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Michigan
1 review
5 helpful votes
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It is what it is
April 24, 2016

Dating site or booty call. Pretty much booty call site. Found out my boyfriend was on there. Also found my friend (who is married) on here... be careful and don't get your hopes up if you are looking for something serious...

Date of experience: April 24, 2016
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely vile
May 30, 2021

My account have been blocked because someone reported me I no who it was some man messaged me asking for sex and I said I rather $#*! in my hands and clap and he said I was ugly and horrible and I said if he was the last man on earth I did go lesbian. Badoo doesn't care about sexual harassment the amount of times I have had to tell dirty slam bag men off. Definitely a mans world in badoo woman have no say on badoo absolutely disgusting the way I have been treated if there was a zero star I would have given that. I haven't got the message from the exact person but I no who it was, I have attached picture of the kind of messages I receive all the time.

Date of experience: May 30, 2021
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey Jen,

We are sorry to hear this. We block anyone that violates our guidelines.
We assure you we have a 0 tolerance policy to any sort of harassment and block anyone that does so.
If you would like us to look into this for you please contact us on@BadooHelp on any social media form with your registration details and we can look into this for you.

-BadooHelp

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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These people are crooks. They still charged my card almost $70 after I canceled my trial. I never used the service because most of the accounts on there are spammers aka cam girls and it is a waste of money. They refused to refund my money even though I cancelled the day after I signed up.

Date of experience: March 21, 2021
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey there,

The trial must be cancelled before the two weeks is over. This would have been explained in the Terms and Conditions before the original purchase If you would like us to look into this for you please contact us on@BadooHelp with your registration details and we can look into this together for you!

-Reme

California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Used Badoo for about a year... I tbh thought I'd met a few weird and nutty ladies prior to any Internet dates... But there's a lot of needy and disfunctional women here... Although I met my first ever online date here whom was a sweet wee angel... She obviously set a high standard but was a decline fromm there I'm afraid...

Date of experience: March 20, 2016
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Blocked
May 6, 2021

Well someone that was outside of my selected preferences reported me for hate speech after I told them I wasn't interested. Badoo gave me a yellow warning, I messaged badoo and complained they then banned me out of spite. They refuse to unban me. Found me guilty and blocked me just because they can, they are tyrants.

It's everyone's human right to have the sexual preferences they pick. If I or anyone else want only females then it's only right to expect only females and vice versa. Etc etc
Under their own terms and conditions it says about impersonating a person in with the intent to deceive and confuse others is not allowed, so block the person that was wrongly listed as something they aren't.
If they wish to pretend to be a robot martian cat dog what ever they can but I won't be forced to play along with a false delusion. As badoo says it's honest dating, be yourself etc etc all lies it seems, you can't be honest or yourself because you get banned

Date of experience: May 6, 2021
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey Lew,

We block anyone that violates our guidelines. We need to take the harshest of measures to ensure the protection of our community.
If you would like us to look into this again for you, you can always contact us on@BadooHelp with your registration details and we can have another look. Hope this helps.

-BadooHelp

Costa Rica
1 review
3 helpful votes
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After i paid them for super powers, i turned off the auto renew feature to make sure they didn't charge me again. Guess what? They charged me again anyway. Then, i tried to go to their website to demand my money back and guess what? No website. No i am disputing the charge with paypal. The female profiles on badoo are fake and the girls never respond.

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hi there!

Sorry to hear you've had a bad experience with us.

You can contact us on any of our customer support channels: either at or on social media ( or ) and we'll look into this for you.

However, please note that Auto top-up refers to the automatic refill feature for credits; when you fall below 200 credits, you can select to automatically top up your balance. However, this is not related to your Super Powers subscription. Super Powers is a separate service and requires cancellation of the recurring subscription; instructions on how to do this were provided when you made the purchase.

Please drop us a message and we'll see what we can do!

We hope this helps!

Tim T.
Idaho
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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worked in the past
December 3, 2018

I used this site off and on for 10 years. I met two gals on here. Both were in cities away from where I live. Both were women I saw on more than one occasion. And both women were wonderful. There were certainly lots, and lots of misses. But hey, being married and meeting up with two wonderful women while traveling was fantastic.

