A Costly Search for Love
For many people, marriage is viewed as a fresh start and an opportunity to build a future together.
But for Mr. Huang, a man in his 30s from Jiangxi, China, what he hoped would be the beginning of happiness turned into a painful and costly lesson.
From First Meeting to Marriage in Four Days
In December 2024, Mr. Huang turned to a matchmaking agency in Guiyang after coming across their advertisement.
Local reports stated that he went to Zhenxi Matchmaking Company in Huaguoyuan Financial Street, where a matchmaker introduced him to Ms. Li, a woman who was in the middle of ending her previous marriage.
The two first met on December 14. On December 17, Li finalized her divorce.
The following day, December 18, she and Mr. Huang registered their marriage in her hometown of Anshun, despite only knowing each other for four days.
Troubling Discoveries After Marriage
Mr. Huang brought his new wife back to Jiangxi, expecting to start a family life together. However, during a hospital visit for pre-pregnancy checks, doctors told him that Ms. Li had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and a history of drug use.
Not long after, Li started making frequent trips back to her hometown, and by January 2025, less than a month after the wedding, she disappeared completely and cut off all contact with Mr. Huang.
Suspicions of a Marriage Scam
Mr. Huang later returned to Guiyang to seek answers from the matchmaking agency.
There, he learned that Ms. Li had continued meeting other men through matchmaking and had accepted money and gifts from them while also carrying debts.
Eventually, she was detained by police on suspicion of fraud.
Mr. Huang now suspects he was the target of a marriage scam, where individuals are tricked into relationships as part of a scheme to take money from them.
Matchmaking Agency Responds
Ying Guohong, the person in charge of Zhenxi Matchmaking Company, stated that both Li and the matchmaker involved had been taken into custody.
He added that while the company reimbursed Mr. Huang the 30,000 yuan (approx. S$54,034) agency fee, they would not cover the additional 270,000 yuan (approx. S$48,629) he claimed to have lost.
Ying further clarified that the men who initially introduced Mr. Huang to the agency were not official employees but outside collaborators.
He noted that both Mr. Huang and the company had since lodged police reports.
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