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cpcutx · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: Maria Dorina and Marianna's

I have read some negative things about Maria Dorina; however, in my experience with this agency, I have never been asked for any money. There are only fees, which seem reasonable, if you meet a lady and/or get married. I have spoken to her immigration contact here in the US, and to Maria herself. Both seemed like decent people. The negative comments seem to be 3-4 years ago when she was still new at this. Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about this agency in the Ukraine.

Another one is Marianna's Mariage Agency. It is operated by Cecil Sandstrom and his wife, Marianna. It was alarming to me that I could not find anything on these people who have lived in Texas for years. I have access to several US databases, and I could not even locate Cecil's driver's license number. On a positive note, I asked to meet him, and he obliged, coming to the Houston airport and he and Marianna, met me on a layover. He seemed a little scary and weird, and she was either scared, shy or suspicious. Regardless, I have seen nothing in their actions to suggest they are not on the up and up. Cecil did say that he follows up with all marriages for 2 years, and if there is any abuse noted, he will arrange, at his own expense, for her to go back home. That doesn't sound like a guy running a scam ... has anyone dealt with this agency? Confused

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Doc · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

Welcome to RD cp I have checked around and found very little about this agency.. They have had some bad feed back. But so Have I on my ebay account and I buy what I bet on... so you need to be careful. Elena might have more info.. you might want to sent her a message and ask.

MIT61 · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject:

I went to her (Maria Dorina's) site and recognized one face as a scammer, didn't go to far into the site,

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I have read some negative things about Maria Dorina

I saw that also but everything was back in 2002 so maybe back then she wasn't aware of the problem and cleaned up her site. I also noticed the a couple of sites had dropped their reports on her agency.

But still as with any agency, always proceed with caution, and watch out for signs that it might be a scammer. and never ever send any money.

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Elena · Site Admin Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 2000 Location: USA

cpcutx,

No, I have no additional info on any of these agencies. I assumed that you guys googled them? If nothing comes up, it is good news, however at the same time it would be nice to see some good reports about them on the net by now.

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MIT61 · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

I can't say anything about Marianna's Mariage Agency. Most of what I found seemed to be self generated.

So as with any other site always use caution and since you are aware of scams watch out for the warning signs.

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MIT61 · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

Went back and took a closer look at Maria Dorina's site, and I can't really say that any of the photos are of a scammer (my first look at it was actually a real quick glance and I took more time this time), She doesn't really have that many women on her site:

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But always look out for signs of scam from any dating site and if you find any scammers report them

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Manny · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Maria Dorina and Marianna's

cpcutx wrote:

Another one is Marianna's Mariage Agency. It is operated by Cecil Sandstrom and his wife, Marianna. It was alarming to me that I could not find anything on these people who have lived in Texas for years. I have access to several US databases, and I could not even locate Cecil's driver's license number. On a positive note, I asked to meet him, and he obliged, coming to the Houston airport and he and Marianna, met me on a layover. He seemed a little scary and weird, and she was either scared, shy or suspicious. Regardless, I have seen nothing in their actions to suggest they are not on the up and up. Cecil did say that he follows up with all marriages for 2 years, and if there is any abuse noted, he will arrange, at his own expense, for her to go back home. That doesn't sound like a guy running a scam ... has anyone dealt with this agency? Confused

I had quite an odd exchange on RUA with Cecil last year, that conversation is

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. I found him rather abrasive and he was not keen to answer questions about his agency in a direct manner.