A woman who once worked as a “sex spy” has shared how intelligence agencies use romance and emotional tricks to gather sensitive information from high-profile technology executives. The woman, Aliia Roza, who is originally from Russia, spoke about her past operations in a report published by the New York Post.

Roza said she later left her spy role after falling in love with one of her targets. She is now trying to gain legal status in the United States and says her goal is to warn others about how such manipulations work.

This comes after reports in The Times of London that Russia and China have used attractive female agents to target important figures in the tech industry.

Roza explained that female spies are trained to build emotional closeness before asking for any information.

They first study the target’s life and routines.
She said, “You might show up at their coffee shop, their gym, or just keep liking their posts. When you finally meet, their brain already trusts you.”

Once contact is made, the spies play vulnerable to activate what Roza calls the “hero instinct.”

She explained, “They pretend to be weak or alone: ‘My parents were killed, I’m a student, I’m broke.’ It triggers the hero instinct. Every man wants to feel like the rescuer.”

The agents also use compliments and sometimes send intimate photos to strengthen the emotional bond.

Roza also revealed a tactic known as the “milk technique.” This involves creating fake social media accounts, following friends of the target, and faking mutual connections,  making the contact seem natural and trustworthy.

After gaining trust, the spies slowly try to turn the target against others.

Roza said, “She’ll say, ‘Your boss doesn’t appreciate you; your colleagues use you.’ It creates a bond where you feel you understand each other, and the rest of the world is bad.”

According to Roza, many of the men targeted are single, lonely, and not used to much female attention.

She said,
“There’s a gap in between female interaction. And then it’s much easier for a female to target you.”

Some spies even move in, and in a few cases, marry their targets to continue accessing information.

Roza said she was mostly sent to Europe and the UK for her missions.

Roza said that while she believes the United States tries “to protect human rights,” she claimed that Russian and Chinese agencies “manipulate their targets in a really bad way.”
She added that to these agencies, even their own agents are disposable.

Today, Roza says she wants to help people recognize manipulation in workplaces, dating, and social media, so they don’t fall into similar traps.