Theft and Deception from International Marriage Agencies

The prevalence of dishonesty, fraud, and negligent service plagues international marriage agencies. As a longstanding, successful, legitimate matchmaking agency for over 23 years, we have been the source others mimic, copy, and steal. Today, AI lets bad actors build convincing fake fronts with little effort. Below are examples showing how widespread and unscrupulous the foreign dating industry can be.

The Philippine Marriage Agencies Love Us

This Philippine marriage agency site copied substantial content and design from International Introductions. A witness on an Asian mail-order bride forum said it best:

“I took a look at both sites, and this isn’t just cutting and pasting photos. This guy apparently cut and pasted the whole damn website, then changed the photos and a few words around, and inserted Filipina girls in place of the Latinas. He copied text word-for-word and then inserted the words ‘Philippines’ or ‘Filipina’ in the place of ‘Colombia’ or ‘Latina’. I got a kick out of this one:

Original Latin site: ‘There is a reason why Colombia has the lowest divorce rate in the world; their world is centered on the family.’

Copied Filipina site: ‘There is a reason why the Philippines has zero divorce; their world is centered on the family.’

Actually, divorce is illegal in the Philippines unless you are Muslim. How’s that for blatant plagiarism and outright lies? The dumbass even copied the copyright statement and changed ‘United States’ to ‘Canada.’ What a dork…”

After exposure, the Philippine operation shut down permanently.

The Colombian Marriage Agencies Love Us

They also love borrowing from us. Many Colombian marriage agencies have copied International Introductions’ material and ideas. “Engage the Exotic” is a trademarked slogan owned by International Introductions. One of our ads reads, “Engage the Exotic — your opportunity for an exotic engagement. Discover a Latin bride.” The site I Love Latins (formerly Barranquilla Beauties) posted on its Amigos.com affiliate page: “Engage the Exotic your opportunity for an exotic engagement discover Latin bride.”

Our formal demand that they remove our trademarked slogan went unanswered. Days later, they changed “exotic” to “erotic” (how clever). The theft is fully documented and archived on The Internet Archive website.

Barranquilla’s Best (Latin Dream Girls) also liked our slogan “Engage the Exotic.” They placed it as a text link to their site on the “Spanish Dream Girls” website in a dating directory page that claimed to be “The Complete List of Introduction Agencies in Latin America,” but it was actually an advertisement directory for an association of agencies all under the same ownership, Latin Dream Girls (so much for honesty). Upon demand, they discontinued the use of our slogan.

But that did not stop Barranquilla’s Best’s continued admiration of International Introductions. We published a webpage called “Throwing Money Away,” which compiles quotes from foreign bride forums about clients’ experiences with other marriage agencies. Barranquilla’s Best loved our idea and did their own version titled “Wasting Your Money” later retitled “WastingTime/Money” as documented on The Internet Archive. They lifted many of the same quotes, but added one key disclaimer: “These are not statements about Barranquilla’s Best or Latin Dream Girls.” If you need to say that, something is off. Consider this quote from their site: “I spent 4 days sitting in the agency’s office meeting no one. It was frustrating to go all the way to Colombia to meet women and then just end up sitting in an office meeting no one.” The quote came from a client of Barranquilla’s Best who posted on the now-defunct Gringos.com forum under the title “Going to Barranquilla,” stating that the only Latin woman he met scammed him for money. True testimonials and complaints have a traceable source. Verify who said what, about whom, and check the full context. Many international marriage agencies will not show you that. International Introductions will, and we provide sources and context for every quote.

Latins Connection, another Colombian marriage agency, also loved our slogan “Engage the Exotic.” They used “Engage the Exotic” as a description link to their site in dating directories. Here is one example from A Single Place directory:

“Latins Connection: Engage the Exotic Latina. Introduction to Latin mail-order brides. See pictures and videos of Latin women and Colombian women. Find a beautiful exotic Latin wife.”

