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CharmDate has a rating of 2.6 stars from 699 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CharmDate most frequently mention contact information, total scam and good luck. CharmDate ranks 4th among Russian Dating sites.
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I've been using this site for over a year. It is a scam site. None of the girls will give out their contact information. I've tried to give my email to various girls. The site always blocks some portion of my email. No matter how hard I tried to disguise it.
CharmDate will even block a portion or all of you email when you email a girl using their premium messaging. It cost $8 US dollars to send or view a message.
As Jay S mentioned: "it feels like they(the girls) get paid a portion when you use your credits to reach out to them." If you want to just use the site to check out some hot European tail, then good site. For actually make a connection and possible meet in real life, Not going to happen.
Within 1 week i had 300 requests from what was most all models. I am 47 and 5.6 i am not a model. So the reasons for why 300 will be contacting me that would not give me a time of day in the UK are few.
I went in aware its likely a scam but kept my mind open. For 1 credit its $8.1 credit equals 1 picture you open when sent one by the girl. I didn't know this until i had zero balance so watch out. They send you pics to trick you to use up credits so you buy more.
In chat 1 credit lasts around 5 min text chat. The site has made every possible effort to prevent you from sharing information to meet up. Thus the goal of the site is not for you to meet any of them. Its just a revenue tool for the site owners to make money out of unsuspecting people. Without any intent to have any meet up. The text messages go through a filter. She said all the good stuff you would say to someone you liked or fancied.
I tried various means to get info to the person i was talking to. She would say it was received as***** or my picture i uploaded was blurred.
As a last test i wrote down my email and put it up to the camera on camshare. She said she could see it when i had to asked 4 times. She didnt write it down and when questioned she said she took a screen shot. She implied she was in watford and we should meet up. Wanted my address, but i would not provide it. I said i wont be going back as the site is a rip off. As £100 just for pics and around 20 min chat is crazy. I said if she wanted to meet up to use my email i provided. So far nothing. I gave the site a fair chance to be genuine and with someone in their 40s. If after £100 your not able to exchange details then you know its a complete scam. Stay away gents.
I was extremely selective on who I wrote to. I looked for "normal" bios, and at least a few non doctored photos. Initial conversations seemed encouraging. I began to notice more and more responses that were off topic. Random and even contradictory at times. If the earlier were not so on point I would have wrote it off to language barrier. It seems the closer you get to being able to get their contact info, the more distant the conversations ran. As well, the war didn't seem to effect them nearly as much as i would have expected. I also found that the call, and live text feature were conveniently not available when it seemed time to do communicate this way. I shut down a few conversations and told them I didn't want to chat anymore, and they still continue to send messages. I believe they get paid a portion when you use your credits to reach out to them. I'm sure there are a few real women on here. But, you will spend thousands trying to find them. It's a scam for the most part. Go else where and save your money.
Hallo bin seit 2 Jaren M utglied und Nutzer der "Charmdate" Seite, aber nach der Aufladung der Coins über die Kreditkarte immer 15 Coins wurden nach 2 Antworten auf mein Profil ca. 12-13 Coins abgezogen...! = Abzocke der gekauften Coins immer wieder gekommt nan(N) eine Abrechnungs-Historie d. Gefälscht ist. Da ich den Computer oder das Portal nicht nutzete.!
Finger weg das sind betrüger die nur euer Geld wollen, die Damen scheinen zu 60 % mit zu verdienen, ob sie echt sind weis man leider nicht.!
Ein enttäuchter Nutzer der mehrere Hundert Euro / Dollar für nichts ausgegeben hat!
Armselig und unter Vorsatz betrogen woren.!
Ein Nutzer
Even the name is a fraud! Charm date? Lol Should be called Charm Chat! The site blocks any attempt to arrange a real date, and women here in my opinion are all getting paid to keep men spending here. I have been on the site for 8 months and even Ukrainian women who are living in the US some less than 25 miles from me won't even agree to a cup of coffee, preferring to remain on the site for months at a time and thousands of dollars spent. I'm done with this site, I realize they have no incentive to allow people to meet in person, think about it they lose a beautiful girls profile that attracts more customers, and they lose the man who is pursuing them with his dollars if the couple meets for real! I've never read of one single success story at all on this site, nor have I seen one picture of a successful couple who met there on any independent site! Good luck to those who continue to believe the lies about a real date the women of all ages promise! Maybe paying for virtual relationship is some people's thing, but it's not for me, I need real! Peace and my support to Ukraine and the good people of the country! Doug
PS, considering the current situation with Russia and Ukraine I also have concerns about where the money is actually going, I have suspicion that there is a connection with Russia profiting from this site and believe it should be looked into further. Just my opinion.
