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AnastasiaDate Reviews Summary

AnastasiaDate presents a mixed reputation among its users. On the positive side, many customers appreciate the platform's user-friendly design, effective matchmaking capabilities, and responsive customer service, with some reporting successful connections and relationships. However, significant concerns arise regarding potential scams, misleading pricing practices, and the authenticity of profiles, leading to feelings of distrust among users. Customers frequently express frustration over perceived financial exploitation and difficulties in canceling subscriptions. Overall, while the site has facilitated meaningful connections for some, skepticism about its legitimacy and value remains prevalent.

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Canada
2 reviews
139 helpful votes
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Money pit
October 20, 2015

I didn't take long to realize this site is a scam. It cost me very little to find out it's all about online chat and draining your bank account. I gave two ladies I was interested in the same offer. I will fly to meet you in the Ukraine. Both came back with the same answer. They need to chat online first. The risk and cost were all mine and as I explained to them it's only one date and I have no problem if they are not interested. I haven't chatted online and I never will as it is obviously a money pit just like owning a boat. At least with a boat you get pleasure in return. To all you guys out there waisting your time and money my advice is to run from this site and never look back.

Date of experience: October 19, 2015
VI
1 review
123 helpful votes
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Big scammers
October 16, 2015

I really cannot imagine how men from america are falling for this smelly rat dating site. Before spending your thousand of dollars, do that, check out some other sites for example Ukrainian Dates, Ukrainian cupid You will have a feeling about whether or not Americans should even be on those sites. Although, sites like Ukraine Dates may look a bit more real than Anastasia, however though, they have a different strategy to scam you. This is what I am experiencing with Ukrainian Dates, as I am a current member. When I first started, I had about 18 women who sent me interests and briefly there after they switched off their profiles out at the site and told me to contact them through their private e-mails. They were continued to e-mail me letters through their private e-mails for about two times and started to tell me they would like my financial help in other to pay for agency who translate their letters for them. I told one of them no, I won't do that because i have not met you yet. For some reason, the rest of them all seventeen of them stopped writing to me, it was like a ring of scammers. Well, I know that has nothing to do with Anastasia Dates, however i wrote about this just to make a point. Anastasia, in away, scams its customers in a very obvious way, the red flags are right in front of your eyes. In what world do those beautiful models we see in Anastasia would come up to you men so strongly about dating them. In your mind, don't you think for a minute that is too good to be true. Just look on the right side of your screen and imagine for a while the language of those women who suppose to be future wives are telling you. Don't you believe these words are available to every single man who happen to be on the site. Come on men, wake up and smell the reality of life. One more point before I stop, remember, a good scammer is not going to scam every body who come their ways. They will somehow do it at some intervals or every so often. I am sure you going to hear some successful stories about people being married through the site, but remember, they have to make their scams believable. In addition, if you are an american and you want to try the on - line dating, you must be very careful to these women, they will do the most unbelievable things to get into your wallets. According to beliefs all american men are rich and money just fall over your laps. You must never send money to anyone you have talked to and never have met in person.

Date of experience: October 16, 2015
Missouri
1 review
124 helpful votes
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It would be so easy to break the Anastasia scam. All that is needed is a free of charge agency, a real competence about the true deal that is men and women looking for marriage. This way only girls with the real interest on finding a good man for a long term relationship will be participating. Nowadays the technology that we have would make this possible and cheap. The identities of the participants at both sides could be verified before actually meeting anyone.

Date of experience: October 7, 2015
Florida
1 review
148 helpful votes
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DON'T BE FOOLED
October 3, 2015

I am following up from last Review Confirmation of Scam to let people know just what a joke Anastasiadate.com is! I am not a disgruntled customer but have had personal experience so what I am saying is true. I traveled to the Ukraine and did meet with the lady that I had been corresponding with but that is about all that was true. It all became too true once I realized that she only wanted me spending money on her and the translator. Everything was a set up from the taxi driver to the restaurants she picked. After I came back home and actually met some people from Russia and the Ukraine did I really feel like a dope. Everything was inflated. I received 2 letters from her once I came back home then she disappeared. In a normal relationship you would expect to meet friends and family, that does not happen. There is not romance even though she begged for that in her letters. I have been doing my homework also since I returned to find out that these ladies are not exclusive to Anastasiadate.com as I have found numerous profiles of the same women on the following websites, Eurodate.com, Charmdate.com, Victoriahearts.com. As the old adage states" Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on ME"! If you are looking to pass the time and think you are chatting with someone or video chat then you will have a good time. If you are serious in your search none of these sites are worth the money. Most of these women do not know that their profiles are being used or that they are being written to as I discovered. I posted the ladies response in my last review. The positive reviews are not from paying customers as they soon learn the truth. I hope this will help someone make a wise decision.
Robin J.

