OK, guys, it’s time to nail the PPL fraud — the infamous pay-per-message scam that has been going on for years.

The PPL industry is definitely not going to clean it up!

They’ve had at least 3 years to do it and did nothing.

So, it’s time to nail it — on the head. Or on the coffin, if you so prefer.

Anyone who is still using PPL, listen up

I am not going to pretend anymore that’s there is something real going on there. There is not much real left after the years of cheating and scams. That’s pretty solidly built up by now, it’s a structure.

• Here is the complete lowdown on the not-so-pretty world of PPL agents — how they act and talk to each other when they think no one is listening. This is your starting point, then come back here.
• Here is the link to the explanation how the agents hire ‘brides’ — young Ukrainian women in desperate need of money. Links to true-life accounts of Ukrainian girls who got lured into the system (and found enough decency to pull out) are in the post.

All PPL-based websites know how the scams work and the fact that without fraud perpetrated by agents their profits would implode

I see the people from PPL sites’ management or PR teams visiting this blog and even trying to post fake comments. We see them registering on Elenasmodels.com as ‘clients’ to check the system.

PPL guys, if you are reading this right now, we know who you are. You cannot hide the truth about your system and I am not the only one who is telling people how the scams work. I wasn’t the first to understand what is going on and speak up, and I am definitely not gong to be the last, since you are not stopping and will keep getting your clients who have a working brain vividly annoyed. And there are plenty of people capable of adding 2 and 2 to the sum of 4.

I have taken a break from writing about PPL scams for over half a year, and people keep telling me some other site or YouTube channel is posting the same information. Because it’s the fact!

So, my point is, the only thing that bosses of PPL sites are concerned about right now, after Western Union has been fined over half a billion US dollars for ‘aiding scammers’, is to cover their bottoms. Very fat bottoms from all the very fat profits from the PPL scheme for the last 10 years.

I am not talking literally, of course, I am pretty sure many PPL bosses are fit and healthy and working out 5 days a week. I am talking about the bottom line.

They are thinking hard how to avoid getting the same fines and publishing all types of ‘warnings’ on their sites to distance themselves and pretend they are not the organizers of the fraudulent scheme. They cannot see for some reason that if Western Union couldn’t get away from the giant fine and had to admit being complicit in the fraud, they are unlikely to convince the judge of being guiltless. Their only hope is that no judge will ever look at their operations. (Prey, guys, prey harder.)

Legit PPL sites don’t exist

I am talking about presumably legitimate services that bravely go on TV shows, sponsor big rallies, and claim being whiter than white.

Their managers and administrators know exactly what is going on; they have given instructions to design the source code and admin structures, they’ve built the system of ‘fines’ for agents for ‘violations’ (read: scams that have been so obvious that clients complained), ‘The Rules of Conduct’ for ‘brides’ and ‘writers’ (I have screenshots of what had been written in these Rules, before the PPL websites pulled it offline, and now they are only given to employees as verbal instructions that PPL managers can claim having no knowledge of), — the list goes on.

Western Union was misused by con artists raking tens of thousands of dollars from the wire fraud (read: Nigerian email scams).

But the PPL system built and perfected by ‘international dating sites’ with payment for every message and photo emailed between members (only males pay, by the way) — this system is NOT misused by agents who hire ‘brides’ and ‘writers’.

It’s built precisely for that: Maximum profits while closing eyes on the male members — each and every one of them — being deliberately scammed via false initial messages of interest (mass mailed by automatic mailers in addition to hand mailing by paid ‘writers’) and then pulled to the deep end by faking continuous interest.

Then it’s even more devastating for the man’s wallet if he decides to spend money on visiting ‘the bride’ that he had been so enthusiastically corresponding with — because in reality all this correspondence was a scam just to get money out of him.

When he arrives, the woman may or may not show up. Even if she does show up, she is likely to be supremely unhappy about what she sees (although the guy will never hear it directly, everything will be very polite, he is likely to even be told by the translator and the agent that the ‘bride’ wants to continue to communicate, once he is back home, to get to know each other even better).

Yes, it’s a scam

I know the guys from PPL sites, agents and managers of the system, think that it’s OK for them not to disclose what’s actually happening: That the messages clients are paying for are written by the personnel (paid ‘writers’) only to earn wages, since the pay-per-message websites are very happy to get profits and agents are delighted to get commissions in USD.

