There's no doubt that most Americans have had a hard time in the last few years. From an impending and widespread disease to social and economic pressures, we all feel the weight of the world on our shoulders.
Still, there is a chance of finding love or at least a caring partner with whom to weather the storm and help each other when things get rough.
Back in 2020, a lot of us were hurt by being alone. The American Psychological Association found that anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and other forms of mental stress were on the rise, which was shocking.
This made a lot of people want to hire a professional matchmaker to help them find a partner. Someone who made it their job to help people meet their ideal partners.
Since many people are living alone and there are a lot of social and economic problems on the future, who wouldn't want a little help with romance?
Ten Aura's Trish Encina comes in.
Ten Aura says that its "mission" is to help people become the perfect "TEN" that they want in their dream partner. The site says that its team helps clients find, grow, and change into the best version of themselves, one that will both charm and draw the right partner.
EVERYWHERE RED FLAGS...
The website has a simple image and a form to fill out if you want to get in touch with their team. Even so, it may have been the fact that there was almost no information on the site that should have been the first red flag.
There is no "about us" section, privacy policy, terms of service, GDPR consent form, links to social media accounts, reviews, or anything else.
Several of these are REQUIRED by law, which is something to keep in mind.
Not only that, but you would think that a "successful" matchmaker who charges THOUSANDS to find people their right partner would pay $15 a month for a real contact form instead of using the free version that has JotForm's name on it.
But hey, we all believe in giving people a chance...
We found out that a few women did just that and got hurt.
We were very suspicious, so we decided to do some digging. We met three women who had hired Trish Encina to help them find a good match.
During COVID in 2020, it was hard to find a date. Even more than normal, it was a mess. Feeling the effects of being alone, these women thought it would be a good idea to get help from someone who (so they said) specialized in helping single people find their perfect partner.
Because Trish was so friendly, the women didn't mind giving her their hard-earned money. Each woman I talked to about these services had spent $5,000 on them.
Trish had made several claims about the types of matches she would find, the process she uses to weed out the "duds," and the help, guidance, coaching, and advice she would give these women to help them become the best versions of themselves for their Prince Charming.
As far as the first impression goes, charming is a good word for it. But once she had the money, Trish Encina disappeared faster than Casper and pulled a Houdini. In other words, she couldn't be found anywhere.
From what we've heard, calls, emails, comments on social media, etc. were all met with silence. Not only that, but each of the three women says that they paid money and got NOTHING in return. No potential dates, no potential lovers, and no help.
It turns out that Miss Encina is not a real matchmaker. At least, not the only one. Our team of investigators did more digging and found that she runs or is a part of more than one business. For example, she is a co-founder of Modelo Health Personal Models of Care.
Now, there's nothing wrong with running more than one business, but it does make you think. When we looked into it more, we learned that Miss Encina USED to own and run a company called "Three Day Rule, Inc." Even though we don't know the whole story, the company seems to have only been around for a year, from 2015 to 2016.
Unfortunately, fraud and thieves are all too happy to take advantage of people who are looking for love and are vulnerable emotionally.
Most of us want to meet the "partner of our dreams," but matchmaking services often offer the world but only deliver crumbs.
Even though we don't know the whole story about Trish Encina and Ten Aura yet, the experiences of the three women asked for this article paint a bad picture of how they run their business.
