Anyone know Scanna.com?

[BeenThereDoneThat]

I saw a new Russian Brides site the other day. They say that they have been in business since 1980, though I have never heard of them. Anyone have any experiences with these guys? www.scanna.com

[jb]

Yes, I think scanna was the oldest MOB agency around.  They were among the first to get into the business after the fall of the Sov's.   I have heard it was at one time a very good agency, but they merged with AWeb and have since lost all credibility.  I remember them advertising maybe 8 or 10 years ago.  Most men changed the name from "scanna" to "scamma".

Are they still around?  I thought that name had died a long slow painful and horrible death a long time ago.

[BillyB]

They've been around a few years that I know of and sent me an e-mail recently. I don't know how they got my address. They are affiliated with Anastasia International which includes Anastasiaweb, the king of scam agencies.

[Bruno]

They are affiliated with Anastasia International which includes Anastasiaweb, the king of scam agencies.

No more affiliated with Anastasia International :

Scanna International was established in 1980 and has become one of the largest and most respected introduction agencies in the world.
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In 1999 the site was sold to Anastasia Intl. whose owners, David and Elena Besuden integrated Scanna into their business and greatly advanced it in the dating industry.
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Finally, it was bought by Mahe Internet Services LTD in April 2005.

[BillyB]

True Bruno, and the jury is out whether they changed their ways but Scanna also says this: "In 1999 the site was sold to Anastasia Intl. whose owners, David and Elena Besuden integrated Scanna into their business and greatly advanced it in the dating industry."

I don't trust people who says good things about Anastasia. They either don't know what their talking about or their lying. Maybe they admire the method Anastasia used to advance Scanna.

[Bruno]

I don't trust people who says good things about Anastasia. They either don't know what their talking about or their lying. Maybe they admire the method Anastasia used to advance Scanna.

It is all business... name stay but owner change... and of course, new owner need to respect some obscure clausule who prohibith them to say bad thing over previous owner...

Scanna have change of owner... Aprettywomen have change a lot too, they was owner by a Dutch man in the start... When i have build my first agency in 97-98, we was only a few on the internet... now, you have thousand of site but if you remove affiliate, co-branded site, multiple domain name... you find not so much agency...

Same situation with forum... Dan is owner of RWD... but he own goodwife.com forum and some other related to dating... and he have some other forum related to other topic ( don't PM me, i don't give the URL )...

Internet is changing everyday... now, some agency have split own site due to the IMBRA... a US site and a worldwide site ( non US )... people buy and shell... Data and revieuw that you find is not more accurate after a few month... make you own check, the only way to know the truth.