Russian Women Luring Soldiers Into Fake Marriages to Claim Death Compensation

A scam targeting Russian soldiers has emerged in which women convince vulnerable men to enter sham marriages shortly before they are deployed to war. The scheme is designed so that if the soldier dies in combat, the fraudulent wife legally receives the government death payout. This leaves the soldier's actual family members — including parents, children, and siblings — with no financial compensation. The women involved have been dubbed 'black widows' due to their calculated exploitation of wartime marriage laws.
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