AnastasiaDate.com
Reviews and Complaints

Hello Jeff,

I haven't heard back from you regarding your claim of fraud/scam involving a member of our site. If you could please contact me I would be able to resolve it for you. Look forward to hearing from you as I will need more information.

Thanks,

Gregory
AnastasiaDate Customer Service

We don’t accept this type of behavior from members of our website. In the event behavior like this is evident, we will absolutely delete the lady from our database and reimburse you for any communication costs.
Please contacting me so I can look into this for you?
Our Customer Service Department can be reached by dialing toll-free (+[protected] or (+[protected]. You can also reach us by logging in through our website and clicking on the “LiveSupport” button.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Gregory
AnastasiaDate Customer Service Director

After all the complaints about her, her profile was removed from Anastasiadate, probably to make it look like they were actually doing something about the scammers and cheats that are all over their site. But if you check online now, her profile is back on. Same reference number 1561044. All she has done is change her profile pictures to try and throw everyone off her bad scent. We should post everywhere about her (I was one that was personally scammed by her too - fool me!), and make sure that she never profits from anyone else. She should crawl back into the hole she came out of! Men should be made well aware of her and keep as far away as possible. If she gets no business she might hopefully disappear!

Thank you for your feedback. At AnastasiaDate we take all complaints very seriously.

It’s not by chance that AnastasiaDate has become the world's leading Russian-American Introduction Agency. For over fifteen years AnastasiaDate’s constant commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of her members has allowed the industry to raise its standards. The history of AnastasiaDate has been one of providing clients with genuine, valuable service in the face of other less scrupulous Russian dating agencies whose iniquity tarnishes the reputation of all.

AnastasiaDate is the first and only agency to tackle the issues of internet dating fraud and anti-scam head-on. There are other Russian singles and mail order brides agencies that conduct honest business. However, in the online introductions industry simple honesty isn’t enough to make a real difference to the consumer with regards to dating fraud. Industry professionals must be proactive and fight scam directly, and here's why:

No agency is an island, and no mail order bride agency can operate independently. All major agencies depend on networks of dozens, (or in the case of AnastasiaDate over a thousand) smaller dating agencies to register ladies (Russian women and Ukraine women), perform services for members, and fight scam. Whenever a consumer deals with any given Russian or Ukraine brides agency they should keep in mind that their agency depends on numerous other affiliated agencies for scam and internet fraud protection.

If other Russian ladies’ agencies are less scrupulous (scammers), or if a particular Russian or Ukraine woman is disingenuous, the client suffers regardless of the integrity of their home mail order brides agency. Following this, a particular agency simply "being honest" is not enough to protect consumers. What is required is vigilance supported by forceful action against scam. Such attention is the pillar of AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam operation.

AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam unit has spent over a million dollars implementing an industry-wide business system designed to ferret out less than honest agencies suspected of internet dating scams while helping upright and trustworthy agencies prosper. Creating this comprehensive anti-scam watchdog system to protect and serve our members is a Herculean task as well as a significant financial investment. But AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam operation firmly believes that the long term survival of our industry depends on stepping up to enforce discipline against dating fraud on the industry level. At the heart of the AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam unit’s success is the protection she provides her members by establishing and asserting an ethical standard on the numerous Eastern European affiliate partners she deals with.

Internet Dating Fraud Protection
No other company has come close to investing the energy, time and resources necessary to create a system that obliges participating agencies to operate by strict U.S. business standards and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). Anastasia is the only Russian dating company in the industry to even attempt a consumer protection campaign of this magnitude to combat internet dating fraud and scam.

Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit is the only agency that maintains a full time anti-scam staff specifically devoted to checking correspondence for fraudulent activity and reacting to reports of suspicious correspondence and internet dating fraud.
All single Russian women who register on Anastasia are personally contacted by Anastasia scam and anti-scam staff to verify their identity and contact information, and to confirm that (1) the Russian or Ukrainian woman exists, (2) she knows and understands that she is a part of Anastasia’s system and (3) she is interested in finding an American or European husband and (4) understands the terms of her participation.
No other Russian dating agency comprehensively validates the identity of each and every woman on their site. Every other mail order bride agency in this industry, including Anastasia’s major competitors, rely on local agencies to establish their ladies' identities.
When issues of possible fraudulent or inappropriate activity arise on her web site, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit launches a quick and thorough investigation, documents all findings concerning possible internet dating fraud, takes appropriate action and reports to her members.
In all cases where improper or dishonest behavior is found, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit removes the Russian or Ukraine lady from her system, fines the lady’s agency and issues a refund to her member.
Second or third offenses by an internet dating agency are fined more severely.
A fourth offense results in the mail order brides agency being permanently removed from Anastasia’s system.
The evolution of the international dating industry bears significant relevance to today’s situation. The industry was founded by dozens of small, family owned agencies helping Western men meet Russian girls and Ukraine girls via postal mail correspondence. In those days, the small agencies in Eastern Europe existed by selling addresses of their local ladies to Western owned agencies who then sold them to their clients. With the advent of email correspondence sites, these Russian ladies' addresses (the bread and butter of the small local agencies) became worthless almost overnight. The days of agencies simply selling the same information again and again became passé.

Subsequently, in order to survive, small Russian dating agencies are required to contact ladies to ensure that they are reading and responding to their email. Essentially they must now actually work for their living instead of selling static data on Russian women over and over. The transition to electronic marketing and correspondence has opened new opportunities for growth but also exposes avenues for potential corruption. So from the beginning Anastasia’s attitude toward small agencies has been simple: Anyone who tries to scam our clients is scamming us. We will react to this with great consequence to those proven guilty.

Most Russian dating agencies see this scenario as a positive change and an opportunity to professionalize and grow. There are numerous participating agencies that flourish within this system and open additional offices in multiple cities. These are the agencies for single Russian women that Anastasia supports, and we applaud the great strides and progress they have made.

An Educated Consumer
Correspondence with a potential Russian bride is a very valuable and potent tool. However it’s but the first in a series of steps towards a face to face meeting with a possible partner. All the advanced technology Anastasia employs on behalf of her members - correspondence, phone calls, video chat, etc…are preludes to the ultimate litmus test one must take in order to find a Russian or Ukraine woman as a mate. Ultimately, one must go there oneself in order to determine if any one of several Russian women they have connected with are suitable partners.

You must meet your would be Russian bride face to face and spend time with them in person in order to determine suitability to include them in your life, and for them to decide to include you in theirs.

The standard procedure for both Western men and Russian mail order brides when beginning correspondence is to list a brief description of themselves on a Russian dating website. Included is usually a personable, general introductory letter wherein they describe themselves and their life in modest detail together with what they are looking for in a mate. Men send copies of their introductory letters to many Russian women, and Russian girls send theirs to numerous men. Once both people have a better idea of who they are dealing with they decide to begin personal correspondence. At this stage more pertinent questions are asked of potential partners once the field narrows.

This procedure has been standard for everyone since the international dating industry began, whether the correspondence is by snail-mail or email.

Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies that perform match-making services in addition to simply providing introductions are considered more proactive about the process. These agencies take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending introductory letters to perspective matches who meet members criteria.

Anastasia’s email forwarding system links men in America and around the world with Russian and Ukrainian girls who are represented by over 1000 local internet dating agencies.

Local Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies join Anastasia’s network on a separate Russian language website where they list ladies from their own sites. Some agencies perform matchmaking services for their ladies by looking through our database of men and forwarding a lady's introductory letter to them through Anastasia. This is considered a proper and wholly ethical matchmaking service performed for the ladies and men on Anastasia’s system. Anastasia and the International Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act (IMBRA) do not consider this practice to be internet dating fraud or a dating scam. However, should an agency write further letters "on behalf" of the lady, after the Introductory Letter, this is certainly objectionable to which Anastasia will take action.

Consumers are sometimes under the mistaken impression that if a Russian or Ukraine girl’s photo and profile is on an agency's website means the agency vouches for the woman, for her character and trustworthiness. This is simply not true. No company can vouch for the character of any man or woman using their services, and no self respecting agency in the business, including Anastasia, will make that declaration.

The only measures a forthright agency can take is exactly what Anastasia does; keep a vigilant eye out and aggressively react to inappropriate behavior and possible internet dating scam scenarios when they come to her attention. The response of any professional organization should invariably be to investigate all reports, come to a clear determination of the facts, document the findings in detail, and if there is a problem, resolve it. In the case of a misunderstanding a reputable Russian dating agency will make the facts clear. If fraud is found, they should refund a member’s fees and insure that the perpetrators are removed from their system.

This is precisely Anastasia’s approach. She does it every single day and strongly urges her members to immediately report anything that seems suspect in their correspondence. Anastasia will immediately look into the issue, speak with all parties involved and take appropriate action to protect her members best interests

Summary
It’s impossible for any Russian dating agency to anticipate and prevent all instances of internet dating fraud or web scam. However, Anastasia has made significant progress by screening and monitoring both it’s Russian dating affiliates and ladies who register on her site. As a result, Anastasia has been successful to a large degree in sorting out undesirables and possible scammers from this industry.

To put the scale of the problem in perspective, Anastasia has approximately 400, 000 pieces of email moving through our system every week with from 20-30 complaints about suspicious activity that may involve internet dating fraud. About half of those cases turn out to be misunderstandings or situations where gentlemen have unrealistic expectations from the system.

Running an email-based correspondence system such as Anastasia’s is a highly complex task. This is why Anastasia’s is the only company that has been able to be effective and deliver for her members time and again.

