Date People Your Age – The Worst Dating Site Ever

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We are back with another review of a romance website. This time it is Date My Age – One of the Worst “Dating” Sites on the Internet (That was truly rock bottom.) Considering I’ve been in places where I can’t read three words without tripping over a dick pic, that’s saying a lot.

So, let’s dive into what makes this abominable site one you should avoid at all costs, along with other fun tidbits and screenshots that will make you roll your eyes and nearly make your eyeballs pop out of your head.

What is “dating my age“

On the surface, the site looked like any other dating site—IIt targets people over 40 (or “mature singles who are young at heart”). In terms of language, they have all the fancy features. For example: free to join, romance, friendship, security service, soulmates, etc.

Registration is indeed free. Chatting is not really free because You can only see the first message. After that, you must pay to see additional messages. They also have some ridiculous “gifts” that are just overpriced pictures (like cheap clip art images of flowers or jeweled hearts etc).

There’s also video chat and email.

What is my age?

This is where the slime starts to seep out…and fast.

I haven’t even filled out my profile yet – no details. Not even a photoChat requests started pouring in, as if the world was ending and I was the last woman alive. Not only that, but every man looked like he could have walked off a New York catwalk. The site even had an “explanation” for why there were so many good-looking people. This is hilarious, not to mention super gross.

From reading previous reviews on Date My Age, I knew this was going to happen, but oh my goodness…I had to prepare some popcorn because this was going to be so much fun. So, I chose the first 10 “people” who contacted me (without even knowing what I looked like) and started a conversation.

But this is the first highlight of the site…

If you want to continue chatting after the first message (because everything else is blurred), you have to buy credits. So for this experiment, I bought the smallest package (20 credits at 95 cents = 15 euros each) to see what that would get me.

Yeah. It didn’t help me at all. I guess that’s the point of this site.

So if I want to go anywhere, I have to spend more points (the more you buy the cheaper it is).

Yes, that’s almost $500. Ouch. But it would have been a good thing… to let the public know what’s really going on. (sincerely hoping to get a refund when all was said and done), so I went for it.

Watch the other side

The first few conversations are obviously robotic. But if you’ve never been on a dating site and don’t know what that is, it just means a computer program spits out answers or questions while you chat. Pretty soon the other person’s answers/texts start to make no sense. That means you have a bot.

However…

Robots are still a hassle because you have to pay One point per minute So, the first few times you talk, you’re still going to waste money because you realize you’re talking to a computer.

However, I eventually found a few people. Their profiles said: Jorge, Gabriel, Anthony, Adrian and Luis. These people all hold impressive jobs such as CFO, pediatrician, marine biologist, general practitioner, and more.

There is a line of small text under their personal information: “This member is selected by our partners and has free access to the site.”

Now, the text may say that these people are on this site for free because the partners put them there and they don’t get paid anything. However, based on their actions (and countless user reviews), this is a complete lie.

Most profiles (I’d say 80-90%) are not who they say they are. They are “employees” of the company, responsible for keeping users chatting for as long as possible to squeeze out their money (Or the bots I mentioned earlier). They ask all sorts of questions to keep the conversation going, and I’ll admit they’re pretty good at doing their thing. I had a nice conversation with one of the bots about Stranger Things. But the rest were more about mundane stuff like hobbies, work, and family.

However, there are some common red flags that are present on any dating site, and they’re pretty obvious if you know what to look for.

Here are some examples I found on Date My Age…

• Native English speakers simply can’t speak English well.
• They intentionally send emails instead of chat texts (because it costs more points to open and read emails).
• They are always there to chat (even though their profession is doctors – there would never be that much time for chatting in real life).
• They tried everything to keep the chat on that site. They said they had no other social media options like WhatsApp or Telegram… or email. We all know this is complete bullshit.
• It feels like copy-pasting or switching languages ​​abruptly.

The last one is the easiest to spot and is how these “employees” keep making money for the company. They are trained and ready with several excuses as to why, including “I choose to chat on this platform.” The fact that you can’t afford to talk and that there are free options outside of the dating service is irrelevant — their job is to keep you on the platform.

