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Dating agency cheating Australian men

Submitted by AngryMan on Fri, 2008-08-01 10:37.

Story here. Excerpt:

'The farmers and miners who joined the Rural Network dating agency got a lot less than they wished for. Some fell in love with women who did not exist. Others lost up to A$20,000 (£9,500) as the agency tempted them into parting with more and more cash with the lure of love.
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The dating site, whose director Leanne McDonald was also known as Leanne Viney, Lana Viney and Lana McDonald, had various ploys to cajole men into paying ever higher membership fees.
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Justice Jeffrey Spender said at the time that the agency's conduct was “not only serious but calculated and quite callous” — although he stopped short of closing it.
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Yesterday the agency was back in court, with the commission accusing it of failing to honour any of the undertakings.'

Note: This is in the Women's section of the newspaper.

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Just more snake oil

Submitted by WhipperSnapper on Fri, 2008-08-01 17:23.

Sounds like just one more business that profits by trying to sell snake oil to silly people. It isn't much different that selling job interview coaching or weight loss pills.

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