Please contact us via LiveSupport if you are a member or visit us at: http://www.anastasiadate.com/pages/customersupport/questioncategories.aspx

Thank you,

AnastasiaDate Customer Service
www.anastasiadate.com

This is an advert placed on vk by one of AnastasiaFRAUDS subcontracting agencies
http://vk.com/club56725827

---Russian
Elizaveta - (Харьков)
Кого интересует пишите в личные сообщения.
Description:
Наша компания работает с иностранными сайтами знакомств, мы хотим предложить вам весьма выгодное сотрудничество. При том условии, что вы согласитесь разместить ваши фото у нас на сайте, мы дарим вам бесплатную профессиональную фотосессию, за регистрацию дарим духи или эту же сумму в деньгах на ваше усмотрение. После того, как ваша анкета будет зарегистрирована вам будут приходить дорогие и ценные подарки, также вы будете получать определённую сумму в месяц за то, что вы будете зарегистрированы у нас. Сумма будет зависеть от количества писем которые будут приходить на вашу анкету. Все другие нюансы мы готовы обсудить с вами. Будем рады знакомству с вами!
--- Translation
Elizaveta - (Kharkiv)
Who are interested in writing a personal message.
Description:
Our company works with foreign dating sites, we want to offer you a very beneficial partnership. On the condition that you agree to put your photos on our site, we give you a free professional photo shoot, we give for the registration of perfume or the same amount of money at your discretion. Once your profile is registered you will come expensive and valuable gifts, and you will receive a certain amount per month for the fact that you will be registered with us. The amount will depend on the number of letters that will be coming to your profile. All other details we are ready to discuss with you. We will be glad to meet you !
--
Still think AnastasiaFRAUD is in any way genuine?

The response from anastasia customer services is complete BS. The only reason they have a customer complaints procedure is to establish protocols so their agencies scams do not get exposed in the future.
The Anastasia date business model is to subcontract to local (mafia backed) dating agencies who pay the girls for each letter sent and minute of chat. When they are found out, the girls claim that they are not interested any more. The site is a complete fraud and breaks US laws on wire fraud with every transaction. Stay away from this site.

Is this lady a scammer?, Alla Chernikova, Akademika Street 52, apartm 64 Odessa

Thank you for your feedback. At AnastasiaDate we take all complaints very seriously. If you are a current or prior customer, please contact us as we are here to help.

It’s not by chance that AnastasiaDate has become the world's leading Russian-American Introduction Agency. For over fifteen years AnastasiaDate’s constant commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of her members has allowed the industry to raise its standards. The history of AnastasiaDate has been one of providing clients with genuine, valuable service in the face of other less scrupulous Russian dating agencies whose iniquity tarnishes the reputation of all.

AnastasiaDate is the first and only agency to tackle the issues of internet dating fraud and anti-scam head-on. There are other Russian singles and mail order brides agencies that conduct honest business. However, in the online introductions industry simple honesty isn’t enough to make a real difference to the consumer with regards to dating fraud. Industry professionals must be proactive and fight scam directly, and here's why:

No agency is an island, and no mail order bride agency can operate independently. All major agencies depend on networks of dozens, (or in the case of AnastasiaDate over a thousand) smaller dating agencies to register ladies (Russian women and Ukraine women), perform services for members, and fight scam. Whenever a consumer deals with any given Russian or Ukraine brides agency they should keep in mind that their agency depends on numerous other affiliated agencies for scam and internet fraud protection.

If other Russian ladies’ agencies are less scrupulous (scammers), or if a particular Russian or Ukraine woman is disingenuous, the client suffers regardless of the integrity of their home mail order brides agency. Following this, a particular agency simply "being honest" is not enough to protect consumers. What is required is vigilance supported by forceful action against scam. Such attention is the pillar of AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam operation.

AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam unit has spent over a million dollars implementing an industry-wide business system designed to ferret out less than honest agencies suspected of internet dating scams while helping upright and trustworthy agencies prosper. Creating this comprehensive anti-scam watchdog system to protect and serve our members is a Herculean task as well as a significant financial investment. But AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam operation firmly believes that the long term survival of our industry depends on stepping up to enforce discipline against dating fraud on the industry level. At the heart of the AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam unit’s success is the protection she provides her members by establishing and asserting an ethical standard on the numerous Eastern European affiliate partners she deals with.

Internet Dating Fraud Protection
No other company has come close to investing the energy, time and resources necessary to create a system that obliges participating agencies to operate by strict U.S. business standards and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). Anastasia is the only Russian dating company in the industry to even attempt a consumer protection campaign of this magnitude to combat internet dating fraud and scam.

Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit is the only agency that maintains a full time anti-scam staff specifically devoted to checking correspondence for fraudulent activity and reacting to reports of suspicious correspondence and internet dating fraud.
All single Russian women who register on Anastasia are personally contacted by Anastasia scam and anti-scam staff to verify their identity and contact information, and to confirm that (1) the Russian or Ukrainian woman exists, (2) she knows and understands that she is a part of Anastasia’s system and (3) she is interested in finding an American or European husband and (4) understands the terms of her participation.
No other Russian dating agency comprehensively validates the identity of each and every woman on their site. Every other mail order bride agency in this industry, including Anastasia’s major competitors, rely on local agencies to establish their ladies' identities.
When issues of possible fraudulent or inappropriate activity arise on her web site, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit launches a quick and thorough investigation, documents all findings concerning possible internet dating fraud, takes appropriate action and reports to her members.
In all cases where improper or dishonest behavior is found, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit removes the Russian or Ukraine lady from her system, fines the lady’s agency and issues a refund to her member.
Second or third offenses by an internet dating agency are fined more severely.
A fourth offense results in the mail order brides agency being permanently removed from Anastasia’s system.
The evolution of the international dating industry bears significant relevance to today’s situation. The industry was founded by dozens of small, family owned agencies helping Western men meet Russian girls and Ukraine girls via postal mail correspondence. In those days, the small agencies in Eastern Europe existed by selling addresses of their local ladies to Western owned agencies who then sold them to their clients. With the advent of email correspondence sites, these Russian ladies' addresses (the bread and butter of the small local agencies) became worthless almost overnight. The days of agencies simply selling the same information again and again became passé.

Subsequently, in order to survive, small Russian dating agencies are required to contact ladies to ensure that they are reading and responding to their email. Essentially they must now actually work for their living instead of selling static data on Russian women over and over. The transition to electronic marketing and correspondence has opened new opportunities for growth but also exposes avenues for potential corruption. So from the beginning Anastasia’s attitude toward small agencies has been simple: Anyone who tries to scam our clients is scamming us. We will react to this with great consequence to those proven guilty.

Most Russian dating agencies see this scenario as a positive change and an opportunity to professionalize and grow. There are numerous participating agencies that flourish within this system and open additional offices in multiple cities. These are the agencies for single Russian women that Anastasia supports, and we applaud the great strides and progress they have made.

An Educated Consumer
Correspondence with a potential Russian bride is a very valuable and potent tool. However it’s but the first in a series of steps towards a face to face meeting with a possible partner. All the advanced technology Anastasia employs on behalf of her members - correspondence, phone calls, video chat, etc…are preludes to the ultimate litmus test one must take in order to find a Russian or Ukraine woman as a mate. Ultimately, one must go there oneself in order to determine if any one of several Russian women they have connected with are suitable partners.

You must meet your would be Russian bride face to face and spend time with them in person in order to determine suitability to include them in your life, and for them to decide to include you in theirs.

The standard procedure for both Western men and Russian mail order brides when beginning correspondence is to list a brief description of themselves on a Russian dating website. Included is usually a personable, general introductory letter wherein they describe themselves and their life in modest detail together with what they are looking for in a mate. Men send copies of their introductory letters to many Russian women, and Russian girls send theirs to numerous men. Once both people have a better idea of who they are dealing with they decide to begin personal correspondence. At this stage more pertinent questions are asked of potential partners once the field narrows.

This procedure has been standard for everyone since the international dating industry began, whether the correspondence is by snail-mail or email.

Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies that perform match-making services in addition to simply providing introductions are considered more proactive about the process. These agencies take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending introductory letters to perspective matches who meet members criteria.

Anastasia’s email forwarding system links men in America and around the world with Russian and Ukrainian girls who are represented by over 1000 local internet dating agencies.

Local Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies join Anastasia’s network on a separate Russian language website where they list ladies from their own sites. Some agencies perform matchmaking services for their ladies by looking through our database of men and forwarding a lady's introductory letter to them through Anastasia. This is considered a proper and wholly ethical matchmaking service performed for the ladies and men on Anastasia’s system. Anastasia and the International Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act (IMBRA) do not consider this practice to be internet dating fraud or a dating scam. However, should an agency write further letters "on behalf" of the lady, after the Introductory Letter, this is certainly objectionable to which Anastasia will take action.

Consumers are sometimes under the mistaken impression that if a Russian or Ukraine girl’s photo and profile is on an agency's website means the agency vouches for the woman, for her character and trustworthiness. This is simply not true. No company can vouch for the character of any man or woman using their services, and no self respecting agency in the business, including Anastasia, will make that declaration.

The only measures a forthright agency can take is exactly what Anastasia does; keep a vigilant eye out and aggressively react to inappropriate behavior and possible internet dating scam scenarios when they come to her attention. The response of any professional organization should invariably be to investigate all reports, come to a clear determination of the facts, document the findings in detail, and if there is a problem, resolve it. In the case of a misunderstanding a reputable Russian dating agency will make the facts clear. If fraud is found, they should refund a member’s fees and insure that the perpetrators are removed from their system.

This is precisely Anastasia’s approach. She does it every single day and strongly urges her members to immediately report anything that seems suspect in their correspondence. Anastasia will immediately look into the issue, speak with all parties involved and take appropriate action to protect her members best interests

Summary
It’s impossible for any Russian dating agency to anticipate and prevent all instances of internet dating fraud or web scam. However, Anastasia has made significant progress by screening and monitoring both it’s Russian dating affiliates and ladies who register on her site. As a result, Anastasia has been successful to a large degree in sorting out undesirables and possible scammers from this industry.

