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Brazilian website creates fake girlfriends

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 17 January 2013

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Brazilian website creates fake girlfriends
A Brazilian website called NamoroFake.com.br provides fake girlfriend profiles to users for $20. The service aims to help men create jealousy among former partners.

SAO PAULO: Want to make your ex-girlfriend jealous? Need to show your friends you are in a serious relationship when you aren't? A Brazilian website says it has the answer: fake girlfriends.

NamoroFake.com.br says that for 40 reals ($20) it will create a fake girlfriend and post her profile on Facebook during seven days.

Without revealing numbers, the website says it has "a lot" of male clients who use its services to make former girlfriends jealous and show them they are dating again.

It says "all profiles are fictitious and not based on real people."

Site creator Flavio Estevam tells the G1 news website that men comprise most of his client base but "soon we will create fake boyfriends for women.” - AP

KEY POINTS:

  • NamoroFake.com.br offers fake girlfriends for $20.
  • Profiles are fictitious and not based on real individuals.
  • The service is popular among men wanting to impress ex-girlfriends.
  • The website plans to introduce fake boyfriends for women in the future.
  • Users can display the fake profiles on Facebook for a week.

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