Demands to remove our slogan were met with:

“This introduction is really general and it has been used for many latin marriage agencies online, this is the reason because we use it.” And “Engage The Exotic” is only a phrase that is present in some search engines, isn’t our slogan, it’s only a phrase.”

Our response:
The slogan “Engage the Exotic” belongs to International Introductions. It is our original creation and is protected as a trademark. We told you the proper course was to create your own slogan or advertising title, not reuse ours. Instead of correcting the issue, you tried to defend your position on narrow legal grounds. That choice reflects poorly on your company. Registration is not required to obtain trademark protection. Under U.S. law, rights arise from legitimate use of a mark in commerce, including in advertising. As the first to use “Engage the Exotic” in commerce, we hold enforceable rights even without registration. The USPTO states: “You can establish rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark.” Remove every reference to “Engage the Exotic” from your Latins Connection website.

Latins Connection ultimately removed our slogans and soon after went out of business, as do most international marriage agency startups.

The Mexican Marriage Agencies Love Us

Mexicanawomen.com used our trademark slogan “Engage the Exotic” as the heading on every page of its site.

The only contact information their website provides is an email with a Yahoo domain. When you email them the reply you receive is an automated response stating that you must be a member of their Mexican marriage agency to receive any customer service and to be a member requires that you pay them. They don’t use their own domain, mexicanawomen.com. They don’t have a phone number. And they don’t have an address. Plenty of warning signs for you to stay away, but what you don’t know is this site is a cluster of dozens of websites that use every variation, catchword, and sex appeal they can find related to Latin women, Latin countries, or Latin cities. All the websites operate under the parent company L.D.G International (Latin Dream Girls), and link to one another, sharing the same database. For example, you may be looking at one of their Mexican marriage agency sites not knowing that all the women shown are from Cali, Colombia. They use outdated women’s profiles, they maintain active websites where no marriage agency exists, and they are primarily interested in selling their numerous additional websites to suckers who don’t realize their affiliation will be a money-losing sham. Their Mexican affiliate eventually removed our trademark. The theft is preserved on The Internet Archive website.

However, International Introductions continues to be their favorite source for written material. On their primary website, latindreamgirls.com, they copied our home page introduction paragraph for their own, as shown by The Internet Archive:

International Introductions Original Copy:

“International Introductions is your opportunity to meet and marry Latin women significantly younger and more beautiful than what is locally available. With just a dash of American determination you too will discover that an exotic, young, attentive, Latin bride is attainable. International Introductions is your pathway to that exotic engagement. Embrace this opportunity and let us show you the pleasures, passions, and devotion of beautiful Latin women from South America.”

Latin Dream Girls Stolen Version:

“This is your opportunity to meet and marry a Latin bride significantly younger and more beautiful than what is locally available and avoid mail-order brides services that offer less. With a bit of American desire, you too will discover a fulfilling, young, attractive Latin bride. We are your method to find that perfect woman who will make you happy forever. Embrace this opportunity and let us show you the sincerity and devotion of Latin singles from South America.”

This link https://www.latinlovesearch.com/copyright_theft.html from a reputable dating site gives you an example of how one of the affiliates and associates of L.D.G International (Latin Dream Girls) stole from them.

This link https://jimslists.com/agencies/latindreamgirls.html shows you why L.D.G International (Latin Dream Girls) is blacklisted by this purveyor of scam marriage agencies.

Ivan Thompson, the self-proclaimed “Cowboy Cupid” and “most trusted” matchmaker for Mexican women and American men, used photos of Colombian women from International Introductions to represent Mexican brides on his website, cowboycupid.biz. The Cowboy Cupid claims to be “a horse of a different color,” but when it comes to stealing International Introductions material, his color is no different from other unethical international marriage agencies. His “No Bull Answers to The Most Frequently Asked Questions” comes directly from the International Introductions FAQ webpage. When the “ethical matchmaker BAR-NONE!” was asked to remove the stolen material, the beautiful women of International Introductions were removed, but he kept our FAQ answers, clearly demonstrating that the Cowboy Cupid is really a Cowboy Culprit. This was documented on the now-defunct Gringos.com website in the Forum of Inquiry section for unethical and unscrupulous practices.