To put the scale of the problem in perspective, Anastasia has approximately 400, 000 pieces of email moving through our system every week with from 20-30 complaints about suspicious activity that may involve internet dating fraud. About half of those cases turn out to be misunderstandings or situations where gentlemen have unrealistic expectations from the system.

Running an email-based correspondence system such as Anastasia’s is a highly complex task. This is why Anastasia’s is the only company that has been able to be effective and deliver for her members time and again.

Please contact us via LiveSupport if you are a member or visit us at: http://www.anastasiadate.com/pages/customersupport/questioncategories.aspx

Thank you,

AnastasiaDate Customer Service
www.anastasiadate.com

How can think about dating on Anastasia Date because of the war ! I’m telling you that this site is a total scam because these women in Ukraine have got bigger issues than a damn dating site and 90% of them don’t even live where they say and most of them already have boyfriends or are married and these photos are photo shopped And it’s not real and I have my proof and I have not spent one dime in three months because I’ve been gathering up everything that I need to get all of my money back and I do have an attorney and I will take them to court, and as far as these ladies writing letters I had a customer service representative. Tell me that the ladies don’t write the letters, but they have a department that just sends out mass letters, and this gentleman is no longer a part of Anastasia date and I recorded the conversation and I have screen images in the hundreds and especially that girl , who told everyone to stay away because she was paid to talk to men and she had to sign a contract and she finally got away from this place but her last comments were stay away guys !

I have had the same thing happened to me and the lady does not live in Odessa. Ukraine is all of her pictures pointed out to Rost-of-Don. I have asked her repeatedly to meet and she always changes the subject and this is been going on for over a year now but I have not spent money on this scam site in over four months, and I also have proof that a lady who was on their dating site Said they are paid to talk to men and you never actually are going to meet someone and luckily for me. I took a screenshot image on Anastasia day. I was reading this morning site on Facebook where she posted and the next day her comment was removed ! I want all of my money back and I have already talk to a lawyer and as far as the dating site with their customer service is horrible and they have no proof of actually anyone meeting I want all of my money back and I have already talk to a lawyer and as far as the dating site with their customer service is horrible and they have no proof of actually anyone meeting ! I have so many screen images and what this one lady her name is Natalia a Plastic Surgeon and she's the one who scammed me ! I want my money back and mediately or I think a class action lawsuit will be coming because there are enough clients and I do know some other things about this Anastasia dating site and how they hide out in Malta but they have a front office in New York City. My husband was three years old..I want my money back and mediately or I think a class action lawsuit will be coming because there are enough clients and I do know some other things about this Anastasia dating site and how they hide out in Malta but they have a front office in New York City. I will use all of my screenshots that I have saved to get every single dollar back and I will make Anastasia date and all of their affiliates pay for what they do to people. !

@cyber tranny
I thought you had already found the tranny love you were looking for. I am not interested by the way...so no need to stock me online as I am straight. Post your passport foto here so we can see who you really are. Though I think we all know you have some issues and are a paid troll. Good luck finding the tranny you looking for on another site that will make you happy and have a nice day.

@ Gregory Vasquez - your "Linked In" profile says you are a lawyer educated at Odessa, and the Director of Anastasiadate (a well known fraudulent company) and that your team at Anastasiadate are available 24/7 to help customers. On here you have proven yourself are a TROLL. We all know Anastasiadate is run by the mafia. So I guess makes you a corrupt lawyer working for the Mafia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-vasquez-de-rosales-94522b7a

Anastasiadate is a total scam. I know all details how they operate..: I get at lot of chat invitations from eager woman, even though my profile is empty, with no informations. Most of their profiles are stolen or bought model photos. Or they pay the women to chat with men, just to steal more money from stupid men. I know this for a fact, because many of the women have told me. I have direct contact with some of the women on VK. Many of the women are already married or have boyfriends or are top models, who would never go on dating sites. This is a total 10 million dollar scam. They do not want the men to get direct contact, their complicated rules are not there to protect anyone, only to steal more money from the men...

It is the right of all our members to date as they wish. This may or may not mean that any member has to be exclusive nor fall in love with anyone. This is life and people are adults and can do as they like. No members are paid to communicate with anyone nor should it be implied. If you are unsure about anyone that may be scamming you, please contact customer support and provide the details so they can investigate. If any scammer is found to be online, they will be removed and credits refunded...it is that simple.
In short, use common sense and have realistic expectations. No dating site guarantees love or marriage.
Sincerely,
Gregory Vasquez
CSD Director

It is most difficult at best to determine a lady's sincerity. I was victimized by one "women (Supposedly from the Ukraine) on an affiliated dating site (CharmDate.com) who constantly sent photos of which I had no interest at a cost of 10 credits per photo. Later informing me she was not in her country of origin, but in Miami, FL of my country, yet a couple of minutes later informed me she was in another place, Akron, Ohio. $96.00 was burned up exceedingly fast. I can only imagine what other men are paying out in larger dollar amounts.
What I find most objectionable is the strict limitation placed upon the potential suitor to maintain any contact with a prospective lady.
For this matter, it strikes me as resembling a pimp brokering his/her "girls" to clients on the street.
The broker gets the lion's share of the money and the girls get very little of the cut.
1 credit per minute on live chat. 2 credits per minute of video chat. 10 credits per letter to send mail, 10 credits per letter to read mail. 10 credits to open any additional photos beyond the first and 10 credits to send any additional photo beyond the first.
I am certain you are aware how quickly these seemingly trivial amounts add up. I will confess one site ArabianDate.com was a little more generous offering a free 3 minute live chat as an icebreaker.
They allow no alternative means of communication and as you have seen, actively screen out any relevance to external communication avenues.
The behavior of the a lot of the women on this site is questionable as it seems they are supporting an active monopoly on communication, keeping it confined within the parameters set forth by AnastasiaDate.com at the cost of the men who are seeking female partners. I am informed it is culturally unacceptable that the women be required to also pay for these services. Therefore, to them it is a free service and the company (behaving as a pimp) is the entity who stands to gain the largest profit by exploiting men. This leads to a probable conclusion that many of the women are also being paid to keep male clients "on the hook". I call to your attention prior posters who have disclosed certain dollar amounts paid to maintain contact and the results.
This calls into question the authenticity of the female clients purportedly seeking male counterparts.
This also calls into question the practices of AnastasiaDate.com and "her" affiliates.
Common sense tells me this is a form of prostitution.
At my age, it is flattering the think young ladies might be interested in me, but I know this is not true because of the consistent spamming of "repetitive" (scripted) live chat messages from simple innocent questions to outright vulgar suggestions.

These sites should be taken offline permanently.
As for your opinion Mr. Gregory Vasquez (CSD Director), It is considered culturally unacceptable to be dating more than one person at a time when commitments have been promised. To do so otherwise as you imply is barbaric and animalistic behavior relegated to the animal kingdom. Yet there are some species of animals who devote themselves to their mate for life, which is more than I can say about a lot of the human race with its backward, primitive thinking.

ZhenyaKikos is not a member of AnastasiaDate. He is an internet troll that is trying to get free publicity to his website and is using complaintsboard as a way to advertise. He has failed to provide any member ID number of himself or and scammer he claims to be on our site...because he and she do not exist. Simply put, never send money to anyone and if you are unsure of anyone...find someone else you can be more confident in. Also remember that online dating is just like real-life dating and anyone can date as many people as they want...even at the same time.

Sincerely,
Gregory Vasquez
CSD Director

Anastasiadate.com is all fraud. Visit www.eugeniakikos.com for more details on one of their top earners. I have gathered many of her boyfriends she has scammed out of money and gifts. She had a boyfriend this whole entire time. Here a copy of her letter before we pointed her out as a scammer tried to save face and say all these sites are scam. Here her background report showing her boyfriend

I have just detected on my account that a 15pounds has been deducted from my account without authorisation. I traced the source and it led me to anastasia dating. I never entered any details of my card or bank with this site. I need this transaction cancelled and my money returned to me

Alert This Woman name Yulya Velcheva, Juliya Velcheva, Julia Velcheva.
She totally are liar. She remain at anastasiadate.com keep lie all men.
She skill as same once have men corresponding she will on her webcam communicate with you after she won't on her webcam. Therefore, she will give many reason about webcam couldn't on.
Anastasiadate.com — fraud and scammer of yulya velcheva, julia pospelova, yulya pospelova, julia velcheva, juliya id 1894733

Continue upload same lady ID 1900033.

Beware another lady ID 1900033, name Ekaterina, actual name Katya Demetskaya at Anastasiadate.com
You couldn't image it all photo are real. Once I expose each one lady at anastasiadate.com they will terminate ID and wait a month or more than month they will create new ID at anastasiadate.com
I assure she have a lot ID in different dating site.

Beware another lady ID 1898699, name Tatjana, she actual name Tanya Melnichuk at Anastasiadate.com.
But she Vkontakte account had be deleted once she found me add her be friend.
I assure she have a lot ID in different dating site.