PPL websites think it’s no big deal, because some of the female ‘clients’ (so called ‘brides’) do want to find a husband abroad. Then, it’s not a scam, they believe — or maybe, they don’t believe this, but this is what they are saying to themselves when checking their bank balances.

Some of the paid ‘writers’ (aka ‘translators’) who are impersonating young pretty women on the sites even say it openly that they believe they are ‘doing a service’ for poor men with no social skills or chances in dating, because otherwise no one would talk to them, and here these poor chaps get their dose of entertainment.

But the PPL sites are not giving male clients the choice of knowing what is really happening!

I am sure the men wouldn’t be so happily paying for messages (for which the paid ‘writer’ is only getting about 10-12% of what the male client is charged) if they knew the reality: The girl (woman) in photos is not in love with him and doesn’t even consider him as a match.

Male clients are paying for a ‘service’ they never ordered

PPL sites believe they are also providing a good service to the Ukrainian women wanting a partner: These hopeless ‘old maids’ can’t say one right word to a man, which would make him want to be with her.

So, the agents claim they are doing a service for the women, by working the guys and convincing them to come to Ukraine to see her.

But do the paying clients — men who pay the bills for the credit cards that PPL sites charge — do these male clients authorised this ‘service’ for women?

Yes, some of the ‘brides’ may wish to find a husband abroad. Although the largest share of money agents make on profiles of young and sexy girls who actually have no desire of marrying a foreign man 20-30 years older and often have a boyfriend of even a husband at home.

Women over 35 aren’t bringing enough money to the agents to even cover the payment for the photo session with a professional photographer. (Yes, someone has to pay for that! Women do not pay for photos — the agents do, and then they use the data as they please, it’s written in the contract that the ‘brides’ sign).

(If you, the reader, are feeling overwhelmed, please go back and read the information via the 2 links under the first subheading — it will all make sense.)

Women whose profiles are listed on PPL sites are complicit in scams

These women are either getting cash instead of ‘gifts’ that men are strongly advised to send to their ‘online sweethearts’, or they are getting the presents ‘for doing nothing’ — that’s the reason why girls agree to give their photos and copies of passports to agents to use.

Do these girls see anything wrong with their getting gifts from men? No.

‘Brides’ think the foreigners simply want to please them, completely distancing themselves from the fact that someone is writing under her identity to this guy saying nice words and making him believe she is interested. They think it is OK. They see nothing wrong with it. This is why those females are participating in the system. They are complicit in the fraud and they will cover for the agents, because they are part of it.

Stop asking about various PPL sites, whether they are OK or not

What is described above is happening on every PPL site. They use the same agents!

No agent is working with only one PPL website, they all have their backup. What if this PPL website decides to get out of business? (Before they are caught…)

This happened already with one major PPL website: They simply stopped paying commissions to agents. They didn’t say they are never going to pay the commissions due; they simply delayed payments month after month. After working for 3-4 months for free, agents moved employees to other PPL websites to earn money; who is going to work for free forever? No one.

So, all agents have at least 2, maybe more PPL websites they are working for. Some women’s profiles may be listed on one PPL website only, but it doesn’t mean the agent is not working with other sites. It’s just some PPL websites will not accept a profile of a woman listed elsewhere and if the site is very profitable for the agents, they comply. But it’s a matter of 2 days to list the data on another site if something happens with the first one.

So, stop asking whether some PPL website is legit. What’s described here is happening on each and every one of them.

You can only meet 2 types of women on PPL websites

1. ‘Bride’ is substituted by a paid ‘writer’ whose responsibility is to make the man write as much as possible, as the writer’s wages depend directly on the number of messages the client reads and writes back. More messages — more commissions. The more men are writing to this ‘bride’, which the ‘writer’ impersonates, the higher are the wages of the ‘writer’. Often writers impersonate 3-4 or more ‘brides’.
2. ‘Bride’ is actually typing for herself. You’d think it’s better, but it’s worse: The woman herself is stringing dozens of guys along in order to earn a living and make them send gifts. It’s like emotional prostitution.

So, which type of ‘bride’ would you prefer?

• The one who is happy to get gifts and commissions for ‘doing nothing’ and simply allowing someone else to scam dozens of men under her identity?
• Or the one who is the real shark going after the most vulnerable, to make a living?

That’s it, guys, I am finished with PPL

I am simply bored with that.

