Amazing Ukrainian dating scams
Ukrainian women are increasingly marrying foreigners. The number of mixed marriages in the country has doubled over the past ten years. If in 2009, every 30th marriage was concluded with foreigners, in 2019 - every 15th.
Most of all Ukrainian women attract Asian men. They are among foreign brides - almost 42%.
American and European men treat approached Ukrainian girls with caution. There, along with a positive image of Ukrainian faithful wife, there is another stereotype - a beautiful predatory woman who only lures money. It turns out that the negative image of Ukrainian women is the result of amazing fraudulent scam schemes. Foreign men spend thousands of dollars to communicate with Ukrainian women, who do not really exist.
Here is the headline from the authoritative British edition The Gurdian: "Men who go to Ukraine in search of their wives come home with broken hearts".
American Steve, about whom the edition writes, has spent thousands of dollars on the Ukrainian woman. He spent several months chatting with the girl and paying for every message sent and received. The man sent expensive gifts to a specified address. When he finally came to visit Ukraine for his future Ukrainian wife, she didn't even answer the phone because she turned out to be a con artist and a scammer. Most likely instead of a beautiful Ukrainian woman, Steve was communicating with another person, probably a man.
"We need to understand what this site is for." They create a whole business model. "They take pictures of girls. As far as we know, they demand that the girl be registered with her passport details. These girls do exist. But she is married, or she will really date, she really needs to get married, she sees it as an option - there really is a question," says a dating agency ex-worker.
One of the women who work in this scam dating site's chat room said that her job starts at midnight. The longer she writes to foreign men, the more money she earns. A man pays an average of $2-4 for each message. They can also send pictures, postal letters, which is much more expensive. For one photo it can be five or seven dollars, for a letter it can be 12-20 dollars.
Most often, the victim is a man from the U.S., Australia or Canada between the ages of 19 and 70.
"It's very hard morally when you chat with a good and honest man. "If you want to communicate. But you realize how expensive it is for him. You understand that he falls in love with the personality that you're creating for him here," says the chat room worker.
Though this is completely illegal but unfortunately such scam dating sites are not often caught.
However, These scam dating sites are subject to the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to Article 190 of the Criminal Code, such actions are called fraud and depending on the amount of money that was received. The liability ranges from a fine to 12 years imprisonment with confiscation of all property.
Because of such sites, the image of a Ukrainian woman in the USA and Europe is often reduced to a woman who actually only wants money.
Before joining any Ukrainian dating site or marriage agency, check what contact details of the women they are going to provide. If they don't provide you with women personal contact information like email addresses and phone numbers than avoid the at all costs. Remember a pay per message communication is nothing but a scam.