Anastasiadate exposed by Ex employee from the inside: https://youtu.be/idGdWRy0WDE

@ Gregory Vasquez - your Linked In profile says you are a lawyer educated at Odessa, and the Director of Anastasiadate (a well known fraudulent company) and that your team at Anastasiadate are available 27/7 to help customers. On here you have proven yourself are a TROLL. We all know Anastasiadate is run by the mafia. That makes you a corrupt lawyer working for the Mafia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-vasquez-de-rosales-94522b7a

First, most of what is said on here is true. Let me explain how Anastasia.com and amolatina.com scam you. They state that they do not give out personal info to protect the girls. This is crap, how is knowing a girls email or having it delivered directly to her not private! Second, you do not need translation, other dating sites do that for you for free or you can go to Google Translater and cut and paste in the message. Why they do this is that the translater in each country they operate in is the scammer! They answer all the emails. Do you think that perfect blond in the Ukraine who is in college every day from 9am to 3pm - that's their schedule! then also probably working a job has time to answer the 50 or so emails she gets each week? Of course not. The translaters read the prior correspondence and carry on the relationship with you. If you travel there, they will insist on meeting with you and the girl - for the girls safety of course! ha! I once took my own translater and the most they could say was that "I was obviously stupid for paying two translaters and she couldn't be interested in someone so foolish! hilarious! Well, I'm part Russian and have travelled there extensively but still fell for this on a trip and a half. But, this is huge, through a friend I met who was a Med student, he intro'd me to a former translater who quit because he felt so bad about taking the money. Understand that in Russia/Ukraine, scamming is a form of intelligence, not seen as a crime, its a very different culture, though in any poor country Anastasia and subsidiaries pray on poor women telling them that the men only want to meet you and there are no expectations, it is exciting for them to meet such beautiful foreign women! Plus you get a nice dinner (a casual restaurant visit is usually reserved for their birthday if their lucky) and no one is harmed because we're all so rich! Well, the second time I met the translater for drinks he was actually with a girl who I met through Anastasia on my first visit to Odessa! Oh, and the planned tours - avoid them! I walked into a bar where there was one, there were 6 old ugly US guys and 10 average looking women who were completely disinterested, I felt bad for them and at least spared myself that embarrassment though I am still embarrassed and realize how much money I lost. The translator told me that Anastasia makes over 1 million a month! Please please go to a trusted site, they exist! You will know when only 1 out of 10 girls is hot, that's real! Safe hunting!

@ZhenyaKikos, nobody is going to send you a marriage certificate. Send me a photo of your ID or passport and post it here so we know who you really are. Review the links on our site for testimonials and have a nice day.

Show us proof of married couples and marriage certificates. Stop talking trash and calling names without proof your site actually makes " couples "

Anastasiadate is a total scam. I know all details how they operate..: I get at lot of chat invitations from eager woman, even though my profile is empty, with no informations. Most of their profiles are stolen or bought model photos. Or they pay the women to chat with men, just to steal more money from stupid men. I know this for a fact, because many of the women have told me. I have direct contact with some of the women on VK. Many of the women are already married or have boyfriends or are top models, who would never go on dating sites. This is a total 10 million dollar scam. They do not want the men to get direct contact, their complicated rules are not there to protect anyone, only to steal more money from the men...

AnastasiaDate has many beautiful girls and we have had many clients find love and marriage. This does not mean however that we nor any other dating site for that matter can insure love. I from time to see guys venting online against a girl in various ways as some here do too, only to find out the root cause is rejection. If you are online and she is online - nobody has committed, otherwise you would not be online. Keep this in mind and if you are both serious - get offline and start a real relationship. Otherwise, you will both realize nobody is serious and still flirting until someone else comes around the wins them over.
Know what you want, make sure she is on the same page and just do it.
Sincerely,
Gregory Vasquez
CSD Director

I joined Anastasia a few years ago and believe it is nothing short of miraculous. I don't have a lot of money, am too shy/not aggressive enough to try to get drunk girls in bars to come home with me. Checking out this site began as nothing more than a joke, but I was honestly willing to entertain the possibility of a site like this being some kind of shortcut to happiness. I was shocked that these women are so much less superficial than american women...it didn't seem to matter that I had not yet posted a photo of myself on my profile, I was getting correspondence from beautiful women that all expressed great interest in a future with me. I guess that just living in America makes you some kind of super-stud in Ukraine, because some of these girls looked like they could easily be professional models. ----I GUESS THIS IS THE KIND OF RINGING ENDORSEMENT THAT SITES LIKE THIS ARE HOPING FOR, RIGHT? The truth is (and the people that work for this site who monitor these comments should take careful note of this) that anastasiadate.com totally lost me when they started to flood my inbox with letters from attractive and very interested women before I even completed my own profile, or posted any photos of myself. This method of luring people into paying for a membership will only get you the most gullible guys to sign up and pay any money. In anastatiadate.com's defense, I would like to mention that match.com did the exact same thing (started flooding my inbox with letters from attractive women before I even completed my profile during a free trial, ) so they are not alone in using this method. I bet that if either site had at least waited for me to finish my profile and put photos up before filling up my inbox, I might have had enough self-esteem to actually believe these girls were really interested in me, but instead they jumped the gun and tried to hook me way too early...so tell your executives or whoever is in charge of recruiting new members to be more patient and try a little harder to appear realistic when they attempt to flatter people like me into joining. With my mind made up that this site was just a trap for suckers, I decided that it was still very entertaining to read these fake letters that were allegedly being sent by these awesome women. To raise the stakes, I eventually did post a few photos and information about myself just to see what would happen. The number of letters I kept receiving from out-of-my-league women did not seem to change at all...and, again, if I were running a scam like this, I would adjust the number of letters to make it at least resemble a more realistic response from the supposed women... as soon as a guy posts a picture, the number of incoming letters should double and should begin to make references to specific information that the members have provided in their profiles...for example, if one of the girls threw in an "I like DJs" in her letter to me, it would have gone a long a way in getting me hooked on the site---This is free advice, you can take it or leave it. --- If you wanted to keep the lie going convincingly, it would not have been very difficult at all, but I guess (and now KNOW from reading this forum) that there are so many more gullible men with more money to spend than me, there's really no reason for you to dedicate any additional the time or resources to do a better job of trying to trick me into joining. I get it.

Now with all of that being said, one of the letters I got on anastasiadate.com had a picture of a girl that was so godamn sexy (I have attached her photo) that I said "what the hell" and wrote her back (just in case there was even a 1% chance that this was something real, I didn't want to miss out.) She responded to my response and I found the whole exchange to have a very believable vibe to it ...so if this was fake, then kudos to the anastasiadate employee or team that was in charge of making this part seem real, because you did a great job here. Her response was measured, polite, and had enough questions in it about me to make it difficult to not respond to, and so I went to write my 2nd letter to her, but now her profile had completely disappeared from the site. You might be thinking "well you already thought she was fake, so why would you care that it disappeared?"--and that makes sense...but the question is this: why would they delete a fake profile that was finally starting to get a response from me? If this is all a scam, then they tried sending a bunch of letters with pictures of attractive women that supposedly wrote the letters to lure me in and did not get a single response from me until they sent the one I'm talking about now. They finally found a combination of photographs and responses that made me drop my "i'm sure this is [censored]" position for a second, consider the tiny possibility of this NOT being fake, and actually respond...so if they're just in this to lure guys in and get them to have enough faith in the service they offer to in order to spend as much money as possible, then why did they stop here with me? Seriously, they almost had me. To me, a more believable and logical explanation for the sudden disappearance of her profile is that this was real girl who maybe joined this site to check it out and then left the site one day when one of the (probably dozens of) dudes she interacts with during her day-to-day life managed to finally ask her to dinner and become her boyfriend. Sure, this happens on other dating sites all the time: attractive girls are suddenly off the market and off the dating site. So while I'm 99% sure this site is bait for gullible, lonely suckers that have disposable income, the way that the dream-woman's profile vanished (which in turn also brought the possibility of me spending ANY money on the site to an sudden end) is not at all consistent with a scam (at least not in way that makes any sense to me) at all. So now that i've shared my experience with all of you, I have one more thing to say to the decision-makers running Anastasiadate.com: If the girl in the photo is a real person that exists and is looking for love, I would gladly give her everything I have. I'll sign over all my future earnings, the property I own and anything my parent's have promised me in the will. Please relay the message and if she's interested, let me know so we can make the arrangements. I mean, look at how godamn sexy she is in that photo...I'm only human.

I have no dog in this fight, but I was researching this fir the future reference. From reading the above comments I can sense the following:
1. Original person complaining has decent grounds to be concerned. It seems like a honey-pot, bait and switch tactics.
2. The representative from this business, Mr. Gregory Vasquez of CSD, does nothing to prove these claims otherwise. Actually, he instead calls people names and provides zero grounds for clients to have confidence in his business.

I personally have a problem with business, who is charging you by minute, by message to talk to the girls. Especially when I am forced to use the site instead of getting a skype name from the girl that I am talking to.

@cyber tranny
It is obvious you are a paid troll to post negative comments on this site. You have cut and pasted the same comment on multiple threads here to get attention. However this is not a dating site. Good luck elsewhere mate.

Sincerely,
Gregory Vasquez
CSD Director

Copy and paste paste работа брачное агентство (Russian for Work Brides) into google search and read AnastasiaDate advertising job vacancies for local translators to work as "WORK BRIDES'" scammers to fleece lonely foreigners and advertising payment to local models for a photo shoot to create clean profiles to be worked by the scammers to fleece foreigners.

She already has a boyfriend and she never was really interested in meeting men overseas. You're the biggest con man on this face of the planet. Your customer service department is laughable. I'm about to send the lies your department sent to me about this girl and then tried to back step and tell another lie. Here is a copy of her background report. And here's a letter from Evgenia saying your site is a fake and all the girls are hired just to talk to us.

I totally agree that Anastasia Date / Asian Date / AmoLatina Date / Arabian Date / African Date / Russian Brides, etc are all scams. (all of these are all run by the same parent company, Anastasia International)

I had the same experience, I got written by many women I received over 10, 000 emails, many of them said that they wanted to correspond with me off-site, but beware, that is just one more arrow in their quiver to get you to buy credits and schedule “Call me ” sessions so that “You can get their personal contact information”… yeah right. I have been through this 5 or 6 times. Either the women refuse to give you their contact information on the call, or even if they you do get it… they won’t answer your calls or write you offsite.

However the good news is that FINALLY there is a lawyer that is willing to file a CLASS ACTION Lawsuit on a contingency basis against these [censor] that run these companies, and hit them where it hurts. So there would be no out of pocket cost to you.

