C-Date Dating Site Scam

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At the time of registration, the site displays a price of 59.90 CHF for 6 months without specifying that the price is expressed per month.

It’s a scam; the amount is debited all at once, and cancellation is nearly impossible if you don’t have a fax.

The company C-date.ch (Interdata), based in Luxembourg in order to complete the scam and fraud, does not have a phone number. On the internet, you only find the made-up name of a "manager" acting as an alibi to gain some credibility.

When using C-date, a few Eastern European women behind their PCs send you messages to make you believe that the C-date.ch site is functioning wonderfully.

I conducted a test. After more than a week on C-date.ch, I received contact proposals (entirely fictitious) from women supposedly matching my previously entered requirements.

On the C-date.ch site, I had requested a small slim brunette in a region of Switzerland; I received all sorts of things, Eastern European prostitutes posing as purported candidates from Norway, Germany, and France. It’s an expensive "deal."

Convinced that I had been conned on the C-date.ch site, I sent invites to all the girls, uh, I mean all the prostitutes on C-date.ch to invite them for coffee with me the following week.

Not one responded. None seemed to understand my message written in French.

During this test, I posted photos in front of which no woman showed up, strange! A tall dark-haired guy with blue eyes may not be the archetype of the man women are looking for on C-date.ch.... (?)

C-date.ch is truly a scam that must be denounced. I had to cancel my credit card to prevent these crooks from using it again.

In conclusion, on C-date.ch, or C-date.fr, or C-date.com, everything is false. It’s all just a scam and fraud. The only chance you have of making a light encounter is to run into another person just as credulous as you were, and on a misunderstanding....

In this case, one must still face the truth that the candidates are neither Lady Gaga, nor the Pussycat Dolls, and even less Britney Spears, or Anne-Sophie Lapix.

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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483
 
Someone who shows a profound disdain for women, online or offline, deserves what is happening to you.

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"We swallow whole the lie that flatters us and sip drop by drop a truth that is bitter to us."
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astalavista
 
I completely agree with you, a huge scam that costs quite a bit, especially when you see spelling mistakes every three words from Google Translate. But well, we men are weak, though not necessarily disdainful towards women. We are alone, looking for connections, and when we've exhausted dating sites where women don't want to commit but enjoy going out to restaurants, movies, etc. Oh yes, those lovely dating sites where women don't want a hook-up... and yet sometimes it's them who ask for it! But mostly, they just want to be taken care of... makes sense, over 40 with kids they don't really want to take care of without a man! Yes, that's life, and it's all profit for these dating sites, which should definitely be legalized one day, for both women and men... words from a simple, nice guy who's looking for himself on this kind of site after a hassle-free relationship for 20 years... but well, we could always become a monk or a nun, right?
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Olivier > astalavista
 
C-Date is a beautiful scam!
For all the indecisive and those wondering what this dating site is worth, read the following: I signed up on August 8, 2014, after waiting about 10 days to take the plunge. During those ten days, I registered for free as a guest, so to speak, and took advantage of an offer giving me a 3-month entry with a 25% discount. Once on the site as a premium member, I created an attractive profile with 3 photos. Since the day of my registration, I received messages suggesting I write to new members or discover people who might match my criteria. I received on average maybe between 8 and 12 messages a day. Depending on the profiles and their geographical location, I often responded courteously, hinting that I would be open to a meeting. After more than a good fifteen messages, I hadn’t received a single response from anyone. Surprised, I wanted to know if it was my profile that was the issue or if other parameters came into play. I then created a very sexy profile using photos of models found on the internet. Dressed photos but also shirtless with visible six-pack.... To my surprise, after a week, I still hadn’t received any messages. Disappointed to say the least, I deleted all the photos and left my profile without a photo. After 24 hours, I received a message from a "girl" declaring her love for me. I immediately noticed it seemed strange but played along to see how far it would go. I responded by talking about myself and, oh surprise, I received a reply from her that was actually just her first message slightly modified. I had asked her certain questions but, oddly, she didn’t mention them at all... A computer couldn’t have replied in a more cold and terse manner. Already quite disappointed by this bad experience, I was hit with another blow when checking my credit card statement used for the C-date registration: this site did not take into account the promised 25% discount upon registration. I informed them of this by writing to their customer service and received an automated response explaining how to sign up for C-date. A real joke!! I replied asking them to call me immediately on my mobile because I had a serious problem to discuss. One night later, I received a "real" response message for once, asking what the issue was. I explained the discount issue and informed them that I found significant anomalies on their site. They retorted that I must have confused them with another site because they never have the discount policy mentioned earlier. I was shocked and asked them to fully refund the CHF330.- I had invested. They told me it was not possible but that they would suspend the charges on my credit card. At that moment, I almost choked because it seems that despite the subscription taken for 3 months, I had unknowingly committed until February 2015 with periodic charges. Let's just say I demanded that they immediately stop all charges on my card, delete my profile, and erase all data concerning me. I received a confirmation and hope that this nightmare is over.
In summary, this site is a high-level scam, and it must be a computer that manages the messages proposing profiles. I absolutely discourage you from signing up for this site because you will surely waste your time and money.
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Oliver > Olivier
 
It won't change in 2029.
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vct
 
experienced the same thing, I'm going to try to contest the charges on my credit card, 140 CHF the first time and now I've just seen a charge of 350 CHF! they're crazy!
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nicolas
 
Same for me, it marked 7.99 euros and they took 191.6 from me with PayPal
and PayPal doesn’t want to cancel the payment.
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