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Badoo Reviews Summary
Badoo has a rating of 1.5 stars from 607 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Badoo most frequently mention fake profiles, credit card and phone number. Badoo ranks 505th among Social Network sites.
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I was setup Badoo 4 months ago, I still waiting new girlfriend but many view my profile & went automated messages me still blanked 17 times & some who 'like' me no view my profile or message me first, some lovely women I been sent message still not reply me, I bet many fake profiles or scammers on Badoo, there no one any real UK women view my profile then message or chat me.
Need stop automated message me when someone view my profiles.
I live in UK & alone can't get girlfriend in UK area,
I not paid to premium is risky scam.
Just go night club or pubs meet more real people than dating online many fakes & scammers.
See my picture many automated message me.
They gave me a one time offer to buy premium features for only $5. I agreed gave them my payment details and they charged me $70 without my permission. They are lying to people and doing scam. This has to stop. I have to file a report in police station.
You aren't allowed to show ANY skin in your profile pics they deleted my account and blocked me because of the shirt I was wearing. Are you kidding me? No warning no nothing! Last time I checked this was supposed to be an adult dating site give me a break
Hi April,
Thanks for your review on our photo moderation guidelines.
After checking your photo, we can see that it is somewhat revealing and should be placed in your 'Private Photos' album. This is because we want Badoo to be a wholesome environment. If you think this is too strict, we'll be happy to record your feedback for our team and look into new ways of allowing such images on your own profile. However, for now, please be sure that you're meeting our guidelines when uploading new photos.
Badoo Team
I recently joined this site using their mobile app. The location states that there are several women that appeal to me within 100km of less in area's that are real but its an absolute scam designed to get you to upgrade for a myriad of reasons when, in reality you would end up with a bunch of obese tattooed bogans to choose from. Its a bit like OKC who never seem to have anyone in Australia or within 3000km and these free websites are such bull$#*! as they push all of the upgrade options. Can someone tell me in this era of equality why the hell men are the ones that have to pay?
Thanks for your review!
Our 'Encounters' feature uses top-notch technology to find people that you might be interested in. Because of this, there are several reasons why you may see people from other cities whilst playing Encounters:
1. From time to time, we might show you users outside your criteria if we believe that you might be interested in them.
2. Users who have voted for you while visiting your location will still be shown even if they aren't within your specified distance anymore.
3. Once you’ve voted on all the users in your area, our system will automatically find other users from places further away from your location.
Please let us know if you have any other questions. You can find our support tream at badoo.com/feedback or reach out to us on Facebook or Twitter with@BadooHelp.
Best way to break this down is in point form.
1. None of the attractive ones live in your country: 99% of the sexually appealing women require "150 credits" to talk to or the screen says "she is very popular, you need premium to chat with her". I once got 150 credits for free as a special offer so I could talk to one of these women. We ended up vibing until I asked her out. She was like "I'm sorry teehee, Actually I live in Brazil". Don't spend a cent on this garbage Jew app
2. Referring to point one: the fat/ugly ones you can chat to for free, any attractive women requires payment. Never pay a woman unless it guarantees sex (see a hooker).
3.3 years ago this app had real attractive local women you could talk to and meet face to face. I met some beautiful women off Badoo back in 2017.
4. The app is infested with shamal traps.
Hi Elliot,
Thanks so much for your review, we hope it will help us to improve as a platform.
In regard to the key points, we feel they are somewhat related to your expectations of other users appearance and unfortunately we do not control this. Badoo celebrates a diverse and inclusive community and we're happy that you're a part of it!
We hope that you find a more meaningful connection that isn't solely or heavily based on someone's looks but the genuine connection that can be created through sharing personalities.
SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THEY GRAB MONEY FROM YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT PERMISSION. DO NOT REGISTER! IT IS A SCAM!
I AM FILING A REPORT WITH THE POLICE. THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED!
Hello Pepitote,
We've attempted to reach out to you for further information to locate your Badoo account and look into this for you. Unfortunately, we didn't hear back from you which means we're unable to do this.
