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Ashley Madison Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of Ashley Madison is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to the prevalence of fake profiles and perceived scams. Many users express frustration over the high costs associated with the platform, which they feel exploit their desire for genuine connections. While some customers report occasional success in meeting partners, the overwhelming sentiment is negative, highlighting concerns about financial exploitation and inadequate customer support. Despite its established brand presence, the company struggles to address these critical issues, leading to a lack of trust and a recommendation to avoid the service.

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Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ashleymadison site Fake
October 20, 2020

The only thing I got from Ashley Madison site after becoming a paid member is a ton of SPAM in my inbox. They charge 5.60 per chat message to members. Who by the way are fake probably get a cut of that 5.60 a chat... AVOID this site at all cost...

Date of experience: October 20, 2020
New Hampshire
1 review
3 helpful votes
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AM is just another scam dating site like all the others. Filled with fake profiles, scam artists from foreign countries, ala carte pay per message, rip offs, even for full subscriptions! A one month membership costing $63, which is 2-3x what Zoosk POF etc charge for the same BS. Among the few real profiles there are consist of the same, narcissistic, entitled women all looking for a perfect man who is 15-7 seven years younger than they are and won't even consider dating their own age, nevermind being older. And they're no great prize themselves, openly seeking to cheat on their husbands. That's the only difference. The other sites, these same women LIE about their relationship status. The most frequent response is an AM planted shill, or bot asking you for a personal message costing between 9 and 14 credits, which of course, you pay for on top of your $63 monthly subscription and a $20 "access charge" which is $83 total! The giveaway is each one of these responses uses the same exact wording in their request for you to send a personal message. Then you get the occasional scam message from "the girl next door" seeking the "God fearing man" who is in town for a gold exchange convention and they want to meet up for drinks and for your bank account number so they can money launder their proceeds. Almost as old as the Nigerian prince email scam from 1995! I had one try to tell me she moved here because she was tired of the snow... in southern Italy! OMG! At least it made me laugh, but still SMH. Anyway, I'm out 83 bucks that I can't get back that I could have kept in the bank, or spent on golf. Do yourself a favor, pass on AM. Trust me!

Date of experience: October 5, 2020
Virginia
1 review
31 helpful votes
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This company will keep charging your bank account every month until you delete the account altogether. I canceled my monthly subscription stuff and then they turned around and un did it on their end so they can charge me again. $#*! this company they are sneaky with the fees. Also I have screenshots of profiles with same pics on more than one profile and both profiles have different locations and ages and everything. A lot of fake accounts on this site.

Date of experience: September 29, 2020
Colorado
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Lots of bots
September 10, 2020

I read the reviews and thought 50/50 so I signed up after 1 1/2 yrs still no luck but spent lots money. Here's the scam they send you a email so you get excited and you respond back then there's not another response and that cost you to open the message from them then you respond it cost if you send key for pictures it cost you everything you do cost 5 credits and the credits are not cheap. I love the one they send you a message and you respond back just simple hi how's it going they send please send key you do they respond nice want to connect you respond and poof there gone all this cost you 5 credits 25.00 it's a sweet scam there are hookers and they will hook up but at an additional fee and a STD so that would be interesting we'll good luck but it's all a scam. Forgot they also send you a email that says be the first to respond with this person so you open and poof another 5 credits gone it's a very sweet scam no wonder there so big they get rich as you get poor and no fun just frustration

Date of experience: September 10, 2020
Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Scam scam scam
September 8, 2020

I paid 68 dollars and didn't even get a response from any one I messaged. And i looked to see if anyone e even viewed my profile. Well just so you know it's a rip off total rip off and I wouldn't recommend this site to no one. All the profiles are fake and all the messages do is take your your tokens so you but more. So take my advice like I should have from all the other guys who posted on this site DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY! SCAM and it's pitiful to take money this way and this site and company should be ashamed of what they are doing!

Date of experience: September 7, 2020
Kentucky
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Simply not worth it.
September 4, 2020

I created a free account with AM to start, and marked a few profile favorites here and there to potentially follow up with just in case I decided to go all in. Discovered all my favorites were notified apparently, and sent me a message that I could only read if I bought AM tokens (I can already see where this is going), so I took the bait and purchased the cheapest package (and opted OUT of auto-renew/refill) just so I could view the messages. All the messages were eerily similar. That I should "send them a message, and they will decide if they're interested", and all insisted I send them a message, which cost AM tokens. I followed up and sent each one a message, and. Have not heard a thing since. I still have some tokens left, so I'm sure once I'm completely out, they will reply back at that point. Each of the responses worded so similar was a red flag (figured they'd at least make an effort to not make it so obvious), so that's all it took for me.

I've sent out a few messages to other users and didn't get a reply. Maybe those are real, or maybe they're also waiting until I run out of tokens to reply, so I'll need to make another purchase in order to view those messages. I'm thinking this sorta works like an affiliate, and most of these accounts are employees, or get a commission if you make a purchase. Either way. Proceed at your own risk, and you've been warned.

