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Chinese man loses 500,000 yuan on ‘flash marriage’ scam
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Times of India
China’s flash marriage boom is leaving men facing huge losses and alleged matchmaking fraud.
With wedding expenses and other costs, he estimates his total spending reached between 400,000 and 500,000 yuan.Wang’s marriage began to unravel within months.
When he returned to the matchmaking agency, he claims its offices had closed and the operators had disappeared.
More than a year after discovering the alleged deception, he says he is still waiting for his divorce to be resolved.
“I don’t know when this will be resolved, so I can restart a normal life.