Please be assured that we would not allow a transaction to be processed without your prior authorisation. Since we're unable to identify the transaction you made with us, for more information on how purchases on Badoo work, please visit badoo.com/terms
Should you wish to speak with us regarding your purchase, you can contact our team at badoo.com/feedback or reach out to our team on social media with@BadooHelp.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Badoo Team
I joined Badoo few months ago and made an account. I am a transgender and I get hit on
A LOT and some guys even want to offer me money in exchange for meeting up with them. Truth be told I have never received any dime from anyone online. And yet some member reported me apparently for prostitution. With no warning, they blocked my account and I received an email informing me the nature of the complaint. I'm like wtf, how would they even verify that the member's report is true? It was that easy to be reported in badoo and get you blocked. I let it go, and few weeks later I tried making a new account. I tried 3 times, they keep blocking it apparently for breaking their guidelines on the first account. It felt very unfair to be judged with no credible basis. It felt dehumanizing and just aweful to be banned from something you cant even dispute about. Their decision was apparently final even if I emailed their support team. Yes, stay away from Badoo, it's not a great experience there. The company slams the door on to your face with no warning let alone legal basis. I am just appalled how a business treats its members very aweful.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review.
We're sorry to hear that the decision was made to block your profile. However, please be ensured that any complaints submitted within the Badoo app or via the Badoo website are thoroughly investigated and if it is found that you've broken our rules, we reserve the right to revoke your access to Badoo.
If you feel like this decision is incorrect, you are welcome to reach out to our team for a second investigation and we'll be happy to take a second look for you!
Badoo chat its not chat its place where guys reselling DRUGS and a lot sex efenders like always badoo dont check noone in every single profile you can see seling tina cristal drugs im hope one day badoo turn down because it's not meet chat its drugs dilling
Hi Sara,
Thanks for your review!
Please be assured that this is not the kind of activity that will be condoned on Badoo and we will take all necessary actions based on reports sent by you within the Badoo app or website. Would you mind reaching out to our team via email at badoo.com/feedback so we can investigate your reports of this activity?
We look forward to hearing from you.
Run by a greedy Armenian owner, it $#*!s you over EVERYWHERE it can, from accidentally showing you have less credits so you have to buy more, to automatically RECONNECTING your card after youve deleted it and charging it illegally.
Thanks for your review.
Please allow us to outline that your credits balance will never be reflected incorrectly. However, if you use credits on a service, the cost of the service will be deducted from your credits balance. We'll be happy to remind you how your credits were spent.
In regards to your stored payment method, this feature is optional and you can choose not to store your payment method during each purchase you make. If you continue with this option selected, your chosen payment method will be used to help you speed up making purchases on Badoo. Badoo operates within the law and we would never charge you for a service without your prior consent. If you would like us to take a look at your billing settings and purchase history, please send us a message containing your registered email address or phone number and we will look into this further.
I joined several weeks ago, paying for one week. I then paid for one day. As i am housebound due to a knee op, yesterday i subscribed for ONE WEEK AT 4.99. But i was billed 3 x £4.99! When i contacted them they said i had subscribed three times. Each time for one week! And won't refund me. Disgraceful
Hi Richard,
As explained when making your purchase, Badoo Premium is a subscription-based service which is subject to renewal unless cancelled via your payment settings.
Our response to you on email outlines that your subscription had renewed three times, rather than purchasing the same subscription period on three separate occasions.
If you have any further questions about how Badoo Premium works, you are welcome to message us and we'll be happy to provide further clarity on the topic.
Badoo was great 10 years ago, i had many encounters and had regular conversations in the site. At the time you could customize your profile with a welcome message, you could search people with filters for children, marital situation, size, colour of hair and so on...
But Badoo had a change of policy, they remove all these options (now this is about pictures only). I no more talking to anyone, i stay on the site, but without any expectation, because the amount of men and women makes you never get an answer...
Badoo likes money and you see it clearly visiting their site, you want send a message, use credits, you want to know who like you use credits... a pop up? Buy credits...
The fact Badoo tries to record your phone number or your Facebook every time is very disturbing too, and shows this site isnt trustworthy
Why paying for a site who takes such a bad direction, if i had to pay one day, i would have done it 10 years before when the site looked like something.
