The purpose of this simple site is to warn people about the bad practices of an internet introduction agency called Amour of Ukraine and its 'ugly sister' Association Marriage Agencies of Ukraine. I am gratified that I have helped a number of men to avoid becoming victims of Amour of Ukraine. I want to continue this effort and warn as many men as possible about these disreputable agencies.
What the unsuspecting man may experience with these agencies
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'Too good to be true' glamour girls |
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She will fall oh so quickly in love with you! |
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You may pay for correspondence and other services |
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She will fall on hard times and who will help? |
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You may hand over more of your hard earned cash |
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You may be sold a false postal address |
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You begin to realize that you have been duped |
| You could even visit 'your lady' and be completely duped! |
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Complaints to the agency are ignored |
Conclusion - Scam
The bottom line is that the Amour of Ukraine introduction agency and its sister site Association Marriage Agencies of Ukraine are very bad. If you see a picture of a beautiful woman on these agencies' WEB sites, she is either bogus or part of the scam.
Some girls on these agencies' books are real and genuine but the owners make most of their money dishonestly from either bogus women or beautiful 'professional girls' who seem to be part of the scam. Be warned!
What am I doing about it?
When you realize you have been duped and complain about it to Amour of Ukraine or the 'Association', they will simply ignore you because they believe there is nothing you can do about it. In one of my final e-mail complaints to Amour of Ukraine I warned them that I would 'take matters further' and this is what I am doing.
Along with this WEB site, my strategy is to approach all the organizations that provide Internet services and ask them to expel these rogue agencies. So far, I have found most organizations to be co-operative. They welcome information about malpractice and have acted appropriately and ethically. I would like to commend the actions of the following organizations for rejecting the Amour of Ukraine agency and putting its customers' interests first:-
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Excite & Hotmail (http://www.classifieds2000.com) |
Affirmative action 24 Mar 2000
Affirmative action 09 May 2000
Affirmative action 23 August 2000
Affirmative action 17 September 2000 (famous 'Lena')
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Soulmates (http://www.soulmates.com.au) |
Affirmative action 8 May 2000
| Absolute Agency (http://www.absoluteagency.com) |
Affirmative action 31 July 2000
| Virtual Avenue (http://www.virtualave.net) |
Affirmative action 11 September 2000
The above list is not complete. Other organizations have also acted positively to distance themselves from Amour of Ukraine and they are to be equally commended. Perhaps the biggest victory to date is Virtual Avenue's very impressive response to my complaint to remove Amour of Ukraine's WEB site. Well done Virtual Avenue!
The next objectives
Even though a small victory has been achieved with the removal of Amour of Ukraine's WEB site, they will still be sending many bogus adverts to Free Classified services and Affiliate agencies. Therefore everyone needs to be vigilant. Please let me know if you spot anything suspicious.
The next real focus of my attention will be on the Association Marriage Agency of Ukraine that is owned by the same scum that owns Amour of Ukraine. In some ways this is a more worrying problem than Amour of Ukraine because they are pretending to offer affiliated agency services all over Ukraine. However, this 'association' has only one member - in effect it is Amour of Ukraine! Having said this, it will be potentially hard to spot their bogus adverts because they will not be constrained to Odessa, Ukraine. The other difficulty is that the Association's WEB site is based in the Ukraine with an ISP called PACO Links International and therefore outside of the legal jurisdiction of America and Western Europe. However, I will persevere.
Hopefully I will get a better email address of someone in PACO Links International who can deal directly with complaints. Until then email to PACO's WEBMaster. I will give PACO an opportunity to respond to my complaint. I am sure PACO's clients would not feel comfortable being hosted alongside a criminal organization committing Internet fraud? I am also quite sure that Sun Microsystems would not be too happy about having their logo associated with dubious organizations either. I think that covers it. More suggestions on this would be very welcome.
Moving forward
Please e-mail me with your story and ideas or suggestions you may have to more affectively deal with Amour of Ukraine, Association Marriage Agencies of Ukraine and the owner/managers (legal suggestions only please!).
There are plans to expand the scope of this site or to migrate into a completely new independent site that will include other agencies. We can do a lot individually but collectively we will have more power.
Finally, here is a link to a very dubious site, courtesy of PACO Links International in the Ukraine:-
Mail Lists
I can recommend the two following mail lists where I have found other men who have had similar experiences to mine. I have not found one man on these newsgroups who has anything good to say about Amour of Ukraine or its sister organization, Association Marriage Agencies of Ukraine. Interestingly, I have not even found one man who has ever met a woman through these agencies. Doesn't that sound just a little suspicious?
Mail List: The UK-FSU Support Group
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