Date of experience: October 3, 2015
Utah
6 reviews
44 helpful votes
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Go for it! You'll be happy!
September 22, 2015

If someone asked me what would be my top dating site, AnastasiaDate would definitely be the one I would recommend. When you sign up you have free credits and you can see whether you like the site or not. Then, if you don't - you don't call it a scam just because it costs money, but you delete your account. Right? It's not that difficult. If you like it, you stay on as a member, pay whenever you can and chat with the girls. Like I did. It never failed me.

Date of experience: September 21, 2015
Canada
8 reviews
292 helpful votes
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Very sad
September 18, 2015

Before he met me, my now husband, out of loneliness turned to this site. During a two year period he spent over large sums of money each month chatting with several "women". I have credit card statements to prove this. He did not approach them on the site... they came after him, actually, like bats out of hell. I checked into the site under his account and was bombarded with females on the chat site... comments to someone they have never met like "I want to be in your bed", "I want to love you", honestly, these were opening statements from these "wonderful, beautiful, chase women". He also made the mistake of taking one of the Anastasia tours to the Ukraine where he was told he would meet many "beautiful" women. After another large sum of money he was introduced to two women who looked absolutely nothing like their photos. The excuse for the other 7 was "family emergency". In brief, a sad, lonely man was duped for huge sums of money. His own fault... probably... but the intent of the site is most decidedly not romance, it is money, money, money... especially the US dollar. Better yet, get someone to get you to the US on a visitor visa, get pregnant and it's really hard to deport.

Date of experience: September 18, 2015
Saudi Arabia
11 reviews
31 helpful votes
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A wonderful experience!
September 18, 2015

AnastasiaDate.com has more than twenty years of experience in international online dating, so they have identified the differences between a scam and a misinterpreted situation. The company recognizes that many people tend to have high expectations when it comes to the security of online dating websites, but the truth is, there will always be situations which will be out of your control. Here are some examples of misinterpretations: The agency makes a mistake in the translation of a letter. – Not a scam as mistakes happen. If you’ve been in touch with one particular lady for a long time, but she refuses to meet without AnastasiaDate’s “Date Me” service. – This is not considered a scam as the lady might just want to feel safe. If a lady doesn’t answer all your questions in an email. – It’s a lady’s prerogative to keep some details private, especially in the beginning of a relationship so this is not considered to be a scam. If after meeting with you, the lady says she is no longer interested. – Not a scam. Honestly, would you continue to see someone who doesn’t seem to be your type? If a lady posts photos of her friends, ex-partners and other personal information on any social network. – Not a scam as it’s anyone’s prerogative to share the information they want online. If a lady wears a ring on her finger. – Not a scam as wearing rings in Slavic countries doesn’t necessarily mean the lady is married, regardless of which finger it’s on.

Date of experience: September 16, 2015
France
1 review
227 helpful votes
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Absolute Scam and rip-off
September 12, 2015

Agencies write the letters to you in the guise of various females, its a rip off. You think you are writing to 'Svetlana'. You aren't, she (or they) don't see your messages, and certainly don't reply to them. It is just another absolute moneymaking machine. Close your accounts today.

Date of experience: September 12, 2015
GB
6 reviews
281 helpful votes
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YOUR friking DELUDED
September 8, 2015

All these $#*!nobs who say Anastasia found me the love of my life SEND PICTURES of the ones you found THIS IS A SCAM SITE I got 25 women chasing me in the first 1 hour of signing up ffs it was 4am there time wtf they doing up at 4AM this is a $#*!IN scam site put it this way just give me 3 thousand euros I will get u the girl of your dreams well ok it may only last 6months before she robs u blind but hey I was up front Dave

Date of experience: September 8, 2015
Kentucky
2 reviews
294 helpful votes
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Not what you think!
September 1, 2015

There is a good chance that the person you are chatting with is not the woman in the photo. Men and women who speak English are sitting at the agency office using the girls profile to make money. I have been on the site for a year and have travelled to Odessa three times. Each time was the same: Girls take two or three days to finally meet you... then they bring an interpreter who wants $20.00 per hour... then they get a kick back from the restaurant. Great if you want a fantasy... not so good if you are sincere. I could tell many stories about what I learned but, you will probably need to discover this yourself... good luck.

Date of experience: September 1, 2015
Jersey
1 review
266 helpful votes
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Thoroughly review...
August 29, 2015

All I would say is check what you are getting and not what you think you are getting.
I Joined and I get lots of "letters" from girls, but I decided to do start checking.

Check (1)
Any pictures you get in letters, save them to your disk and then open them and view the photo details, especially the date created. Most of the letters I received are from women who's photo's are from circa 2010, so they probably look nothing like they do on the site.

Check (2)
Take a sentence from their bio which you think would be unique, and put it in google with speech marks on either side. You may find they are on more than one site, and make money by getting people to contact them.

The sites are nothing more than money mills for the owners, I would imagine that very few of the girls on there are actually on it to get a partner, but they can make a good living from it.