This led to other copies like POF, Lovoo, which use the same stupid policy
People not pay to talk, talking is a basic freedom, and to pay for Badoo you will get better results to go to a bar every day. These sites are in the best case passive towards scammers, maybe creating them themselves.
This is a lack of analysis for Badoo, they make themselves awful, as they remove every good function of the site for no reason... and i wont register to a company who makes bad decisions
New feature: the live function: awful, you got lot of pretty photoshop pics, but when you enter the cam different story, there you can give credits to users for doing stupid things like singing a song... keep your money, there are adult webcams to do that. Badoo cams are vulgarity kingdom, but it remains soft
I dont understand how Badoo cant analyse what this site has become so bad when it was the best years before, this is sabotage, but the content of the site is not the priority if Badoo, because its priority is easy money
You can't send messages unless you pay for "credits" and a lot of the times people either don't reply OR they're mad far from where you are. If you're lucky enough to get a reply, most likely the conversation will die out soon due to lack of vocal communication or they are lame a** bit**es. Sorry not sorry
Thank you for your review!
You can message most people for free, and contact anyone you match with. If you don’t want to wait until the user likes you back, you can still use credits to initiate a conversation with her.
This provides the best experience for all our users, as many have asked us to help manage the number of messages they get.
Improve your chance to get matches by adding your best photos and playing Encounters.
Thank you for your understanding.
They force me suddenly to verify my photo. I don't want this. Nothing to do with being fake i just don't want to give them access to my mobile phone with the app, i never use the app, always online via chrome webbrowser. Now i cannot use the site anymore but the worst thing is, i want to delete my account and this isn't possible anymore too!
Hi Fiona,
We're sad to hear you don't want to verify your profile but we do understand your scepticism when it comes to security. However, please allow us to assure you that we will not have unsolicited access to your mobile device, just your camera in order for you to take your photo to verify your profile. This permission is not in use unless you are taking the photo or taking a new photo of yourself to add to your profile, we're extremely respectful with device permissions. You can read more about this at badoo.com/privacy.
We'd also hate to see you go because of this but if you really want to delete your profile, you may reach out to our team at badoo.com/feedback or message our support team on Facebook, Twitter of Instagram with@BadooHelp. Be sure to use or include the email address you used to create your Badoo profile as this will help us to locate your profile and speed up the process.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Badoo Team
This site has full of nutters.
I dated someone for a while who was married and is posing as single hardcore.
Reported him and they didnt bat an eyelid.
As said In my comment usually sites cancel accounts when something like that happens
Thanks for your review Chrysanthi.
We really appreciate your feedback on this and we can understand your frustration.
While this is generally frowned upon and dishonest, unfortunately, since the user has not violated our guidelines or broken the law, we're not able to ban them from Badoo for simply lying about their current relationship status.
We sincerely hope that this does not effect your experience going forward and we hope that you do encounter users who are more honest with their current status.
If you feel there is anything we can do to improve your experience, please feel free to reach out to our team at badoo.com/feedback, or find our support team on social media with@BadooHelp.
Kindest regards,
Badoo Team
I thought they have different plans of premiums example 1 week's, 3 month's or 1 year's usage. It turns out they take away monies from my bank account every single week. I am lodging a police report tomorrow for they've cheated me $14 in total but hey it's still monetary deduction withoht my consent. There's no buttons to terminate the charges. What a waste. I thought it was good at first. Now this unconsented charges they take from my bank account. Grrr...
Thanks for your review!
Badoo Premium is a subscription based service, therefore, if you purchase the 7 day subscription, your Badoo Premium will automatically renew every 7 days. For instructions on cancelling your subscription, you can visit your payment settings from your Badoo profile or contact our team at badoo.com/feedback
This site is the WORST dating site I have ever been on. Illegally charging my PayPal account - blocking me because I was using the site on two different platforms... FAKE profiles... Badoo has it all. Just not in a good way. AVOID AVOID AVOID.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for sharing your experience. We're sorry it hasn't been a pleasant one.
We'd be happy to double check the decision to block your profile and the status of your transaction. If you're eligible for a refund, as per the terms you agreed to, we'll be glad to action this for you. Please message us with your registered email address or phone number (including country prefix) and we'll look into this for you.