Another problem I know others have had is with “gifts”, but I never got that far because I only had a limited allowance to test the site. But some of the gifts cost thousands of points to give, and they’re just pictures!

Other suspicious transactions

This website is operated by Venta Solutions PTE LTD, which is based in Singapore. Also, the About section states that it is based in Malta. They then provide this information on Datingscout.com.

So, aside from having no clear manager/owner/founder/operator, there are many other reasons why this site is an insult to the dating gods.

• You have to request deletion of your profile. I requested that two days ago (as of this writing) and still haven’t heard back. So you don’t actually have control over your account.
• Many people have reported having their cards overcharged.
• Even more people reported having their information passed on to other companies.

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I had to contact online customer service to delete my account – which is crazy because you should be able to control your own information and banking details.

They asked me to provide proof of the site issues. Well, considering I deleted the bot conversations and the scammers won’t admit they are scammers, it’s a really smart circle of assholes that makes it impossible for someone like me to get any proof at all.

They gave me the standard company line: “We have anti-scam measures in place.” But apparently they don’t because oh my god there are so many bots on this site.

But the best part? The “solution” they gave before deleting my account was… give me 30 free credits. Ok, I might have been on this site for a secret purpose, but I was really mad at that point. I spent $500 and they responded by giving me 30 free credits so I wouldn’t have to delete my account. Oh, and when I got mad, they raised it to a “spectacular” 60. Uh oh oh.

Deleting your account from this site is like trying to get out of an MLM contract or leave Scientology. Yes, you can tell that encounter is still fresh in my mind (and you can also tell that I’m pissed because I made a spelling mistake during the conversation).

Dating My Age – Fun Rewards

As my credits were running out and the experiment was coming to an end, I decided to contact all five “men” I had chatted with and tell them what I was really doing. I hoped that at least one of them would be willing to talk to me about the truth of what was going on behind the scenes.

But even with the promise of anonymity, their names and online identities were almost identical (almost copy-pasted). You know…it’s like they were trained for this kind of situation. Imagine!

Oh, they are so confusing and always say “I don’t understand” (even though they understand everything we talked about before). They pretend to be insulted and hurt, and it seems like it’s a scripted plot. Etc. Etc. I tried my best to get at least one of them to have a real conversation with me via email (you know, get their side of the story, because I’m sure we all want to know what could drive a person to do something like this). However, no one accepted.

But the interesting thing is…

Since the site hadn’t deleted my account at that point, I decided to go back the next day to try and get more screenshots etc. Holy crap, these guys are back in force!

Flowers, emails, dear, sweetheart, sweetheart, wishing you all the best, that sort of thing. It’s like they Completely forget Less than 24 hours ago, I told them directly that I was a blogger investigating scamsthey felt insulted and never wanted to talk to me again.

But I guess that’s what happens when you’re juggling multiple scam profiles and conversations at once.

These people are hell bent on draining every penny out of my account.

Date My Age Conclusion

Of all the people there was only one who didn’t get back to me when the truth was revealed (Adrian). Could he be a real person looking for love? Who knows, maybe. If so, I wish him the best. There is a good chance there are some real people out there looking for love.

But mature people who are eager to be in love are too attractive to scammers. This means you’ll meet more fake people than real people. And finding them (given the predatory nature of the site) will end up costing you thousands of dollars. It’s not worth it.

This makes the $29.99 per month charged by other sites seem insignificant.

Look anywhere on the review page and you’ll see that Date My Age has a very low rating, and for good reason. A large portion of the people appear to work for the company and are highly trained to keep you talking for as long as possible in order to get you to spend as much money as possible.

So, stay away from this site. Period. It belongs in the bottom of the trash can and into the toxic waste lake deep in hell (along with everyone who works for it).

Also, stay tuned to see if I can get a refund (they say you can get one before 10 days). But I wouldn’t hold out hope. But it will be interesting to see what happens when I contact the Malta and Singapore bureaus.