'Rent-a-girlfriend' hoax causes stir in France
"Have you had enough of being alone? Had enough of your wife?" loueunepetiteamie.com (translatable as rentagirlfriend.com) asked last month, stressing that the "rental services" it offered were strictly non-sexual.
After creating an Internet buzz where chat rooms fought over the morality and legality of renting out fake girlfriends, all was confirmed on Tuesday to be a marketing ploy for a site selling classified ads.
In just one month, it said, the bogus site had 180,000 hits, 550 women offered their services as rental girlfriends -- and 5,000 men wanted to hire one out.
Alexandre Woog said the media sting had cost his organisation a grand total of 15 euros (20.5 dollars), to buy the domain name and graphic design.
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