This was my first (and most likely last) trial with online dating. I signed up for the site, entered all of the information in my profile, and did a week or two of the free period. I received a few responses (although not the deluge that other scamming sites seem to give), and decided to go for the 1 month of Silver membership for $20.
Well, I had a few messages go back and forth, but they didn't really seem to go anywhere. The women would right back after several days or a week, but only a few sentences that were poorly-worded and seemed jotted down in less than a minute. I got really suspicious when a woman told me at one time that she had heard enough about me, and wanted me to ask a few questions about her. Well I did, and then she responded that she wanted to hear more about me...
I decided to not renew, figuring it was all a scam. Searching online, there's very little controversy about this site in comparison to a few like Match.com or True.com, however, there's still plenty of fraud going on. Although you don't get a massive amount of fake emails, you seem to get an very large amount of people "viewing your profile", even though most don't live anywhere near you. Also, how can I have that many people checking me out when I've gone weeks or months at a time without logging in?
Looking at the women in my area, most seem to have been on for awhile. If the Male to female ratio is like 7:1 (or probably worse), what are the odds they would still be on this long?
Here's the kicker - most of the information in the profiles seems to be randomly generated from various programs and templates. There are all kinds of cities listed that seem to be taken off a database list, as no one would report their address as such. For example, Jackson (Greater Metropolitan Area), or Philliptown (Old Township). Also, there are NUMEROUS discrepancies with the title/subject, the photo, and the profile. Oftentimes, the cities and states don't match up remotely close, the ages listed in the subject are a few years older/younger than the actual data, a picture of a well-endowed woman claims to have an A-cup, etc. Also, it seems like a good deal of them are deliberately designed to lure men instead of being real. For example, how many hot 24-year olds are stuck in a boring marriage where their husband is always away on business and never pays attention to them, or they're tired of dealing with little boys and want a REAL man. There are also a surprising number of women who are curious about having sex with another woman, even though they've never tried it before.
I'm guessing that there's a number of different games going on. One, the subject/handle names are written by employees, the picture is attached, and doesn't always match (especially weight, race, or obvious age!), and the profile is either quickly written by an employee, copied from another person's legitimate profile, or created using a computer program with key phrases.
I did happen to find one example where I saw two different profile handles with the exact same photo.
My guess is that they are scamming you as much as the bigger sites, but don't have the resources to send you all of the fake emails those sites have. Either that, or they're trying to cover their tracks better.
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