J A.

I spoke with my bank today about fraudulent charges from these web sites (amolatina.com; anastasiadate.com; asiandate.com). There were a handful of unauthorized charges which, fortunately, the bank stopped since they appeared fraudulent.

I did authorize a payment of $2.99 to each site based on a special they were having, but there were additional charges at later dates which I did not authorize.

There's no greater target of fraud, it seems, than men who are simply looking to connect with someone special.

UPDATE (2-10-16): I tried using a visa gift card to limit potential overcharges. I authorized a payment of $9.99. I then opened about 3 letters and tried to respond to one. When I tried to send it, it said I needed more credits. I tried to authorize a second payment (foolishly) only to find out the gift card, which started with $30, only had a bit under $5 left on it. Furthermore, after signing up, the seemingly endless attempts by women to contact me via live chat stopped almost instantly.

I also was contacted by someone on this site who claims to be from Anastasiadate who requested my member ID number and was threatening to remove my comment here if I didn't provide it to him. I provided my number to him, but I strongly recommend staying away from these sites.