This mob and many others are full of lies, they cheat all western men of their dreams saying they are treated badly by their men. The truth is if they provided a relationship for their man he would do the same, sadly women or fake sites play on men because they only want his money to chat with dreams of the perfect relationship which they fail to provide to local men so use western guys until they find the one they want. I have search for over 20 years for a woman there and every pattern is the same, pay for chat and they want you so the day you have their contact details you are subject to fake identity, or accused of being rude because you said Hello or you find them on site looking for another. Take some advice from an expert, leave them where they are. Just look recently, these women are in a War Zone but business is as Usual only because they are fake and answer you from places like Hong Kong or London, Sorry it a sad fake scam
I log in almost everyday to check new profiles and chat with people that I know. I got replies which is why I like this site. People are down to earth. But one thing that bugs me is: the live chats sometings lag. I know it's not the other person who is typing or replying too slowly. It's the lag. The charge is keep going so the lag charges as well. This is not fair. Although it doesn't happen all the time, but it happens. You don't try to do something about it?
I have signed up for long time but haven't used it for a while. Recently I went back to it and found that many profiles are just the same when I left. I mean, how can you be so lazy if you really want to meet new people and let people get to know you? Searching for profiles is free which is the good part of charm-date. You can basically search endless profiles. That used to be my passing time. Usually there are new photos updated from time to time. It gives you some new excitement. Why did you stop refreshing now? The video feature is what I like most about this site. I think it's all about videos now, pictures are not enough to tell people who you really are. You can watch some for free that's cool. Try it before deciding if you want to spend on it. Can you upload some more recent videos? I like to scroll down the newsfeed every morning. This could be big improvement.
This is the 4th time i was going to have a dat on this site. And nobody showed up. I am 55 and and want woman from 45 and up. But nono. Still the same. It is a fake site.
I have been hopefull. I did meet my ex from an other site. But this one is bad. Very bad.
But even on the other site they will take you for a ride. Never trust the translator. You will pay 4 times the real price when having a dinner. Well this woman is not to trust. She is good. And she is 35.
They never let us share contact address and number with those girl we want. So if we dont share contact number how we can go to meet!
So they want always you spend money for noting!
CD provides "conversation" written by staff, "messages" written by customers can only be by the customer
On my recent vid3chat with saud said lady something didnt seem right. Its 5am over in Ukraine last nite and noticed the video chat from here was looping. She said a couple of things she pwanyed to show me, but It seems tgat site overide her camera and damn chat was looping and froze twice, Im wondered if they screen your every chat and block your enail address everytime. Thats invasion of privacy in my books. Anyone else experience the same thing.
All these Russian/Ukrainian dating sites like Goldenbride, Charmdate, Jump4love and UAdates are a scam. These women are being paid a commission to communicate with you or it is a third party communicating as the woman. Notice how all these "Professionals" all use the same photographic studio or the same photographer. Perfect hair and makeup) hell if you are really observant they all wear the same clothes. It appears all the website are working through the same agency because they are all using the same photos. Look at the letters they send you. Basically it's a computer generated form letter they fill out with your name attached at the top; or sometimes it will just say Name) they also will cut a paste from other letters as well. I had one send me back the same letter I sent to her) with a few changes. If you look at the multiple sites you will see the same women; using different profile information, i. E., different jobs, A doctor on one site and a cosmetologist or an designer on another)) The only people getting benefits from this are the websites and the women; they are making tons of cash off of vulnerable older men primarily. I have exposed so many of these scammers I take great pleasure in messing with them. Do yourself a big favor and check out a website called vk.com this is the Russian/Ukrainian version of Facebook. I assure you if you search this site you'll most likely find the woman you are communicating with. These women are attention whores and love to post everything regarding their lives. Then you'll know the truth. Trust me if it's really her and you ask for communication on vk which is free, suddenly all the excuses start or they will say its not them managing the account. I heard that many times too)) Additionally, do a google reverse image search on their personal photos; not the website photos you'll be amazed at where some of the photos can take you. My advice, stay the hell away from these emotional prostitutes; they are nothing but money sucking leeches.
As far as any rebuttal from the websites they are just covering their asses; they have zero credibility and are completely complicit in the fraud!
Total scam from start to finish. Email me if you like to know more. I have a epic story. The woman are apart of it. The site will do anything. I was in Kiev as well and they made arrangements to make it seem that it was real.
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Pictures are from Escort services in Russia and Ukraine. Chat user are often just someone in a shift working but not the women on the picture. You can cross check this with the calling function. Woman supposed to be online, of course only for text chat and in the same time you can't call this woman. Not available. In one absolutely clear case they use even an influencer with 150k follower in Poland and put this picture on the page. Check * on Insta and the same person on Charmdate. She is sitting in a pool with friends, just yesterday (insta story) and in the same time she was online on Charm. GUYS, ITS A BIG FRAUD THIS PAGE.