This post is my final nail on the coffin. I am retiring from criticizing either the PPL systems or educating the men who use them. I see that the men still use PPL sites, and since they do, there is obviously a demand for such a service and pay-per-message websites are correct in suggesting they fulfill a need.

You want to feel loved and wanted and admired by a pretty woman? — Go for it.

Simply make peace with the fact it’s a sham — stop wondering whether it’s real or fake: It is fake!

If you are paying for every message, someone is being paid for each and every message you read!

That’s why you are getting them, not because the woman in the picture likes you.

And if you don’t want to believe it, I am totally OK with that, too.

Let me rather concentrate on explaining what is different on Elenasmodels.com website and why men who are using it get results in dating Russian, Ukrainian women.

What is different when you are talking to girls on Elenasmodels.com as compared to PPL sites?

1. Elenasmodels.com uses no agents.
2. There is no charge for letters, chats, or photo exchanges on Elenasmodels.com. You can send unlimited messages and it doesn’t cost you any extra.
3. Elenasmodels.com doesn’t buy any profiles from any sources and doesn’t pay commissions for activity on the website. In other words, no matter how many emails or letters are written, photos exchanged, there is no extra profit for EM or anyone else — since messaging is unlimited and free of charge. This is why all mails are only sent by people who want to communicate and not with the view of earning a wage, as in the case of PPL scams.

What is the difference between Elenasmodels.com and any other regular dating site such as Match.com or eHarmony?

1. Elenasmodels.com works very similar to regular dating sites such as Match.com or eHarmony. Men and women register directly by uploading their information to the site. The people themselves choose whom to write. There are no mediators.
2. The difference is that we check all profiles manually, in addition to software checks. Most large dating sites use databases of known bad email addresses and scam profiles used before; Elena’s Models also utilizes such databases. But we also manually review all profiles and do not approve any listings automatically. This is a time consuming process requiring trained professionals who know how to spot a problem listing.
3. Another advantage of Elenasmodels.com, we talk to women personally by either phone or Skype, prior to the approval of the profile on the site. That’s another barrier of screening that is undertaken manually and allows us to keep the database much cleaner than websites with automatic approvals of profiles are able to.
4. We screen for PPL profiles and do not allow women whose listings are active on pay-per-letter websites to have a profile on EM. The reason for that is simple: PPL scams are so profitable, it’s worth effort for pay-per-letter operators to send ‘writers’ to general dating sites to scout for potential victims. Many men report being recruited via general dating sites and then taken to a PPL website with a legend, ‘my computer broke, let’s communicate here’. Men who do not know about PPL scams are duped to start paying for messages, which is another way for operators to generate a larger cash flow. This is why we do not allow women whose profiles are active on PPL websites, to be approved on EM — this ‘bait and switch’ technique isn’t something that can benefit our clients.

There is no 100% guarantee that people with dubious intentions can’t ever join due to the intense screening process, but we are confident that the EM’s database is as clean as it gets — we also keep monitoring communicating patterns and swiftly act on members’ feedback, deleting problem profiles from the site, if there is a concern.

We encourage our clients to communicate directly via open communication platforms such as Skype, WhatsApp, Viber etc. This allows members to judge for themselves how genuine the person is and it costs them nothing.

Way forward

The best way to establish a relationship is to see and hear the other person and for that you need to be able to spend enough time chatting. If the other person is willing to dedicate their time to you on a consistent basis (and you are not paying for that!), then you know there is interest and they are not just earning a wage, as in case with PPL scams.

However, there are specifics, of course, in talking to real people as opposed to employees who are paid to serve you.

PPL ‘brides’ never disappear, they are always polite and nice, positive and upbeat, and they universally adore you.

EM cannot offer you that! People on EM are not doing a job of pleasing a client and they are different and behave in their own ways. Some of them may be moody and feeling down today, they may disappear without a notice or say something that you won’t like.

We have no control over that. People are people and they do as they please.

On the upside, if there is someone who likes you and wants to hear from you, you know it’s because they have a real interest and wish to communicate, and they are not just nice because they are doing a job.

Decide for yourself, what you want, and go along with what you feel is best for you.

Read also:

• Why are you so strongly against PPL sites?
• How Pay Per Letter (PPL) International dating sites destroy your chances of meeting someone real
• Difference between dating sites and marriage agencies
• Is it possible to find love online?