Please contact Joe Rickards write to info@mailorderbridescams.com and put “Lawsuit” in the subject line if you are interested in joining the Class Action Lawsuit. Joe’s Lawyer says that he needs about 100 clients to file this Class Action Lawsuit, so we need to get every single guy that has ever been scammed by any of the Anastasia International companies to JOIN.

HTTPs://WWW.youtube.com/watch?v=9mRDs6etRPs

I want to tell you my story. It happened to me half of the year ago. That time I used AnastasiaScam already for 1 year. I talked only to one girl there and i felt in love. I thought she too. I never did such big mistake. One day i decided to meet her. I was preparing for it for the whole month. I bought many gifts. Finally, when I came she met me in airport with interpreter. I knew that she dont know any English but never thought that a date with interpreter could be so awfull. I can`t say that it was a date. By the way, interpreter was a man. So I will name it "Friendly beer drinking". Interpreter had drunken so much so the 60% or a bill was only his drinks and dishes. I didn`t say anything about it because i thought that the next day we will meet without him. I thought that she brang him only for be sure that i`m not a maniac etc. I was wrong. The next day we met and i wanted to go shopping with her. She brought him again. When he asked me to buy a bag for him also- I was shoked. I refused. Finally we came to another restaraunt. She started to tell me something like that: "How could you, why didn`t you bought it to him? He`s from poor family etc." Poor family? I payed him 30 dollars per hour. He can buy this bag after two hours working. WTF? One interesting thing. I bought her a red dress. I asked her to wear it the next day we meet. She didn`t. I remembered that i paid cash when i bought it. After that date (BTW that time interpreter was with us again) i went to that shop and realized that that dress appeared again. As I understand she returned it after our date and took cash back. I asked cashier about it and he confirmed it. I was confused. She was so cute and friendly... My heart was broken. Next day i declined her proposition about one more date. I think that she shared money with interpreter also. I dont know about money back from restaraunts but i will be not surprised if it`s also true. After a 3 months break i started to use dating services again. Yes, foolish man, but it was very interesting for me. I tried this one: https://www.alltverladies.com/?utm_source=anatol . I already met one girl from this site. SHe was also friendly and interesting but didn`t suck money from my wallet. I hope so. I met her already for 2 times and the maximum bill we have was $150 . I dont think that it is too much for the whole night date in few restaraunts. She brought an interpreter only for first time. I almost cried when she brought me a gift for our date. I was so pleased you cant imagine. Hope next time i come she will agree with my proposal for wedding. GL for me :D

Yeahhhh ... nice bro i agree with you 100% ! Anastasia Date is a Scam site for shure! A few days a go i sent a love note to some woman there and i dint get any letter from this fake profile woman on Anastasia.. i ask in live suport chat box one of this liers to explain to me why when i sent a love note to this woman the next day this profile vanish? And the only think they say to me this woman is not belong any more to site... hahahaha what a scam liers...they think i am idiot.. Anastasia i am very sad about this but your a LIER SCAMMER DATE SITE!

When the girl says she sees dots in chat that is your signal to drop her and run as they are lying and it is not the program or software. Been able to get email to some girls and even to skype then they still want to use the site chat so they throw you for a loop and you back to square one. Another trick is you do a phone call or even flowers maybe you get one email to you then its back to site chat where they make money and they don't want to use skype or free chat as they claim they don't have available

So my advice if you want is to forget those tours and chat with the sites as at the end you will not meet real girls but only fakes and professional daters out to eat and drink on your dime and spend lots of money for not even a kiss. Went to Odessa in December and luckily met a foreigner living and studying in Odessa. With his guidance I had the best time as he took me to the clubs there and introduced me and met real girls on my 10 day stay in Odessa. If anyone is interested email me and I will pass on his name and number there so you can get the real local flavor there and enjoy without getting ripped off.

Helping Bros Club !

Bart
bartns713@gmail.com

It's funny when u try to get info on the lades of antasiadate that info is dotted begs question if the lady goes off site to talk .Well lady be fired.Be talking to one girl on site and sent info to to her through the letter system and info was cut out of letter any suggestions

I agree too anastasia is a scam site! I am member there for one year.

It is obvious that this is a scam site if you look closely. Once you are on the site chat messages are abound. All they want is for you to spend money. On chat video photos etc. I was getting messages at midnight GMT so it was 2am in Ukraine they should be in bed. So I think it was from the USA. The messages were quick but the girls were supposed to be limited English. Find another site. Try Charming Brides. That is genuine

The girls on Anastasia are paid to go on dates. I been to Ukraine many times and it's common knowledge on the streets there . I have went on many dates using there service and all the ladies always write back saying how interested they are than when you meet they have no intent on going anywhere with you let alone a second date .There down right batches to tell you the truth .Ukraine women are not interested in American men unless there ugly as ### .

Here is my story:

https://sites.google.com/site/myanastasiadateexp/

Thank you for your feedback. At AnastasiaDate we take all complaints very seriously. If you are a current or prior customer, please contact us as we are here to help.

It’s not by chance that AnastasiaDate has become the world's leading Russian-American Introduction Agency. For over fifteen years AnastasiaDate’s constant commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of her members has allowed the industry to raise its standards. The history of AnastasiaDate has been one of providing clients with genuine, valuable service in the face of other less scrupulous Russian dating agencies whose iniquity tarnishes the reputation of all.

AnastasiaDate is the first and only agency to tackle the issues of internet dating fraud and anti-scam head-on. There are other Russian singles and mail order brides agencies that conduct honest business. However, in the online introductions industry simple honesty isn’t enough to make a real difference to the consumer with regards to dating fraud. Industry professionals must be proactive and fight scam directly, and here's why:

No agency is an island, and no mail order bride agency can operate independently. All major agencies depend on networks of dozens, (or in the case of AnastasiaDate over a thousand) smaller dating agencies to register ladies (Russian women and Ukraine women), perform services for members, and fight scam. Whenever a consumer deals with any given Russian or Ukraine brides agency they should keep in mind that their agency depends on numerous other affiliated agencies for scam and internet fraud protection.

If other Russian ladies’ agencies are less scrupulous (scammers), or if a particular Russian or Ukraine woman is disingenuous, the client suffers regardless of the integrity of their home mail order brides agency. Following this, a particular agency simply "being honest" is not enough to protect consumers. What is required is vigilance supported by forceful action against scam. Such attention is the pillar of AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam operation.

AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam unit has spent over a million dollars implementing an industry-wide business system designed to ferret out less than honest agencies suspected of internet dating scams while helping upright and trustworthy agencies prosper. Creating this comprehensive anti-scam watchdog system to protect and serve our members is a Herculean task as well as a significant financial investment. But AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam operation firmly believes that the long term survival of our industry depends on stepping up to enforce discipline against dating fraud on the industry level. At the heart of the AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam unit’s success is the protection she provides her members by establishing and asserting an ethical standard on the numerous Eastern European affiliate partners she deals with.

Internet Dating Fraud Protection
No other company has come close to investing the energy, time and resources necessary to create a system that obliges participating agencies to operate by strict U.S. business standards and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). Anastasia is the only Russian dating company in the industry to even attempt a consumer protection campaign of this magnitude to combat internet dating fraud and scam.

Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit is the only agency that maintains a full time anti-scam staff specifically devoted to checking correspondence for fraudulent activity and reacting to reports of suspicious correspondence and internet dating fraud.
All single Russian women who register on Anastasia are personally contacted by Anastasia scam and anti-scam staff to verify their identity and contact information, and to confirm that (1) the Russian or Ukrainian woman exists, (2) she knows and understands that she is a part of Anastasia’s system and (3) she is interested in finding an American or European husband and (4) understands the terms of her participation.
No other Russian dating agency comprehensively validates the identity of each and every woman on their site. Every other mail order bride agency in this industry, including Anastasia’s major competitors, rely on local agencies to establish their ladies' identities.
When issues of possible fraudulent or inappropriate activity arise on her web site, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit launches a quick and thorough investigation, documents all findings concerning possible internet dating fraud, takes appropriate action and reports to her members.
In all cases where improper or dishonest behavior is found, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit removes the Russian or Ukraine lady from her system, fines the lady’s agency and issues a refund to her member.
Second or third offenses by an internet dating agency are fined more severely.
A fourth offense results in the mail order brides agency being permanently removed from Anastasia’s system.
The evolution of the international dating industry bears significant relevance to today’s situation. The industry was founded by dozens of small, family owned agencies helping Western men meet Russian girls and Ukraine girls via postal mail correspondence. In those days, the small agencies in Eastern Europe existed by selling addresses of their local ladies to Western owned agencies who then sold them to their clients. With the advent of email correspondence sites, these Russian ladies' addresses (the bread and butter of the small local agencies) became worthless almost overnight. The days of agencies simply selling the same information again and again became passé.

Subsequently, in order to survive, small Russian dating agencies are required to contact ladies to ensure that they are reading and responding to their email. Essentially they must now actually work for their living instead of selling static data on Russian women over and over. The transition to electronic marketing and correspondence has opened new opportunities for growth but also exposes avenues for potential corruption. So from the beginning Anastasia’s attitude toward small agencies has been simple: Anyone who tries to scam our clients is scamming us. We will react to this with great consequence to those proven guilty.

Most Russian dating agencies see this scenario as a positive change and an opportunity to professionalize and grow. There are numerous participating agencies that flourish within this system and open additional offices in multiple cities. These are the agencies for single Russian women that Anastasia supports, and we applaud the great strides and progress they have made.

An Educated Consumer
Correspondence with a potential Russian bride is a very valuable and potent tool. However it’s but the first in a series of steps towards a face to face meeting with a possible partner. All the advanced technology Anastasia employs on behalf of her members - correspondence, phone calls, video chat, etc…are preludes to the ultimate litmus test one must take in order to find a Russian or Ukraine woman as a mate. Ultimately, one must go there oneself in order to determine if any one of several Russian women they have connected with are suitable partners.