*Personal information redacted by admin
I think the very essence of the site is beautiful. They did everything for us. So that we find the right person. Yes, you can talk to someone a couple of times, understand that nothing is wrong and move on.
I am still yet to adjust to what this site has to offer. I must confess that I wanted to use it to while up my time while in lockdown. But, now, it seems like it has a lot to offer and maybe one day I will be able to find that special person.
The app was good but now it's annoying me. Each time I try to open my messages or logging in, it keeps on saying an error has occurred plus I think picture quality is an issue. Some have some low quality and flow within pics while scrolling isn't the best. Its sluggish. Appreciate your work though.
This site is al about getting your money. Dishonest to the core. Women are being exploited (used, to be polite) to attract men and spend their money. There is no way to actually make real, honest contact.
I met a girl on Facebook who recognised my profile picture on the site and she said that the girls are paid to write men to keep them on the site. Nataly is her name and she left the site because she disagreed with the policy of pressuring the girls to reply to the men. I have proof that a girl asked me to marry her in the UK for $100k. And I was waiting for her to arrive in the UK. But this was the first lockdown. She would write me letters and had Pictures. 1 Credit to see the letters and 1 Credit to see the pictures. At £27.99 for 3 Credits. I spent thousands of pounds talking to her on chats and live video stream. I asked the site for her contact details. And they said that its $300. So I found someone online who got me any girl on any site for £80 or 100 Euros. And I sent friend requests to 2 girls and emails and they ignored me. They didn't want free communications. Olena Bashaeva tricked me. She wrote me lot's of Letters saying how much she loves me and wants to meet me. But she would not talk off the site. And Ekaterina Babich ignored my email and Skype's.So they just wanted to keep me on the site.
Answer: My verdict after a year of using Charmdate: it's total fraud! I had been in a close contact with many girls for a year until I finally left the site. Now I'm convinced that pretty much all of them were scammers. I had not met any of them! All of them suddenly came up with some kind of excuse in the last minute as to why they couldn't have a real meeting with me. Bullsh*t! It can't be a coincidence when I had 4 dates on http://j4Iove.com After using it for 3 months only. Can you explain the difference? There is just one realistic explanation: Charmdate women were fakes and scammers.
Answer: The question "Can I trust the site" is easy. The answer is no. The real question is "can I trust the girl" and that is harder to answer since there are some real women on the site. Here are some things to consider. Many men have signed up for tours or independent visits to meet a girl only to have the site call at the last moment and tell them they either have found someone else or decided they were not interested. By that time they already have their ticket and "tour" booked and paid for. We don't know if your girl is real or not and you might find yourself a "victim" of their fraud. Before you trust her, you need to be able to separate her from the site and confirm the relationship independent of the agency. There are ways of doing this. Ask her to send pictures that she has posted on her private web sites. Google them and make direct contact. I googled any picture of wome writing to me. Many were on VK.com, the equivalent of facebook. So I set up an account there and contacted the ladies. Most immediately blocked me. One who did not simply told me she would ONLY correspond with me on Charming date. You can also try to find a way to give her your phone number and ask her to call you collect. Most of the time your letters will be edited to prevent such information so you'd have to be creative. Tell her about a 2025 mile trip you took and fill out the rest of the telephone number with number of gas station stops meals eaten, people visited, etc etc. If you really want to you can call her, assuming you are actually talking to her and not a fake agent. Find out where she works. Call there and get her direct number. Try anything. But so long as you are only writing emails, you should assume little correspondence between the profile and the emails you are getting. Odds are if you are corresponding with a real woman, much of your correspondence has been "enhanced" or even written by the agency and you will have to start over getting to know her. Independent studies indicate that you have a higher chance of marrying a translator for the agency than you do of marrying the girl to whom you thought you were writing.