Date of experience: December 2, 2018
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I was last on Badoo over a year ago, and deleted the profile within 10 minute. Today i got a message from someone saying they had sent me a message, i decided to look and thought "Im sure its improved by now"... I couldnt of been more wrong. You are forced to have 3 photos of your face and ONLY YOUR FACE on your account. If not your photos are either deleted or moved into different albums.

I am a male, and i put a photo up of me and the mrs, and they said and i quote "people will not be able to work out which one is you"... This is where i drawed the line... So im not allowed to show all the desperate tossers that im engaged? Worst website ever, avoid like the plague!

Date of experience: February 10, 2011
GB
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Scam
December 21, 2015

I was asked out, and on the evening he messaged me to say he had arrived at the venue. I couldn't see him anywhere! I sent three messages asking where was he in the venue and he never replied.
I was left standing alone stood up and feeling very angry!
I received no support from badoo to have this person removed! What a bloody joke!

Date of experience: December 21, 2015
Spain
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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As the title says - do you want to pay a lot of money to talk to some fake profiles? Then join badoo. The chances to meet a real person are like 1%. The chances to meet a real nice person is like 0.1%. So if you have too much money and gambling, drinking or throwing money out of the window is not an option, join badoo and start spending money here.

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
Illinois
1 review
9 helpful votes
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If you were going to use this type of service do not use your bank card get a throwaway card like NetSpend or a gift card with a Visa or MasterCard logo in use that put just the amount of money on there that you want them to take and no more and that will protect your bank account. They can't take it if you don't have it.

Date of experience: July 23, 2018
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Thanks for your suggestions Michael.

However, please allow us to assure you that we do not process transactions without your prior authorisation.

If you purchase Badoo Premium, this is a subscription based service and will renew until/unless cancelled as explained in the terms and conditions upon making your purchase.

If you chose to store your payment method during any purchase, you will be able to make purchases on Badoo using the stored payment method without having to enter your payment details again.

You can check your payment method and subscription status in your profile settings under 'Billing'.

Badoo Team

Serbia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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First, i was scammed for money. They charge me way more then i agreed to, and then they refuse to give me money back. Second, after scam me, they block my account because someone report me. I talked with a lot of people and never had any problem with anyone, but i reject a lot of people, and someone probably false report me. And they just block my account. Dont use this app, and dont ever gave your card info to them

Date of experience: March 6, 2022
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey Vercun,

We are sorry that you feel this way. Our payment plans are subscription-based meaning every time the service runs out it will automatically renew itself. This would have been in the Terms and conditions before you made the original purchase.

When a false report has been made your account will remain the same, our moderators carefully go through each report to ensure that every account is blocked accordingly. If you would like us to look into this for you please contact us on@BadooHelp on any social media form or https://badoo.com/feedback/

Hope to hear from you soon.

-BadooHelp

Greece
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Looking for female, they put all the gays on me, they changed female to male, so they could take all the money these men had to contact me, you cannot contact anyone on that app unless you pay, rip offs, they know how to play them gays for every penny they have, they changed everything on my review to what they wanted to to all these people would hit on it and they could take their money, this app sucks totally

Date of experience: August 24, 2020
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey Angelo!

We are very sorry about the gender mix up, this can happen from time to time when users have a different gender set up on Facebook. Badoo is actually totally free to use! For those who want to stand out from the crowd, we do offer some paid upgrades. Watch out for our special promotions that pop up sometimes too - you may be able to grab some Credits or Premium for free. Credits aren't needed to enjoy Badoo, but they will allow you more fun and freedom!

- BadooHelp

India
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Use with caution
August 8, 2016

Badoo is full of scammers, mostly from Africa. I know that you have scammes everywherer, even on top dating sites like Mingle2day but scammers on Badoo seem to be much more aggressive and obviously they feel quiet comfortable on Badoo. So just be careful and don't trust anyone, especially hot girls which are obviously too good to be true. Use with caution and you will be fine. Just don't think with your pants but use your brain instead. Good luck.