BajaDate.com, located in Baja California, Mexico asks you to be “honest and forthcoming” with the Mexican women on their dating site. However, this Mexican agency is neither honest nor forthcoming when it comes to stealing from International Introductions. Their “About” page is mostly about us, since their answers to frequently asked questions were taken from International Introductions.

The Dominican Republic Marriage Agencies Love Us

Latinamericanwoman.com and its affiliated websites claim to be the leading introduction service for Dominican Republic women and the only Dominican Republic marriage agency located in the Dominican Republic. They state that their “only priority is you, the customer,” and they have the customer testimonials to prove it; unfortunately, those customer testimonials come directly from our website. When it comes to customer accolades, the introduction service they look to is in Colombia, International Introductions. Most of this Dominican Republic marriage agency’s patchwork copy was stolen from us, International Introductions. This was documented on the now-defunct Gringos.com website under the Forum of Inquiry section for unethical and unscrupulous practices.

The South American Marriage Agencies Love Us

LovingYouForever.com, an agency with an unspecified South American destination, used a stolen photo of my wife as a sample member profile. When asked to remove her photo from their website, they quickly complied. A few months later they reposted the same photo, presenting her as an active member of their site where she resided alongside other fake profiles to tempt unsuspecting men.

Agencies that steal usually cheat in other ways. On their About Us page they claim, “For more than eight years rated the best matchmaking agency in the world, according to the renowned Federal Dating Agency Administration.” The same person owns both the fake “Federal Dating Agency Administration” site and LovingYouForever.com. This was documented on the now-defunct Gringos.com under the title “A Scam Agency.”

A company associated with the now-defunct Love Me Latina agency admired our site so much that it copied every word from International Introductions and cloaked it across hundreds of domains. Their response:

“We paid someone for original work text and they must have grabbed some text elsewhere and used it verbatim. If you will provide me the text you have copyrighted, I will make sure it is removed from our sites immediately. I will work diligently with you to do so. Our sites are built using a random data compilation program and an outside contractor whom we since fired supplied text fragments, they were long since terminated. Please send us the text you wish removed and I will handle it instantly and permanently.”

As we proceed, you will see no one says, “Okay, you caught me.” Instead, it is always a supposed technical error or misunderstanding that somehow caused our content to appear on their website.

Colombian Connections in Medellín looked to International Introductions for inspiration. Evidently, they were impressed, as the lead paragraph of their home page is copied verbatim from our home page. The owner of Latinwife.us was even more impressed with International Introductions and went further and duplicated our entire home page. They removed the stolen material only after their site was suspended. This was documented on the former Gringos.com website in the Forum of Inquiry section for unethical and unscrupulous practices.

While promoting his site, the owner of a Manizales agency declared, “Just starting a new type of marriage agency with a few twists.” The twist was the same old one: steal from International Introductions and mislead potential customers. When confronted about using our slogan “Love Has No Borders,” along with our artwork and photography, he disappeared. This was documented on the former Planet-Love.com website under the title “New Agency in Manizales, Colombia.”

The International Latin Dating Sites Love Us

The dating website Latin Soul Mates claims to be a “family-run business” with a “reputation for honesty and integrity.” They copied most of International Introductions’ home page for their own home page, providing an example of their “reputation” at work. The documentation of their theft is archived on The Internet Archive.

DatingWalk, an international dating site that emphatically states it is not a “mail-order bride” service, acted as one and went to International Introductions for copy and information about Colombian women. This was documented on the former Gringos.com website under the Forum of Inquiry section for unethical and unscrupulous practices.