Answer: Do they get paid? Not in a conventional way set up in a western society. Charming Date, gets its women from "affiliates" in Ukraine. These "dating groups" go out and advertise for women, who are seeking western men. The site pays the "affiliates" money for each women's profile they get to use the site. I CANNOT definitely say that the affiliate groups are set up to pay the women. They feed them a lot of bullshit about how easy it is to marry a western man. In Ukraine, the average salary is about 200 bucks a month. A lot of these women love that country, but want a better life. The dating sites know this and use this as their leverage to get women to sign up. They really BELIEVE that someone is going to marry them. That is their dream and the dating sites tell them that the dream will never be realized if they are not exposed to a society (western) that can give them a better life. Not all of those women are scammer's. You have groups within the affiliated dating service group, that is filled with nothing but scammers. I am SURE that the leader of these groups ASK to be paid for each women they get to sign up.If they DO pay a woman, she is not getting hardly anything at all. A Ukrainian woman is not going to get rich advertising herself online at different dating sites. I would say she is lucky if she even gets 10% of a reply. And then that is eaten up by all the photo-shopping that is done to make them look more beautiful. She is stuck, she does not realize how hard it is to get her out of the Ukraine because the dating site will not ever tell her of the VISA restrictions that are attached to Ukrainian citizens when it comes to visiting the West. But the dating site is her only hope., so she stays with it not because of the little she may be getting, but because she believes that she will find a real husband from the west. To the dating sites, she is nothing but the product they advertise to make money off of, and some of the women have gotten hip to that. I have had a couple talk to me seriously about how they felt they were not being informed on how hard it is to marry a western man because of the restrictions on the average Ukrainian's VISA. The dating site WANTS you to fall in love with one, wants you to keep buying credits, spending money, and if you are communicating with a lady from one of the crooked affiliate sites, she will be encouraging you to keep writing, or will try to seduce you with words. A real lady does not do that, even in the sites. If you tell her the site is too high, she wants to know how much you pay. If you tell her you can only write her once a week, she will tell you that she will cherish each letter you send. If you are in a site that has video chat, you can SEE the very woman you are talking too, which Charming Date may have now. A true Ukrainian woman will introduce you to her family through the video chat, show you her brothers and sisters, because Ukrainians are all about family. They are proud of their families and want them to meet you. I have done this several times at another site and even send emails to them without the use of a site, but it costs them a lot of money to respond to you, to have what you send to them interpreted. CharmingDates plays this game two ways, they pimp the woman without her knowing how hard it will be to get this dream, and they scam you thinking you are just going to find a wife here just by a few chats or letters. You might, but you can bet you will be spending a lot of money to send and respond to letters. CharmingDate cheats on their chat feature by NOT giving you the full time you pay for, and they DO have women, who are members of the dating site, answering chat invitations. So, that should tell you something right there. Because there seem to be no restrictions or laws governing these crooked affiliate sites from Ukraine, this will not ever stop. But... there are a few sites out there that you can really meet some decent, nice, attractive and respectful women from Ukraine. After you have been around for awhile, you can smell a scam a mile away. A real Ukrainian woman will SURPRISE you with how friendly she is. She will SHOCK you with how humble she is. All she wants... is for you to be her friend and she HOPES, that it becomes more than that. There are many, many attractive women there. This I learned AFTER my first post here. But because there are so many, the men there take them for granted and will leave them in a minute. They are there, they are in Charming Date, but there is so many frauds and scammers there also, the dating site can easily get out of trouble by saying they have no policies at all governing the affiliates who sell them profiles of women they recruit. The site says "no scams", that is true for any society that has laws, but they do not get these women from a society based on that. So, it is easy for a woman and the company she works for, to scam the site, which I am sure... they know it. Good luck out there! Search the sites hard, there are some Ukrainian women that are really worth your time and attention. I am continuing to find out more and more about Ukraine. It is a very interesting place. It also seems that, the more you seem to want to know about their country, the more honest women are attracted to you. The more intelligent you act towards them, the more credible the women seem to get. It seems like a word goes around the country that says" this guy has a real interest in our country, he is worth being serious with" The truth be told, a lot of dudes, pay that little money to those women, and want nothing but virtual sex from them. That is how I believe the scammers got a foothold in the industry. The cry for immoral (smile). Everything you have read here is based on my personal opinion, on things I have learned while talking and dealing with women from Ukraine. When they were asking me about the unrest in America, about holidays, about how streets look like, you can assume... she is probably on the level. She will NOT EVER ask you for a DIME, nor will she send sob stories about someone in her family being sick. The true Ukrainian woman, for all her humbleness, is still a very PROUD woman. She may not have ANYTHING, but she will not ask anything from you! Personally... I think if you get a chance to get ahold of a true one? That Slavic woman is going to love you to death, no matter WHAT you look like... just have a decent heart and treat her correctly.
Answer: I flew to Kiev and found this site to be much of what others have said. The woman are paid. Local model agencies refer girls to this site to make extra money. One girl told me she made fifty per cent of what she brought in. When I surprised a couple of girls that I was in Kiev vacationing they were all of a sudden leaving Kiev on there own vacation. I found meeting girls in Kiev at bar/restaurant I was much better off. If you notice girls send you the same pictures just to build their tally and so on. If you stick to a letter a week and see where it goes from there it will keep your costs low if you want to keep investigating this site. But my recommendation is travel to Kiev during winter and Oddessa during summer and see what happens.
Answer: It's a fake and scam site.
Answer: Any positive feedback here about Charm Date is a complete lie. Don't believe anything.
Answer: They will not do this. I actually wrote them about a month, maybe two back about policies. This was one of them I wondered about and they said they do not provide that service anymore. They also do not support IMBRA.
Answer: You have to request them to do this. I would delete all your photos, and erase everything you can. Then make the request.
Answer: This site appears to be a complete rip off, far too expensive, gives nothing in return except endless chat.
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