You must meet your would be Russian bride face to face and spend time with them in person in order to determine suitability to include them in your life, and for them to decide to include you in theirs.

The standard procedure for both Western men and Russian mail order brides when beginning correspondence is to list a brief description of themselves on a Russian dating website. Included is usually a personable, general introductory letter wherein they describe themselves and their life in modest detail together with what they are looking for in a mate. Men send copies of their introductory letters to many Russian women, and Russian girls send theirs to numerous men. Once both people have a better idea of who they are dealing with they decide to begin personal correspondence. At this stage more pertinent questions are asked of potential partners once the field narrows.

This procedure has been standard for everyone since the international dating industry began, whether the correspondence is by snail-mail or email.

Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies that perform match-making services in addition to simply providing introductions are considered more proactive about the process. These agencies take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending introductory letters to perspective matches who meet members criteria.

Anastasia’s email forwarding system links men in America and around the world with Russian and Ukrainian girls who are represented by over 1000 local internet dating agencies.

Local Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies join Anastasia’s network on a separate Russian language website where they list ladies from their own sites. Some agencies perform matchmaking services for their ladies by looking through our database of men and forwarding a lady's introductory letter to them through Anastasia. This is considered a proper and wholly ethical matchmaking service performed for the ladies and men on Anastasia’s system. Anastasia and the International Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act (IMBRA) do not consider this practice to be internet dating fraud or a dating scam. However, should an agency write further letters "on behalf" of the lady, after the Introductory Letter, this is certainly objectionable to which Anastasia will take action.

Consumers are sometimes under the mistaken impression that if a Russian or Ukraine girl’s photo and profile is on an agency's website means the agency vouches for the woman, for her character and trustworthiness. This is simply not true. No company can vouch for the character of any man or woman using their services, and no self respecting agency in the business, including Anastasia, will make that declaration.

The only measures a forthright agency can take is exactly what Anastasia does; keep a vigilant eye out and aggressively react to inappropriate behavior and possible internet dating scam scenarios when they come to her attention. The response of any professional organization should invariably be to investigate all reports, come to a clear determination of the facts, document the findings in detail, and if there is a problem, resolve it. In the case of a misunderstanding a reputable Russian dating agency will make the facts clear. If fraud is found, they should refund a member’s fees and insure that the perpetrators are removed from their system.

This is precisely Anastasia’s approach. She does it every single day and strongly urges her members to immediately report anything that seems suspect in their correspondence. Anastasia will immediately look into the issue, speak with all parties involved and take appropriate action to protect her members best interests

Summary
It’s impossible for any Russian dating agency to anticipate and prevent all instances of internet dating fraud or web scam. However, Anastasia has made significant progress by screening and monitoring both it’s Russian dating affiliates and ladies who register on her site. As a result, Anastasia has been successful to a large degree in sorting out undesirables and possible scammers from this industry.

To put the scale of the problem in perspective, Anastasia has approximately 400, 000 pieces of email moving through our system every week with from 20-30 complaints about suspicious activity that may involve internet dating fraud. About half of those cases turn out to be misunderstandings or situations where gentlemen have unrealistic expectations from the system.

Running an email-based correspondence system such as Anastasia’s is a highly complex task. This is why Anastasia’s is the only company that has been able to be effective and deliver for her members time and again.

Please contact us via LiveSupport if you are a member or visit us at: http://www.anastasiadate.com/pages/customersupport/questioncategories.aspx

Thank you,

AnastasiaDate Customer Service
www.anastasiadate.com

The replies here from Anastasiadate are like a broken record. I have reported to them of a married woman. Her status on VK stated she was married. I had all of her wedding photos downloaded from her special day. I submitted all of this information to Anastasiadate and waited for the determination of the "verification team". What a joke the verification team is. All they do is to delay the process, inform there local affiliated agency and the woman of the complaint. At such time the lady will then delete all information from all of her social media sites all while waiting for a reply from the "Verification Team". Finally, after months I contacted them again about this issue only to be told there was no evidence she was married and they had talked to the lady and she said she posted she was married so men would not bother her. Of course there was no evidence when she had been instructed to and removed all wedding photos.

The replies here fro Anastasiadate are like a broken record. I have reported to them of a married woman. Her status on VK stated she was married. I had all of her wedding photos downloaded from her special day. I submitted all of this information to Anastasiadate and waited for the determination of the "verification team". What a joke the verification team is. All they do is to delay the process, inform there local affiliated agency and the woman of the complaint. At such time the lady will then delete all information from all of her social media sites all while waiting for a reply from the "Verification Team". Finally, after months I contacted them again about this issue only to be told there was no evidence she was married and they had talked to the lady and she said she posted she was married so men would not bother her. Of course there was no evidence when she had been instructed to and removed all wedding photos.

Dear PJBripof,

Please accept our sincere apologies for this delay and all inconveniences caused to you!
Be informed, that our company leads the fight for scam protection.
If you feel you have been scammed by any member, we have a special online form, you can fill in to ask for a refund. Here is this form: https://podio.com/webforms/4032510/312891
If you have any other questions or misunderstanding feel free to contact Customer Service Team
+[protected] or +[protected]

Thanks for your patience,
AnastasiaDate Support Team

Yes you got that right, I have been down the same road, scam and scam again and again. Now I have found this web site and others I shall with luck never be scam again.

Anastasia dont try to CHEAT ME AGAIN...Your lier scammer womens there is not serious..for one year all there tell me lies everyday...so dont try to cheat me or any one else becoze the world now know your all a scammers there!

anastasia scam site!

So this really pains me to write this considering this just happened. But I was dating a girl for close to 9 months out of Zaporozhye. I met her on elenasmodels.com. I thought we had a magical time together on my first trip there. We were together for 12 days. Great connection, I thought it was the most magical experience of my life. I was smitten to say the least. I get back, and she tells me that she lost her job as a Piano teacher and she was hysterical, thats how she describes how she felt. Well she was in between the lines telling me that she didnt know what to do and she had bills to pay, and I felt guilty, after all I was in love with this girl, so I sent her money, I sent her a thousand dollars... I know... Looking back it was stupid to say the least. So the story doesnt end there... I go back for another trip this tiime, we go to Crimea which is supposed to be one of the most romantic places on earth, and she decides to bring her 4 year old brat daughter from hell. I end up having the worst trip of my life considering Im spending the majority of my time watching her interact with her daughter from hell. So I let go of that trip and here comes the ### part of the story. Just last week, I ended up going back on Elenasmodels just snooping around, I didnt have a profile, I wasnt interacting with anyone.. With that being said, who do I find on the site? I find her ###ing profile. It was recently put up. Now mind you we spoke everday, we skyped everyday. Not a day went by that we didnt communicate. So I am devastated. My point of the story is this. You must realize that you must be extremely cautious no matter what you see. I refuse to give up on Ukrainian women just because I had the ### experience from Hell. By the way, I dumped her ### the moment I found the profile, but it still sucks because it was right before my bday, a week before Xmas, and two weeks before I was headed back there. So with all that being said stay away from Alyona Levchenko. She's a doozy. I honestly dont even know why I was with her, she wasnt even that good looking. But I got sucked into the whole scene. Women there know how to use their Vagina, to get what they want, that is for damn sure...

My opinion... Almost ALL (99, 99 %), anastasiadate, ukrainebridesagency, ukrainianbrides, russianbrides and so on... of these websites work as follows ( I don't know if the owners of the websites even know this). The agents make money with the girls when you write them or chat with them. My opinion is that the girls get a percentage from the agents. So for them it is necessary that they will maintain the correspondence as long as possible.
When they have "milked you" and you are tired with it, you ask for their contact data. You pay for that (again) and then you have their "private" email address, but they don't make money with that anymore. So, then you experience that they almost don't communicate with you anymore...
If you visit them in their country and meet them then you have to pay the agency for meeting them, translating and so on... They are nice when you meet and so called like to continue to write with you for "serious" relationship... But, when you have returned home they ask sometimes for money for "studying your language" or if they see you are not willing to do that, the correspondence with them will fade... Finally you will never hear from them again...
SO basically ALL of them are a scam.

Have you used the ukrainebridesagency.com website and if so what is your opinion of it? Is is full of scams or are there some honest women?

Anastatia.com consists are a bunch of criminals. They know it, and we the single guys are stupid by using it!

Thank you for your feedback. At AnastasiaDate we take all complaints very seriously. If you are a current or prior customer, please contact us as we are here to help.

It’s not by chance that AnastasiaDate has become the world's leading Russian-American Introduction Agency. For over fifteen years AnastasiaDate’s constant commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of her members has allowed the industry to raise its standards. The history of AnastasiaDate has been one of providing clients with genuine, valuable service in the face of other less scrupulous Russian dating agencies whose iniquity tarnishes the reputation of all.

AnastasiaDate is the first and only agency to tackle the issues of internet dating fraud and anti-scam head-on. There are other Russian singles and mail order brides agencies that conduct honest business. However, in the online introductions industry simple honesty isn’t enough to make a real difference to the consumer with regards to dating fraud. Industry professionals must be proactive and fight scam directly, and here's why:

No agency is an island, and no mail order bride agency can operate independently. All major agencies depend on networks of dozens, (or in the case of AnastasiaDate over a thousand) smaller dating agencies to register ladies (Russian women and Ukraine women), perform services for members, and fight scam. Whenever a consumer deals with any given Russian or Ukraine brides agency they should keep in mind that their agency depends on numerous other affiliated agencies for scam and internet fraud protection.

If other Russian ladies’ agencies are less scrupulous (scammers), or if a particular Russian or Ukraine woman is disingenuous, the client suffers regardless of the integrity of their home mail order brides agency. Following this, a particular agency simply "being honest" is not enough to protect consumers. What is required is vigilance supported by forceful action against scam. Such attention is the pillar of AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam operation.

AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam unit has spent over a million dollars implementing an industry-wide business system designed to ferret out less than honest agencies suspected of internet dating scams while helping upright and trustworthy agencies prosper. Creating this comprehensive anti-scam watchdog system to protect and serve our members is a Herculean task as well as a significant financial investment. But AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam operation firmly believes that the long term survival of our industry depends on stepping up to enforce discipline against dating fraud on the industry level. At the heart of the AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam unit’s success is the protection she provides her members by establishing and asserting an ethical standard on the numerous Eastern European affiliate partners she deals with.

Internet Dating Fraud Protection
No other company has come close to investing the energy, time and resources necessary to create a system that obliges participating agencies to operate by strict U.S. business standards and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). Anastasia is the only Russian dating company in the industry to even attempt a consumer protection campaign of this magnitude to combat internet dating fraud and scam.

Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit is the only agency that maintains a full time anti-scam staff specifically devoted to checking correspondence for fraudulent activity and reacting to reports of suspicious correspondence and internet dating fraud.
All single Russian women who register on Anastasia are personally contacted by Anastasia scam and anti-scam staff to verify their identity and contact information, and to confirm that (1) the Russian or Ukrainian woman exists, (2) she knows and understands that she is a part of Anastasia’s system and (3) she is interested in finding an American or European husband and (4) understands the terms of her participation.
No other Russian dating agency comprehensively validates the identity of each and every woman on their site. Every other mail order bride agency in this industry, including Anastasia’s major competitors, rely on local agencies to establish their ladies' identities.
When issues of possible fraudulent or inappropriate activity arise on her web site, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit launches a quick and thorough investigation, documents all findings concerning possible internet dating fraud, takes appropriate action and reports to her members.
In all cases where improper or dishonest behavior is found, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit removes the Russian or Ukraine lady from her system, fines the lady’s agency and issues a refund to her member.
Second or third offenses by an internet dating agency are fined more severely.
A fourth offense results in the mail order brides agency being permanently removed from Anastasia’s system.
The evolution of the international dating industry bears significant relevance to today’s situation. The industry was founded by dozens of small, family owned agencies helping Western men meet Russian girls and Ukraine girls via postal mail correspondence. In those days, the small agencies in Eastern Europe existed by selling addresses of their local ladies to Western owned agencies who then sold them to their clients. With the advent of email correspondence sites, these Russian ladies' addresses (the bread and butter of the small local agencies) became worthless almost overnight. The days of agencies simply selling the same information again and again became passé.

Subsequently, in order to survive, small Russian dating agencies are required to contact ladies to ensure that they are reading and responding to their email. Essentially they must now actually work for their living instead of selling static data on Russian women over and over. The transition to electronic marketing and correspondence has opened new opportunities for growth but also exposes avenues for potential corruption. So from the beginning Anastasia’s attitude toward small agencies has been simple: Anyone who tries to scam our clients is scamming us. We will react to this with great consequence to those proven guilty.

Most Russian dating agencies see this scenario as a positive change and an opportunity to professionalize and grow. There are numerous participating agencies that flourish within this system and open additional offices in multiple cities. These are the agencies for single Russian women that Anastasia supports, and we applaud the great strides and progress they have made.

An Educated Consumer
Correspondence with a potential Russian bride is a very valuable and potent tool. However it’s but the first in a series of steps towards a face to face meeting with a possible partner. All the advanced technology Anastasia employs on behalf of her members - correspondence, phone calls, video chat, etc…are preludes to the ultimate litmus test one must take in order to find a Russian or Ukraine woman as a mate. Ultimately, one must go there oneself in order to determine if any one of several Russian women they have connected with are suitable partners.

You must meet your would be Russian bride face to face and spend time with them in person in order to determine suitability to include them in your life, and for them to decide to include you in theirs.

The standard procedure for both Western men and Russian mail order brides when beginning correspondence is to list a brief description of themselves on a Russian dating website. Included is usually a personable, general introductory letter wherein they describe themselves and their life in modest detail together with what they are looking for in a mate. Men send copies of their introductory letters to many Russian women, and Russian girls send theirs to numerous men. Once both people have a better idea of who they are dealing with they decide to begin personal correspondence. At this stage more pertinent questions are asked of potential partners once the field narrows.

This procedure has been standard for everyone since the international dating industry began, whether the correspondence is by snail-mail or email.

Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies that perform match-making services in addition to simply providing introductions are considered more proactive about the process. These agencies take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending introductory letters to perspective matches who meet members criteria.

Anastasia’s email forwarding system links men in America and around the world with Russian and Ukrainian girls who are represented by over 1000 local internet dating agencies.

Local Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies join Anastasia’s network on a separate Russian language website where they list ladies from their own sites. Some agencies perform matchmaking services for their ladies by looking through our database of men and forwarding a lady's introductory letter to them through Anastasia. This is considered a proper and wholly ethical matchmaking service performed for the ladies and men on Anastasia’s system. Anastasia and the International Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act (IMBRA) do not consider this practice to be internet dating fraud or a dating scam. However, should an agency write further letters "on behalf" of the lady, after the Introductory Letter, this is certainly objectionable to which Anastasia will take action.

Consumers are sometimes under the mistaken impression that if a Russian or Ukraine girl’s photo and profile is on an agency's website means the agency vouches for the woman, for her character and trustworthiness. This is simply not true. No company can vouch for the character of any man or woman using their services, and no self respecting agency in the business, including Anastasia, will make that declaration.

The only measures a forthright agency can take is exactly what Anastasia does; keep a vigilant eye out and aggressively react to inappropriate behavior and possible internet dating scam scenarios when they come to her attention. The response of any professional organization should invariably be to investigate all reports, come to a clear determination of the facts, document the findings in detail, and if there is a problem, resolve it. In the case of a misunderstanding a reputable Russian dating agency will make the facts clear. If fraud is found, they should refund a member’s fees and insure that the perpetrators are removed from their system.

This is precisely Anastasia’s approach. She does it every single day and strongly urges her members to immediately report anything that seems suspect in their correspondence. Anastasia will immediately look into the issue, speak with all parties involved and take appropriate action to protect her members best interests

Summary
It’s impossible for any Russian dating agency to anticipate and prevent all instances of internet dating fraud or web scam. However, Anastasia has made significant progress by screening and monitoring both it’s Russian dating affiliates and ladies who register on her site. As a result, Anastasia has been successful to a large degree in sorting out undesirables and possible scammers from this industry.

To put the scale of the problem in perspective, Anastasia has approximately 400, 000 pieces of email moving through our system every week with from 20-30 complaints about suspicious activity that may involve internet dating fraud. About half of those cases turn out to be misunderstandings or situations where gentlemen have unrealistic expectations from the system.

Running an email-based correspondence system such as Anastasia’s is a highly complex task. This is why Anastasia’s is the only company that has been able to be effective and deliver for her members time and again.

Please contact us via LiveSupport if you are a member or visit us at: http://www.anastasiadate.com/pages/customersupport/questioncategories.aspx

Thank you,

AnastasiaDate Customer Service
www.anastasiadate.com

TruthIsNowTold, you say you have been burned many times by Anastasia. This makes no sense. If you got burned once, why do you keep on sticking your fingers back in the flame? To keep repeating behavior that causes harm expecting a different outcome is one definition of insanity.

I think TruthNowTold needs to take a more balanced viewpoint. Anastasia is a business and they charge top dollar for their service because they have a product which appeals to a certain population at that price point. Next, there probably are scammers on the site, but they are fairly easy to spot. I was in Moscow and emailed a few favorites and told them I would stop by for the weekend. They all were busy. OK, they are off my list. I would be careful of a gal who has a lot of videos too because at $5 to$10 a pop to view, that means you could spend $100 for viewing crappy videos, then get turned down later. better to view 1 video, and get her email so she can send all the videos to you for free. Tell her you'd rather spend all that money on airfare to see her, or shoes for your first baby with her. She will think you are romantic or serious, hopefully both. If she thinks you are cheap not to piss away $100, next.

I want to unsubscribe emails and delete the account because somebody use my email I’d. I am not using any dating site. I am unable to delete and unsubscribe emails.

Anastasiadate.com is all fraud. Visit www.eugeniakikos.com for more details on one of their top earners. I have gathered many of her boyfriends she has scammed out of money and gifts. She had a boyfriend this whole entire time. Here a copy of her letter before we pointed her out as a scammer tried to save face and say all these sites are scam. Here her background report showing her boyfriend

ALLOW ME TO RESPOND IN NEUTRAL-AGREEMENT;OR AS FRAUD INVESTIGATOR WITH THE U, S, GOVERNMENT LICENSING.OF THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE ISSUES.IMBRA.SITUATION.IF YOU HAVE FACTS OR EVIDENCE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT IN LAW-CONDUCT YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION.BEFORE YOUR FURTHER INVOLVMENT.I WOULD FURTHER SUGGEST YOU CONTACT THE HOMELAND SECURITY-F.B.I. IF SUSPECT FRAUD.I ASSURE YOU YOUR COMPLAINT WILL BE INVESTIGATED.UNDER THE LAWS OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION.KEEP IN MIND SINCE 911 IMMIGRANTS APPLYING FOR VISAS AND PASSPORTS MUST MEET STRICT GUIDELINES TO APPLY.UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW THE FEMALE IS ADVISED THAT IF SHE FALSIFIES HER APP TO ENTER THE U.S. SHE WILL BE DETAINED.FINGERPRINTED.DEPORTED.UNDER THE PATRIOT ACT SHE WILL IDENTIFIED AS THREAT ASSESSMENT TO INCLUDE ARREST WHEN RETURNS TO HER NATIVE COUNTRY.IN CONCLUSION BE VIGILANT.CONDUCT YOUR OWN BACKGROUND CHECK.I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE FACT UNDER THE PATRIOT ACT TO MARRY OR COMMUNICATE WITH A TERRORIST.IN CONCLUSION I OFFER FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE TO INVESTIGATE YOUR PROSPECTIVE LADY TO MARRY.DO NOT RELIY ON THE AGENCY REPRESENTING HER.OR THEIR CREDENTIALS.THANKS KEVIN.

