“Reviewing LoveMeDates.com: Exposing its Deception with a Fraudulent Check in April 2023”

LoveMeDates.com is an online dating platform where users apparently can meet people for casual hookups. The creator of this portal is Ruby Bell Ltd, a British company based in Thorpe-Le-Soken, England. During our investigations for this review, we found that this website hosts a fake chat populated by fictitious profiles. Therefore, you may never find a real date here. It is all for virtual “entertainment,” so do not waste your money on this scam.

Sultry chat

When we logged in with our brand new boring profile, we started receiving messages from other users. Part of our evaluation method consists of creating an account that should go unnoticed among normal human users. If there are chatbots, or the system is programmed to send automated messages to new users, we will receive a lot of undeserved attention. This is precisely what happened on LoveMeDates.com. Explicit messages started filling our inbox right away.

You may wonder how anyone would buy into this scam at all. Just keep in mind that most users do not pay attention to legal disclaimers. Furthermore, it is not that strange to believe all that attention is authentic, especially if you have taken the time to upload your best profile picture and have written something interesting about yourself. We know from experience that if these rip-offs did not work, they would not be all over the internet.

The following excerpts are taken from the Terms and Conditions

13.1. Fra tid til anden, mens du bruger vores tjenester, kan du interagere med automatiserede onlinekonti og/eller falske profiler, hvor alt dets indhold er blevet genereret af enten: a) rigtige personer, som kun er blevet kontrakt eller ansat af os til formålene angivet nedenfor; eller/og b) af automatiserede programmer eller scripts, hvilke dialoger, ingen virkelig eksisterer og udelukkende er blevet genereret ved programmering ("Automatiserede profiler").

15.1. All notices, requests, demands and other communications that You may send to Ruby Bell Limited under these Terms shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered personally, telecopied (with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or delivered by an express courier (with confirmation).

Dangerous subscription

To access the premium features of this dating service, it is necessary to purchase a subscription. Fishy operators often make it complicated to cancel these memberships, or they ignore cancellation requests altogether. On LoveMeDates.com, the operator has strict requirements for canceling your subscription. The notification must be in written form, either personally handed, faxed, by traditional snail mail, or through a courier, and always with a confirmation receipt. In other words, email is not accepted. Giving up your membership requires quite a bit of logistics. This is a huge red flag you should not ignore.