Colombian Women Girls claims to be a Colombian agency but is only an affiliate for another Latin dating site. Their home page promises, “We will help answer any questions you might have regarding Colombia.” A more honest line would be, “If you have questions about Colombia, ask International Introductions.” Compare their FAQ page to ours and you will see the text was lifted wholesale from International Introductions. The site owner missed the deadline to remove our copy, so we had the website suspended. Later, he wrote, amusingly, to dispute several of our FAQ answers, yet never explained why those same answers appeared on his site. Their theft is archived on The Internet Archive.

ColombiaBusiness.org advertises itself as “Your one-stop for business help and solutions in Colombia.” In practice, their one-stop was International Introductions: they took one of our Colombian women’s photos to illustrate a page on the “virtues” of Colombian women.

Introductions to Latin Women of Colombia claims on its home page: “Our agency has been introducing Latin women to American men for over 20 years!” That is an exaggerated claim of oh, over 20 years, what’s not exaggerated is that this startup copied the entire home page text of International Introductions for its own home page. This was documented on the former Planet-Love.com forum under the title “Latin-Wife.net Copyright Thieves.”

My Colombian Wife, located in Bogotá, promotes bachelor tours. To show the success of their tours they used a testimonial photo from International Introductions. They know the surest place to capture successful results is with our clients.

The Brazilian Marriage Agencies Love Us

Brazil Singles (BrasilSingles) copied one of our FAQ answers about age and Colombian women, swapped “Colombian” for “Brazilian,” and replaced my wife with “Juliana.” On their page there is no explanation of who Juliana is, unlike our clear reference to my wife on International Introductions. The lift is obvious, and the name change without context makes no sense. When you lack ideas and integrity it shows.

“DOES IT MATTER HOW OLD I AM TO BRAZILIAN WOMEN?

What The Other Latin Mail-Order Brides Agencies Will Tell You

“Many of these Brazilian women prefer older mature men who may be double their age or more.”
“In most cases, your age or looks is not a primary concern to South American women.”
“Your looks, age and race aren’t important to Latina women.”

What My Experience With Brazilian Women Will Tell You

This is not true. Your age and looks will be the first two things they evaluate. The younger you look, the better looking you are, and the more qualities you have will dictate how young you can go. What is true is you can generally knock another ten years off the minimum age you could attract in America.

If you are 43 and able to date American women as young as 35 years old, then you should have no problem finding an even better looking 25-year-old Latina bride. Yes, the degree of beauty will also substantially improve. An American version of Juliana would not notice my existence, while a Brazilian Juliana finds me exceptional, yet I’m a typical guy.

An average man with average qualities will have no problem attracting a very good-looking Latin woman. Believe me, the difficulty will not be finding your level of Juliana, but trying to select from the multitudes of Julianas that will express an interest.”

This Brazilian agency later went out of business, but the theft is documented and archived on The Internet Archive website (Select Faqs).

The Brazilian agency BrazilSexyWomen.com stole our slogan “Engage the Exotic.” The agency is now-defunct, but the evidence is preserved on The Internet Archive.

The Russian Marriage Agencies Also Love Us

Angelica Introduction was using multiple excerpts of International Introductions’ copy, including fragments like:

“Bride Exotic Russian
Will Tell You Latin bride Engage the exotic Doesn’t Matter Engage the exotic Engage the exotic What International Introductions Latin MailOrderBrides…”

They also linked to a Russian agency page that had lifted our content, then auto-reloaded visitors back to their home page, a cloaking trick. After our demand, they removed our slogan and copy.

“Removed. Sorry about that. The data for the directory was collected directly from search engines so if you are protecting your trademark you should remove it from all search engines which indexed and put your trademark for public use without your permission.”

That explanation is invalid. Search engines index copyrighted and trademarked material for discovery, not for others to copy or republish.

A marriage agency that steals or deceives will use the same tactics on you. These guidelines for selecting an international marriage agency can help you select a service with integrity and capability. Competitors copy International Introductions for surface changes, but only here can you experience the full method built to find a serious Latin wife. Our Personal Matchmaking Service produces one successful match after another. Competitors can copy words and mimic style, but they will always trail our results.