Date of experience: September 4, 2020
Tennessee
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
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The vast majority of women on Ashley Madison are scammers, frauds, thiefs, etc. It's hard to sift throughout all the BS on the site, hoping to find just one person who is real.
The number of men on the vast range in the 100's if not thousands, compared to only very few women. So the competition is steep.
Most of the ladies on Ashley Madison are not attractive at all, that most seem to have weight problems, some very severe weight issues.
Don't waste your time, effort, energy, or money on this site

Date of experience: August 31, 2020
Louisiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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First off, if there are any positive reviews, they're written by people who operate the fake profiles on it. I had a girl add me to her favorites which then sends a message to me saying she's interested and wanting to talk. Ok, I purchase credits and message her and got no response. So I refined my search to those who have been online within the past 48 hours. Guess what? She wasn't. Now how in the hell has someone that hasn't been online in 48 hours sending me messages 20 minutes ago? Plus, if you read these girls profiles, the $#*! doesn't match. A girl that's 5'4" and weighs 105lbs is voluptuous? Or a girl that's 5'2" and weighs 185lbs is fit? Complete bull$#*!. Absolutely none of the profiles are real.

Date of experience: August 31, 2020
New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Totally FAKE
August 24, 2020

Total fake and fraud site, they were hacked and it turns out 5.5 million female profiles were FAKE! Please read:
https://www.eteknix.com/99-women-profiles-ashley-madison-fake/

Date of experience: August 24, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
9 helpful votes
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After you have tried the singles sites like I have something smacks u in the face! Heh wait a second y no response? Simple the site owners are brilliant! They will never tell u when the last time the person u r looking at logged on to their site! That's it simple u pay credits to message then no response. They make money u spent money no response the may have gotten married or stopped looking but they and the rest do this they can all go to hell! Z next utube video calling them out!

Date of experience: August 21, 2020
New York
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Zero stars
August 21, 2020

If I could give zero stars I would. Don't waste your money. It will cost you 9 credits to send a message. At 45 cents per credit for their lowest cost package it would be worth it if you knew you messaging a real person but there are so many fake profiles. They have no intention of verifying any profiles because they make most of their money from you messaging fake profiles. It's a sham. You are better off spending your money on sites that verify profiles or sites that don't charge you to send a message. I have messaged them and they have no intention of refunding any money you spend on fakes. It's a sham.

Date of experience: August 21, 2020
GB
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Average-Good
August 8, 2020

I switched to AM last year after all the hullabaloo with Victoria Milan. I found it ok and used it for four of 5 months. Had a few interesting chats but in the end decided there just weren't enough new women in my area being added so switched over to NoStringsAffair at the start of this year and have been using that ever since. For me its about having plenty of options locally or it just isn't worth it, so that's why I ended up cancelling AM and switching over. Good site otherwise though.

Date of experience: August 6, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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AM is great for women posting but for men prepared to be scammed in one way or another. I searched the Tri State area 200+ miles and discovered that 75% are fake profiles (no lie)! I was messaged by a nice woman warning me on how AM is scamming Men using those fake profiles. Most use automated messages to entice you to respond using your credits $$$$. Then nothing "crickets"
You also have a lot of single female posts looking for sugar daddies and generous men, You know what that means "wink wink"
Once you seen these cheesy messages, they are easy to spot. So bottom line once you weed out all the junk. This site is a ghost town. In the NY, NJ, CT area lmao..

Date of experience: July 25, 2020
Germany
1 review
15 helpful votes
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It's nothing less than scam, rip-off and prostitution thinly disguised as dating service for married. All the women I talked to wanted me to pay them for a date ( and for sex). They are scammers and they are preying on your money. AshleyMadison is absolutely phony! There are easier and less expensive ways to quench that erotic thirst. If you want something more adventurous AshleyMadison is useless and worthless: things are simple there: you pay the woman and maybe you will have sex.

Date of experience: July 21, 2020
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I used AM for 5 years and had a good experience until they "updated" the site. It's now largely unusable and I canceled my account. The ever increasing fees for credits didn't help either. Try anything else!

Date of experience: July 13, 2020
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Absolutely, positively, loaded with fake profiles! Also, the ones that do respond to you, will be scammers trying to lure you to another site. Or they get your phone number and try to get you to spend money of some phoney verification I.D. they say they need for you to have.
Lastly, I've been on on AM off and on for approximately 4 years. My last hiatus lasted almost a year. I couldn't believe the amount of the same women on there for the last 2 years. I'm convinced they're fake.
Would lkmd to find a really legit site similar to what AM is supposed to offer. No doubt, this will be my last go round with AM. It's gotten progressively worse over the last 4 years!

Date of experience: July 7, 2020
GB
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Dog $#*! and expensive, don't use AM, there's better websites and a hell of a lot cheaper.
Full of fake profile emailing you from all over the world, do yourself a favour and avoid.

Date of experience: July 1, 2020
Minnesota
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Ashley Madison is awash with fake female profiles. The whole business model is to lure men into purchasing points. Yes, there are some real profiles, but they are extremely rare. I read some of the positive reviews, and those reviews seem just as fake as some of the profiles I have read on AM. Sadly, I don't know of any other better sites, but if you're looking to find a partner, or even a short-term affair, you have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding one on this site.

Date of experience: June 30, 2020
Connecticut
1 review
38 helpful votes
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I am a male, so had to pay $75 to start an account. I posted real pics and some private pics. I quickly blew threw the $75 in messages. ($; 5 credits per message) After a couple of months I realized that probably 98% of women profiles are fake. The other 2% are shaved arangatangs that weigh over 300 lbs.So, as of 2020 you would be better off spending your money on literally anything else than Ashley Madison. Let's face it, why would a smoking hot woman need a dating site.

Date of experience: June 28, 2020
California
1 review
12 helpful votes
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7/10
June 19, 2020

I like AM, it's really simple to use. Another site I tried recently was nostrongsaffair after reading some good reviews. They actually look quite similar but in reality NSA seems to have some better features. But anyway, nothing wrong with AM as an option for beginners to affairs dating.

Date of experience: June 19, 2020

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