talked to neighbors. They showed us the place where house No 35 was many years ago. Now there are some offices.

These are some pictures of the Pushkin street.