I"ve personally tried about 15 different dating sites, and anastasia date has so far been the best as to pretend to be real. I think that perhaps there may be real ladies there looking for westeners for husbands, but as for confermation? By the time you have found out that the one your talking to is fake...too late, you've already spent a bunch of money. no matter that the site can say she was'nt a verified member, or they will look into the matter... bottom line...your the one left screwed, and not like you wanted!
What makes me so mad and discusted is that there is no reason for this other than greed! these sites could work for real and bring people together.nice thought, guess karma will have to sort that out. All i'm saying is..Beware! If it smells like ###- avoid it! YOU COULD DO THIS YOURSELF! FIND a picture of a pretty woman, make up a profile, and flirt with someone till they catch on, and these sites will pay you a % of what you bring in.I personally wonder how many men I've flirted with and waisted good money, thinking I was about to meet the person of my dreams. Sickening isnt it? hope this helps someone out there. and good luck in you searching!
sighned- about to drop yet another-

Thank you for your feedback. At AnastasiaDate we take all complaints very seriously. If you are a current or prior customer, please contact us as we are here to help.

It’s not by chance that AnastasiaDate has become the world's leading Russian-American Introduction Agency. For over fifteen years AnastasiaDate’s constant commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of her members has allowed the industry to raise its standards. The history of AnastasiaDate has been one of providing clients with genuine, valuable service in the face of other less scrupulous Russian dating agencies whose iniquity tarnishes the reputation of all.

AnastasiaDate is the first and only agency to tackle the issues of internet dating fraud and anti-scam head-on. There are other Russian singles and mail order brides agencies that conduct honest business. However, in the online introductions industry simple honesty isn’t enough to make a real difference to the consumer with regards to dating fraud. Industry professionals must be proactive and fight scam directly, and here's why:

No agency is an island, and no mail order bride agency can operate independently. All major agencies depend on networks of dozens, (or in the case of AnastasiaDate over a thousand) smaller dating agencies to register ladies (Russian women and Ukraine women), perform services for members, and fight scam. Whenever a consumer deals with any given Russian or Ukraine brides agency they should keep in mind that their agency depends on numerous other affiliated agencies for scam and internet fraud protection.

If other Russian ladies’ agencies are less scrupulous (scammers), or if a particular Russian or Ukraine woman is disingenuous, the client suffers regardless of the integrity of their home mail order brides agency. Following this, a particular agency simply "being honest" is not enough to protect consumers. What is required is vigilance supported by forceful action against scam. Such attention is the pillar of AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam operation.

AnastasiaDate scam and anti-scam unit has spent over a million dollars implementing an industry-wide business system designed to ferret out less than honest agencies suspected of internet dating scams while helping upright and trustworthy agencies prosper. Creating this comprehensive anti-scam watchdog system to protect and serve our members is a Herculean task as well as a significant financial investment. But AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam operation firmly believes that the long term survival of our industry depends on stepping up to enforce discipline against dating fraud on the industry level. At the heart of the AnastasiaDate’s scam and anti-scam unit’s success is the protection she provides her members by establishing and asserting an ethical standard on the numerous Eastern European affiliate partners she deals with.

Internet Dating Fraud Protection
No other company has come close to investing the energy, time and resources necessary to create a system that obliges participating agencies to operate by strict U.S. business standards and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). Anastasia is the only Russian dating company in the industry to even attempt a consumer protection campaign of this magnitude to combat internet dating fraud and scam.

Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit is the only agency that maintains a full time anti-scam staff specifically devoted to checking correspondence for fraudulent activity and reacting to reports of suspicious correspondence and internet dating fraud.
All single Russian women who register on Anastasia are personally contacted by Anastasia scam and anti-scam staff to verify their identity and contact information, and to confirm that (1) the Russian or Ukrainian woman exists, (2) she knows and understands that she is a part of Anastasia’s system and (3) she is interested in finding an American or European husband and (4) understands the terms of her participation.
No other Russian dating agency comprehensively validates the identity of each and every woman on their site. Every other mail order bride agency in this industry, including Anastasia’s major competitors, rely on local agencies to establish their ladies' identities.
When issues of possible fraudulent or inappropriate activity arise on her web site, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit launches a quick and thorough investigation, documents all findings concerning possible internet dating fraud, takes appropriate action and reports to her members.
In all cases where improper or dishonest behavior is found, Anastasia scam and anti-scam unit removes the Russian or Ukraine lady from her system, fines the lady’s agency and issues a refund to her member.
Second or third offenses by an internet dating agency are fined more severely.
A fourth offense results in the mail order brides agency being permanently removed from Anastasia’s system.
The evolution of the international dating industry bears significant relevance to today’s situation. The industry was founded by dozens of small, family owned agencies helping Western men meet Russian girls and Ukraine girls via postal mail correspondence. In those days, the small agencies in Eastern Europe existed by selling addresses of their local ladies to Western owned agencies who then sold them to their clients. With the advent of email correspondence sites, these Russian ladies' addresses (the bread and butter of the small local agencies) became worthless almost overnight. The days of agencies simply selling the same information again and again became passé.

Subsequently, in order to survive, small Russian dating agencies are required to contact ladies to ensure that they are reading and responding to their email. Essentially they must now actually work for their living instead of selling static data on Russian women over and over. The transition to electronic marketing and correspondence has opened new opportunities for growth but also exposes avenues for potential corruption. So from the beginning Anastasia’s attitude toward small agencies has been simple: Anyone who tries to scam our clients is scamming us. We will react to this with great consequence to those proven guilty.

Most Russian dating agencies see this scenario as a positive change and an opportunity to professionalize and grow. There are numerous participating agencies that flourish within this system and open additional offices in multiple cities. These are the agencies for single Russian women that Anastasia supports, and we applaud the great strides and progress they have made.

An Educated Consumer
Correspondence with a potential Russian bride is a very valuable and potent tool. However it’s but the first in a series of steps towards a face to face meeting with a possible partner. All the advanced technology Anastasia employs on behalf of her members - correspondence, phone calls, video chat, etc…are preludes to the ultimate litmus test one must take in order to find a Russian or Ukraine woman as a mate. Ultimately, one must go there oneself in order to determine if any one of several Russian women they have connected with are suitable partners.

You must meet your would be Russian bride face to face and spend time with them in person in order to determine suitability to include them in your life, and for them to decide to include you in theirs.

The standard procedure for both Western men and Russian mail order brides when beginning correspondence is to list a brief description of themselves on a Russian dating website. Included is usually a personable, general introductory letter wherein they describe themselves and their life in modest detail together with what they are looking for in a mate. Men send copies of their introductory letters to many Russian women, and Russian girls send theirs to numerous men. Once both people have a better idea of who they are dealing with they decide to begin personal correspondence. At this stage more pertinent questions are asked of potential partners once the field narrows.

This procedure has been standard for everyone since the international dating industry began, whether the correspondence is by snail-mail or email.

Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies that perform match-making services in addition to simply providing introductions are considered more proactive about the process. These agencies take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending introductory letters to perspective matches who meet members criteria.

Anastasia’s email forwarding system links men in America and around the world with Russian and Ukrainian girls who are represented by over 1000 local internet dating agencies.

Local Russian and Ukraine women’s agencies join Anastasia’s network on a separate Russian language website where they list ladies from their own sites. Some agencies perform matchmaking services for their ladies by looking through our database of men and forwarding a lady's introductory letter to them through Anastasia. This is considered a proper and wholly ethical matchmaking service performed for the ladies and men on Anastasia’s system. Anastasia and the International Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act (IMBRA) do not consider this practice to be internet dating fraud or a dating scam. However, should an agency write further letters "on behalf" of the lady, after the Introductory Letter, this is certainly objectionable to which Anastasia will take action.

Consumers are sometimes under the mistaken impression that if a Russian or Ukraine girl’s photo and profile is on an agency's website means the agency vouches for the woman, for her character and trustworthiness. This is simply not true. No company can vouch for the character of any man or woman using their services, and no self respecting agency in the business, including Anastasia, will make that declaration.

The only measures a forthright agency can take is exactly what Anastasia does; keep a vigilant eye out and aggressively react to inappropriate behavior and possible internet dating scam scenarios when they come to her attention. The response of any professional organization should invariably be to investigate all reports, come to a clear determination of the facts, document the findings in detail, and if there is a problem, resolve it. In the case of a misunderstanding a reputable Russian dating agency will make the facts clear. If fraud is found, they should refund a member’s fees and insure that the perpetrators are removed from their system.

This is precisely Anastasia’s approach. She does it every single day and strongly urges her members to immediately report anything that seems suspect in their correspondence. Anastasia will immediately look into the issue, speak with all parties involved and take appropriate action to protect her members best interests

Summary
It’s impossible for any Russian dating agency to anticipate and prevent all instances of internet dating fraud or web scam. However, Anastasia has made significant progress by screening and monitoring both it’s Russian dating affiliates and ladies who register on her site. As a result, Anastasia has been successful to a large degree in sorting out undesirables and possible scammers from this industry.

To put the scale of the problem in perspective, Anastasia has approximately 400, 000 pieces of email moving through our system every week with from 20-30 complaints about suspicious activity that may involve internet dating fraud. About half of those cases turn out to be misunderstandings or situations where gentlemen have unrealistic expectations from the system.

Running an email-based correspondence system such as Anastasia’s is a highly complex task. This is why Anastasia’s is the only company that has been able to be effective and deliver for her members time and again.

Please contact us via LiveSupport if you are a member or visit us at: http://www.anastasiadate.com/pages/customersupport/questioncategories.aspx

Thank you,

AnastasiaDate Customer Service
www.anastasiadate.com