Comments on: How to Spot a Fake Match.com Profile

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:02:00 +0000

No. I am one of those women, who abandoned Match.com for the same reason that you did…too many imposters on there, just looking for someone to scam. I simply think that the intension of the site was good, but unfortunately, our world corrupts and devours good, leaving decent people in a real hurry to get away from the evil that lurks there!

By: Peter Collén

Peter Collén — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:48:00 +0000

Best comment I have ever read regarding dating sites. Not a paying member with Match.com. Just did an account but there is another serious site here in Sweden and pretty much ALL girls write as you have said above reachmintwaxed. I have even made an sticker in my own thread stating allmost the same thing you are.

And Angela, get real. Or at least look for your self.

By: Pook

Pook — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:55:00 +0000

maybe it’s because you are a total psycho…

Just a thought

By: Stupid Sandy

Stupid Sandy — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:04:00 +0000

Oh god…it is so humiliating when it hits you that these people are manipulating you. I was on match for 3 days. I am 58 and not hideous, but not good looking either. I had two men madly in love with me. One claimed to be from Fresno Ca,,,,,his profile was expiring and he wasn’t going to renew it because he was so busy building log homes and bridges in Lagos Nigeria. He built things all over the world. He was a widower with a 17 year old daughter that was encouraging him to date again because she was going to be going to nursing school next year. Coming off from a 36 year marriage from hell, it felt sooo good to be talking to someone who understood who I was and what I needed. He has both of my active email addresses, pictures of me, my separated spouse, my daughter and granddaughter. I got suspicious when he seemed too interested in the property settlement. Why would a successful engineer with international contracts care who got our condo? When I went looking I found the exact posting, same picture on the scam site. I sent him a yahoo message suggesting that he will burn in hell. I have not heard from him since.

The second guy claimed to be Norwegian. Claimed Norway man didn’t speak good English. My profile showed I was of Norwegian German ancestry. ( the other guys name was Alex muller…and claimed to be German by birth) Norway man claimed his American wife had left him with 9 year old daughter for his best friend. His ” infatuation” was so out of perspective it was scary. I told him he was too young for me…age is just a number I was told. He claimed to have a good job in Idaho working on airplane installation. I must have blown his mind, because in a spirit of helpfulness I found him a more age appropriate woman on craigs list. Thinner, younger, had a son.
But of course what man would want that instead of a 58 year old woman who looks like she has been ridden hard and put away wet. When he didn’t understand words I used, I was Ms. Helpful and started using an English Norwegian translator. He did not know the words. He also did not know any of the

By: Lilac_Calla

Lilac_Calla — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:41:00 +0000

I recently decided to try Match.com. I cancelled my account after a little over a week. I didn’t like it. The attention was flattering but I had guys trying to convince me they were my one and only after one or two emails. There were a few I think may have been real but for the most part I got freaked out by it. I only posted one picture because I don’t have many without my kids in them and I didn’t want my kids’ pictures on there. When it comes to what I want in a man I don’t really care about height, income etc. I just want someone I can connect with. Online dating really sucked. I only paid out money for Match.com because I was hoping it would help weed out the creeps and scams a bit. I don’t think it did much of that at all.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:32:00 +0000

Wow…Bitter much? I think your general bad attitude might be coloring your experience. You seem to have contempt for women; no wonder you can’t get a date!

By: Lml

Lml — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:22:00 +0000

Why can’t something be done about match? They are the big scammer!

I’m so sick of starting conversations with guys only to find they disappear a few days later.

By: matchhater

matchhater — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:09:00 +0000

I joined on a free 7 day trial, got billed on day 5 and had to fight match through my credit card to get my refund. I’ll never go back to match.com, I feel the whole site is a big scam. A paid member should be able to tell if a profile is from another paid member that CAN actually respond if you were to email them. While I was fighting match to get my money back I had my profile 100% blank, nothing filled out what so ever and still received emails saying I had up to 24 matches at a time! Matched based on what, blank pages? It’s fun to look around on there from time to time but never give those scam artists your money…my 2 cents.

By: curious

curious — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:02:00 +0000

most of the profiles specially beutiful pictures are fake 100 %this i beleive and is my theory is plaev there by the co. so you believe everyting is beautiful but thre is only few fat women around you because there is no one else the beutiful women is there fake non existing so you get traped and you think you are not lucky but lucky with all 80 ç% woemen specialy russian could say 100%russian fake a few but you wouldnt feel atracted in this sistem you get a desperate person and tell i got a relationship how real

By: JPee00

JPee00 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:26:00 +0000

Yep, great article. I’m on match and it is absolutely horrible. I’m not a bad looking guy AT ALL. I’ve sent more emails to people than I even want to admit and in 4 months, only a handful have responded of which 99% were scams.
I always see new profiles that are added and then mysteriously, they are deleted just days later. I’ve caught a couple scammers asking me to send them an email at their personal address (red flag #1). I did this a couple times without sharing any details about myself (just to see) and I rec’d this ridiculous long winded email of how great i am because i seem so open and they definitely want to get to know me, blah blah blah. And they live in Russia (red flag #2). Seriously?? Next thing you know, their profile was deleted. Just to see what response I got back, I questioned that person why they deleted their profile and mysteriously, it was back. I got a response saying they only want to be with one person and they don’t want to deal with everyone else on match, only me. Right. LOL! What a joke.
Can’t wait to cancel. I’m sure all of a sudden, their will be lots of interest from people close to when my subscription ends to ensure that I continue paying for my subscription. I will not be falling for that and will go back to meeting people the old fashioned way.