Australian farmers misled by Rural Network dating agency

by sweet east pearl | July 31, 2008 at 04:44 pm

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Rural Network dating agency routinely lied and misled clients about prospective romantic interests.Their clients mostly farmers and miners had all paid registration fees to Rural Network because they were given the impression that the agency had female clients eager to meet them.

All they wanted was a wife to make their solitary lives in the Outback a bit more bearable.

The farmers and miners who joined the Rural Network dating agency got a lot less than they wished for. Some fell in love with women who did not exist. Others lost up to A$20,000 (£9,500) as the agency tempted them into parting with more and more cash with the lure of love.

Rural Network, in Tweed Heads, Queensland, lured lonely country men with pictures of beautiful young women and the slogan “Bringing the Country Together”.

Men who logged on to its site read that it was for “busy country people who have lost all hope in the dating scene and just want to find a person to share their life with and find happiness”.