Hope to hear from you!@BadooHelp
Dissappointed by my experience with Badoo dating: I discovered that even with a paid account I could only contact about 10 percent of the female profiles. I could send about another ten percent of profiles a message, but then I had to buy "credits". So it would cost around 1 euro per sent message
Making it a very expensive site imo.
Badoo moderating is poor: I noticed several profiles with fake (instagram) photos, but after contacting Badoo no action was taken.
Men pretending to be women: again, no response or action by Badoo's moderators.
This reduces the credibility of their site.
About one in six female profiles has a fake location indicated. These women appear to be in my country, but in reality often are living in a different continent!
Hey William,
Thank you so much for taking the time to review Badoo.
You can message most people for free, and contact anyone you match with. If you don’t want to wait until the user likes you back, you can still use credits to initiate a conversation. The amount of credits is always shown before you send a message so that you are aware of how many credits would be required to perform this action.
In regards to moderation on Badoo, we have a dedicated team of moderators working around the clock and around the world to ensure Badoo remain safe and fun. We're sad to hear that you've encountered some suspicious profiles on Badoo and we can only encourage you to report this to our moderation team by using the 'Report Profile' option available in multiple locations across our platform. If you have any specific questions about our reporting and moderation process, please do reach out to and we'll be happy to answer your questions. Alternatively, you can refer to our community guidelines (badoo.com/guidelines) for further information.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns, we're happy to help! You can find our BadooHelp team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with@BadooHelp, or contact our support team at badoo.com/feedback.
This site is horrible. I used to take this site very seriously in the beginning but no more. A bunch of sex-crazed, disease infested, and money hungry men, looking for a female to use. Some of these men look for hard-working stable women to use. Most of them still live at home with their Mama, already have children, "small children at that," and sometimes babies, looking for a woman to take care of them. Really?
Others are married with kids, yet they say that they are separated, but that is all a lie. They are looking for a one-night stand. They start by being kind to you online and talkin sweet online. Once they meet with you they just want to have sex right there on the spot and most of them "DO NOT"... want to even use a Condom, "YES" you heard it right!
Their presentation is horrible and very unprofessional. I have had guys meet me 1) With alcohol on the breath, 2)Drunk, 3)Horny, 4)Sweaty, and just plain disrespectful, "Seriously," Not A Joke!
They will try and take you to a near by bar and pressure you just enough to get you tipsy or drunk even so they can have their way with you. They will try to force alcohol on you whether you drink or not. This site is so trashy and corrupt, and very dangerous I do not consider this site appropriate and no longer do I consider this site safe it's plain "DISGUSTING!
I had sent messages to women who I had alleged to have matched. Not one reply, I even asked a couple to just say not interested to prove they where not fake profiles and guess what no reply! The way the site wants to get its hands on you money is very impressive. I was told to do online dating but it seems dating sites are just after your money.
A distinct and flagrant absence of transparent processes sums of this dishonest company. I have created a number of accounts in the past all of which were blocked. Its only recently that I contacted Badoo and questioned the reason. I was informed that I was sexually explicit in my username. On one username I will hold my hands up. So lets be VERY clear here. I am a gay man in an agreed open relationship. I am very clear in my profile what I am looking for which is no strings sex fun and am also equally clear about the rile I adopt in any sexual meeting. Many (not all) people join this site to meet up for casual sex or sometimes a full on relationship. I believe this to be a form of Homophobia and also theft and fraud. I created a new profile yesterday and today added over £60 at which point I was notified the my new account was blocked. My profile was clear but not offensive and had a non sexualised username. I am determined to recover my money and seek a legal direction with regard to a potential future action against this wholly dishonest company.
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Hi Neil,
Thank you so much for your feedback.
As Badoo is a free website to join, in some cases there are individuals who create profiles on our site with false intentions. We take the security of our users very seriously and assure you that we do our best to implement the most effective solutions to remove these profiles from Badoo. To assist us in this process, we encourage you to report any profiles to us that you may find suspicious. We also recommend that you visit the following page to find some safety and security tips: badoo.com/safetytips
We apologize for any inconvenience, and please do reach out to us at badoo.com/feedback if you have any further questions.