Filenews 15 November 2025 - by Stelios Marathovouniotis
A company registered in Cyprus poses as the owner of a dating website, linked to the use of fake profiles to deceive users in Belgium, according to an investigation by the Belgian state television station VRT NWS.
As stated in the survey, J-Profit Operations, registered on Archbishop Makarios Avenue in the center of Nicosia, is one of two companies that accept payments from the dating site Jump4Love (J4L).
According to the register of the Registrar of Companies of the Republic of Cyprus, the director of the company is a Cypriot. When contacted by Filenews, he stated that he did not know the company and would look into the matter.
VRT NWS also contacted the Cypriot in question by phone to ask him about his role in J4L's activities. "I don't know you and therefore I won't answer these kinds of questions over the phone," he reportedly told the Belgian media.
The Belgian station's investigation found that J4L charges users from €30 to buy units for the purpose of communicating with Ukrainian or Russian women. VRT NWS emphasizes that women's profile photos on the site also appear on other dating sites. Several of the images are stolen from social media or come from the Shutterstock photo archive.
According to VRT NWS, one user, Ronny, 57, spent €1.000 in three months chatting with a profile who claimed to be a woman from Paris. "A message costs almost €1. When you exchange messages for months, you quickly lose hundreds of euros," he said.
The father of another user spent almost €6.000 over a period of 10 months, believing he was having an affair with a Ukrainian woman in her 30s, reports VRT NWS.
Bank notes obtained by VRT NEWS show that the payments to J4L are linked to two companies: J-Profit Operations in Nicosia and Omega JL LP, registered in Edinburgh with an address in Rosyth, Scotland.
In statements to VRT NEWS, Belgian Consumer Protection Minister Rob Beenders urged victims to file reports with the Police. "It is unacceptable for vulnerable or elderly people to be misled financially and emotionally by services that promise human contact," he said.