Date of experience: August 8, 2016
Canada
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Grifters
March 26, 2018

Do not trust these people. I agreed to try it for a month for $8.95. I was billed an additional $49.95 which I learned later was for these ridiculous credits that I supposedly needed to send messages or cherries to girls. I'm not even kidding. Why would a full member need credits to do simple things like send messages? I immediately cancelled at Pay Pal and received an email from Pay Pal stating I had cancelled my 'agreement' with Badoo yet was still billed the $49.95. Liars & frauds much like the women there. A skanky dating site at best. BEWARE. DO NOT GIVE YOUR financial info to these people. They will SCREW you! And you really wouldn't want it from the women there anyway.

Date of experience: March 26, 2018
Australia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Deliberate fraud
January 27, 2018

Badoo has deducted $169.99 from my credit card, and refuse to refund it even though I immediately informed them of their error. Instead they claimed that I had intended to purchase a premium subscription, and that they are unable to give refunds. They are clearly acting in bad faith, and their business model is apparently to obtain money by any means possible, and then to avoid chargebacks.

My bank is currently processing the chargeback, and I had to cancel my card to prevent them making any further transactions.

Date of experience: January 27, 2018
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hey Brian!

I'm very sorry to hear about this.

Since you've requested a chargeback, the refund process will now be handled by your bank, whom you should contact to check the status of your refund. However, we want to do the right thing! Please contact us once you know the outcome of the dispute and we'll examine your case!

Regarding your payment details, they can be removed at any time from the Payment Settings section in your Settings menu.

Please get in touch with us as soon as you receive the outcome of the dispute and we'll act accordingly.

Netherlands
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I use Badoo since 2015 and paid for (lifetime) superpower.
I used Facebook account to install Badoo profile. Lately I was having login problems. And want to change my phone number. Since facebook account was used to login, I was not able to change phone number or password.
Eventually Badoo blocked my account stating that I violated their terms and conditions.
Badoo is doing monkey business.

Date of experience: March 19, 2017
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hi there!

Thank you for getting in touch.

Hi there!
Would you mind sending us the email address linked to your Badoo account via private message so that we can double-check this for you?
You can do this by contacting our Support Team either via Facebook, Twitter or via https://badoo.com/help/
We look forward to hearing form you!

Romania
2 reviews
48 helpful votes
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Many reported them and they still exist
I had a very very bad experience with them, they charged me for premium and didn't fulfill the requirements i signed for. I asked for my money, they NEVER answered.
I never had such a bad experience online in my life

Date of experience: July 17, 2018
New Jersey
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Badoo sucks
November 3, 2019

I attempted to sign up for them, got as far as entering my birthday and it keeps telling me to check my birthday that I put in! I think I know when my birthday is! Then it wanted me to login with Facebook which I refuse to get. It's just one thing after another with them!

Date of experience: November 3, 2019
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hello Gil!

We’re sorry to hear this.

To be able to use Badoo, you have to be 18 years old. Our system only asks you to check your birthday if it has calculated your age to be below 18.

If you are actually of age and the problem still persists, then please message us on https://badoo.com/feedback and we will be sure to assist you immediately!

- BadooHelp

Netherlands
1 review
4 helpful votes
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So, it is impossible to delete the Badoo account, although I log in with the right ID, it keeps sending emails to gmaik.com, and no amount of correction sends it to the right email. I guess they've programmed it that way. Since they are also operating in the EU, I am planning to file a case using GDPR articles. A good fine would bring them down!

Date of experience: December 3, 2019
Badoo H. Badoo Rep
over a year old

Hi Alex,

We're sorry to hear you're currently unable to delete your Badoo account. We appreciate your frustration behind this, however, please be assured we provide the tools as per your account settings to action this. We acknowledge that you're experiencing technical difficulties pertaining to your email address. We have now sent you a message to ensure that your query is resolved at the earliest convenience.

Please be assured we take matters regarding the protection of our users' data to the utmost importance and comply with GDPR regulations.

We look forward to assisting you further. We're sad to see you go!
- Badoo Help

Overview

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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