Maybe I was lucky or Idont know, but I wills say in my experience this website is real.
I read other comment below saying that men only sit on their butt and wait for the women to do the forst move, bu honestly I dont know how this person did it or how was her/ his age or appearance but in my case this is completely inaccurate.
I went straight forward and decide what I was looking for: age, looks, nacionality religion and even if they have or not kids ( which for me was in important). I showed my profile pics and send it, to be honest Im not the kind of woman who does the firs move, never did in my real life why doiung it in a website (I had my doubts ant that satge) so I waited for man, and messages starting to poor one after another, I wouldnt say that I spoke to everyone but the ones I spoke to had good conversation, days passed by until I found the person that for me was THE ONE (at least the one to keep on contact with)
We spoke on the site for couple days, than over whatsapp then week after over Skype, I confirmed we was not a Psycho and then big step, meeting in person across the continents, couple times I went to see him, he came to my country 2 years later we are married. So I think it works deoending what you are looking for and whats your actitud at the moment to get into those sites, Im not saying that some peopole or porfiles are scam but in my case it turned out the best decision in my life!