Date of experience: August 29, 2015
District of Columbia
8 reviews
110 helpful votes
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Becoming a member is easy and straightforward and once you’ve registered, you’ll have many options to choose from when it comes to communicating with women who interest you the most. Email correspondence, live chat, camshare, call me and so on. I would recommend CAMSHARE! It allows you to see the person you’re chatting with in real time. When visiting the AnastasiaDate.com website, members can easily find safety tips they should follow in order to protect themselves from fraudsters in general. Never send money to anyone claiming to be in trouble. This is the most important rule when it comes to online dating as fraudsters are known to use this exact scheme to scam unsuspecting victims. Arrange dates through the portal’s “Date Me” service. This is the safest way to ensure your meeting will go as planned and that the lady will actually be free on the day of your arrival.

Date of experience: August 28, 2015
Estonia
4 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Out of all the Russian dating sites out there I think this is the best one. It is also a rather expensive one so make sure you are okay with spending some money. If not then there are also good free dating sites out there. Not so sure that they are oriente towards Eastern European women but they work just fine.

Date of experience: August 27, 2015
Canada
1 review
77 helpful votes
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I have spent a lot of money on Anastasiadate, it's only a place to connect, from there it must be done through the agency. It's a very tricky place, don't bother with emails until you travel there. Get your own interpreter. I know that some men just go to Ukraine and will only spend 5 minutes on Anastasiadate.

I also see many pictures of women who have not been online for many months, but the option to send her a letter is there?. If I can go back I would have just traveled there for a couple of weeks. Hope this might help someone

Date of experience: August 25, 2015
New Zealand
1 review
267 helpful votes
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Billing scam
August 24, 2015

They debit your credit card when you haven't made a purchase and they set it to auto renew at the same time. Wouldn't recommend giving them your card number either a web site glich or plain stealing, didn't have the problem with them before but now it happened and they say it couldn't happen but it did.

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
Ukraine
2 reviews
274 helpful votes
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I did meet someone off of this site from Ukraine, so I went to visit her. She was talking sensually on the site, but when I did make it there she had to have a friend on our dates. She said because she was nervous, but I had to pay for the three of us. This happened three times. It was really just a move to keep distance between us. Then on the last day, I was driving around with them and we stopped at their place to get clothes, because it was cold. Then we stopped at a post office and they picked up a package full of pills. And had me go to this dirty parking place, while they went through a trail to an old building to get rid of the pills. Then she was going to cook me dinner, so we went to a grocery store, and they were getting champagne, wine, and way over the amount of food for dinner. We went back to their apartment, and we're hanging out for a while, when they were going to take showers, and I was going to go to my place, and do the same. I was supposed to come back in 2 hours for dinner, and they did not answer the door, or answer their phone. I then reported it to Anastasiadate, and their policy is to return the money spent on the site that was used in communicating with the scammer. I received no reply, and the scammer is still on the site. Her name is Juliya, and her account number is *******. She is a 22 year old brunette that lives in Kiev. She also showed me pictures of others that she has dealt with.

Date of experience: August 16, 2015
Australia
1 review
276 helpful votes
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Yes very clever and very well done but after spending thousands believing that some must be genuine I am regaining my sense. I am a man in my 70's so being sent love notes by an 18 yo has to be an obvious scam. I let my guard down because i used a site Scanna, which had free contact to ladies for one upfront fee & was very good. I met some very nice women on it & a few traveled to my country to meet me. It has taken me a long time to realise Anastasia is a complete fraud, mainly I suppose because I did not want to believe it that those nice women could all be tricksters. Anastasia site cheats on time, in facts and yes the women do disappear if you try to be serious after spending a lot of money on them. SO BEWARE OF ANASTASIA
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE COMPANY REPORTED A PROFIT OF us$130 MILLION.
That sort of money does not come from trying to assist lonely men and women to find love.it has turned into a porn site with the majority of the women inviting the men into the unlimited world of sex, ready to engage in your wierdest fantasy for the sake of ripping your money off you.

Date of experience: August 15, 2015
Malta
14 reviews
88 helpful votes
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I love it, just as I love AsianDate.com! There is nothing much to say except that's the place where you'll find gorgeous eastern european women. I love them being so modest and at the same time so beautiful. Talked to a lot of them, the ones I really, really like I saw on Skype and didn't regret it. I am just waiting to see if there will be The One who will make me do my trip!

Date of experience: August 13, 2015
Bangladesh
4 reviews
27 helpful votes
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I read some comments about Chnlove here, and found that people had different experience on the site. Some people said the site was a scam, and some people enjoyed the time on the site very well. I have been a member of the site for about a year. It seems to me that the site is not bad. I understand due to different considerations, people may hold different views on the same issue. But I think those people who left bad comments should stand back and look objectively at the site.

Date of experience: August 12, 2015
Canada
1 review
251 helpful votes
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Hi:
I have spent just over $100.00 USD on this site with Olga. I have been suspicious of this site shortly after joining. I have separated with a lady of 17 Years. Actually, the joke is on them as I have had a great time conversing with Olga (whom ever) and helped me get through this bad time. Has been cheap fun but now will be leaving the site. They are trying to get me to stay by there browny point system, enough of this one. Frank!

Date of experience: August 12, 2015

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