kaini Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 My friend and former student K arrived in DC yesterday, along with a friend. She came over on some kind of travel exchange program put together by a Russian travel agency called 'Aloha'. They paid about 3K for this program. The program promised a job offer in advance, but didn't deliver. They said they would send one via email, but failed there, too. Her contact in the USA barely speaks English, doesn't answer her calls but does answer mine. He has asked her and her friend to meet in NYC tonight around midnight, with promises of hostess work in a lounge. Yes, I know how horrific that sounds- that's why I am working all possible angles here. She is not going to NYC but I need some help handling and understanding how to handle this- I have a friend helping them with a cheap hotel for the night, but that's all at the moment. I am presently driving to LA and could fly her and her friend to meet me there on Saturday, but couldn't house them indefinitely. I will be monitoring this thread over the next hour... http://ask.metafilter.com/154334/Help-me-help-my-friend-in-DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 lol, some guy just won 2 sex slaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 This makes really paranoid , all i can think about when i read stories like these is of very dodgy Soviets kidnapping me and stealing me kidneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 holy shit. sometimes i love the internet. :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 tl;dr What was the final outcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 tl;dr What was the final outcome? metafilter members save two girls from human trafficking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 tl;dr What was the final outcome? tl;dr, guy tries to convince them going to NYC (from DC) to meet a guy at midnight at a strip club for an interview to become "hostesses" is a very bad idea, they don't believe him, they go anyways, but figure out very quickly that it is, indeed, a bad idea. since he talked to all these mefi people, there are people at the bus station to help them get away without incident. HeArTwArMiNg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 wow the internet actually helped some people. good to see there are still some warm blooded people out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I saw some guy wearing a metafilter shirt yesterday. We need WATMM shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i need some more shirts that most everyone has no idea what they mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i need some more shirts that most everyone has no idea what they mean. that's what i'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I saw some guy wearing a metafilter shirt yesterday. We need WATMM shirts. That's pretty good. Have you tried the lettering in a few different blues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 That's pretty good. Have you tried the lettering in a few different blues? yeah, i have like 10 variations on my drive. i made that back in 2006 for the watmm t-shirt thread... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I'm into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i'd purchase one for a modest fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 jesus watmm we need to do something like this. even if fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 ok, il get the russian girls and you guys can deprive me of free sex and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 the funds could go to support human trafficking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 jesus watmm we need to do something like this. even if fake. Good call. We could orchestrate something incredible to make ourselves look heroic to the rest of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 help i'm stuck in a shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 have you informed the consulate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 despite the paralysing arthritis situated in my fingers i am happy to help in anyway i can (involving typing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 happy tears. someone close to me works to help prevent this kind of thing, and even if this is an isolated incident, i'm so glad it turned out this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hey guys...I was supposed to meet these two Russian chicks at my strip club last night. They showed up, but some bozos at the bus stop ran off with them. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementia Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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