Badoo

I pulled a Truthfinder report on myself out of curiosity and I was linked to having a "Badoo" account. I have NEVER been on this site and I did NOT sign up for one. Someone is using my information and images on their site. I have contacted "Badoo" support and provided the link. I sincerely hope this gets resolved ASAP! Not cool.

Badoo is a scam, they collect on your card and even when I wrote to not renew, they took more money.
Also, I paid to read and write but half the women just block you

I thought of this app as a better alternative for Tinder. But I've bleen blocked 3 times on this app for no particular reason. Even though I certainly didn't do anything wrong - I wasn't rude to anyone, my pics were fine with no nudity or any ads, I took a selfie to confirm my account as the system asked, I even purchased some additional packages to get this app work properly several times, and I certainly wasn't involved in anything illegal like selling drugs, texting to minors etc.
This is a dating app, right? So if my "Hi, can we get acquainted?" is interpreted as "sexual harrasment" then this is anything but a dating app. Or do you expect your users to hold conversations like some robots or monks in order to avoid some 'taboo' words? As I see, this is an app where you can get blocked for any reports from any users, even if you try to be as nice as possible. They can report you for no reason, just because 'you're not their type', and the system will then block your account for the report that is completely unfounded in nature.

I am using Badoo on PC and first they crippled the portal so it looked like $#*! on PC and now they changed authentication method from username/password to sending verification email. Except they don't send any email. I checked spam and searched inbox. They never sent any email. So they effectively locked me out of the Badoo account. Site is run by bunch of idi0ts.

Filled with fake accounts that constantly delete themselves. Most profiles that are 'near' you are actually in South America or SE Asia. App charges you for the littlest thing. Such a blatant scam. I can't believe this is allowed

First, let's pull the coat on the plethora of scammers and fake profiles on this site. Badoo takes no security measures to prevent these fraudulent profiles. Infact, this has become a breeding site for leeches and parasites alike, and badoo helps to feed them.
Now let's talk about how Badoo steals money from members and legit profilers by mysteriously and surreptitiously losing a member's information and blocking their profiles after Badoo has charged money on a members account. If it smells like crap, it's definitely $#*!!

It seems all these guys are looking to hook up off this site and getting the run around they're getting scammed, and reporting fake profiles. I learned from industry reports that the males on any date site ratio to females is about 80 to 1 on the straight sites and about 300 to 1 on the purported hookup sites. You have better odds in a crowded bar. If I want a hookup I go to the sites where I can do just that whenever I want to and leave these phoney sites alone. It always seems these users credit cards get overcharged and hit with recurring charges which I don't doubt. I can't for the life of me figure out why people who want a little sugar honey avoid the real deal and sign up on a phoney site.

I met this guy on Badoo and his name was Jason and we talked for weeks everyday all day and I found out he was married and his name wasn't Jason but Alex Hays and it was embarrassing and humiliating and hurtful. You can basically put whatever you want on this site and if you are a good person you will be a target for these people.

Infiltrated with scammers using Chinese women pictures. They chat you up with fake background, pictures etc. trying to get your to do online business or invest in phoney markets so you've to transfer $ to them.

This is very bad and untrustble company.because if someone like another and you living and blocking thire accounts.

It is Friday, Sept 22,2023.
I signed up on Tuesday of this week, 9/19/23... and immediately got messages from some inappropriately young, incredibly good looking, obvious fake profiles.
So, on to the real activity after deleting all of the immediate crap.
The one huge problem, is there really are very few women on the site.
Most are not in the area their profile states... and are just looking for $$$.

I'm shocked at how bad it is...and have deleted the app entirely.

Good luck...

I cannot believe the audacity of this app. I downloaded it and signed up for a free trial. Within the first hour I noticed a lot of unsavory people that there would be no way I would date so I deleted my profile. Not just uninstalled but DELETED. So at that point you would think I wouldn't get charged, well I was wrong. I got hit with a pending charge. Immediately contacted them, on October 4th. Somehow that charge got dropped. Then I got charged on the October 10, 11, 12, and 14th. My first email back from them, well it looks like you don't have an account is what they said. EXACTLY. Next email was can you show proof that you got charged, all the personal information that I didn't want to send but I did. Then I got a response of my email with my card information duplicated back to me. 10 days later I got a "Sorry for the delay...I can absolutely look into this for you. To help us locate the transaction, could you please let me know the following details?

- The last four digits of the credit card used to make the purchase
- The type of card used (e.g. Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
- The date of the transaction
- The card expiration date
- The name printed on the card" message. Mind you I've already done this.

So today another email. "I'm sorry for the delay in responding to you.

I've taken a look at this and can see that you you got lifetime premium as a promo deal.

Please let me know if I can help with anything else."

Uh yeah you can give me my money back. Lifetime premium? First off are you saying your giving me a lifetime premium for free or are you saying I signed up for it. The answer is no I don't want either. Just give me my freaking 36 something dollars back this is RIDICULOUS.

MOST RECENT email as of 1 hour ago. I got the what card did you use email. I have never dealt with a more scammy website app ever. I've already cancelled that card replaced it and contacted my bank. I hope you guys get sued.

This app sucks. I've had 5 or more fake ladies, try to contact me with fake profiles. They do a lousy job. This company

Bought a lifetime VIP from them. And I was blocked after a few days of use. Allegedly for indecent behavior. Although there was nothing like that. I want my money back! I will sue this fraudulent company and write hundreds of negative reviews on all possible resources. These are scammers! Never buy VIP from them. Then they just block you! Give me my money back!
I will be suing them for libel and fraud.

Since January, Badoo Europe has become massively infested with AI-generated fakes - there are thousands. There are also active hackers, scammers, thieves, & dangerously illegal aliens - but Badoo has taken no action against most complaints. I have screenshots of literally hundreds of AI fakes, but have to Photoshop out my identity 1st.

I was charged twice for the same transaction (that I did not authorize). 2 transactions at the exact same time. Badoo billing practices are illegal. The use many sneaky tricks and fraud people. I set my account to never auto-bill me, but there are too many built-in deceptive ways to trick users spending. Paypal declines all requests for refunds because badoo has "proof" that you entered an agreement with them.

Badoo uses pre-ticked check boxes to trick users into buying things they didn't intend to. This is in breach of British and EU regulations.

I complained to customer service, but they just stopped replying after a while.

However, after I alerted my bank that I had been subjected to internet fraud, I got a full refund of my credit card purchases.

The great thing about this is that Badoo will lose their standing with credit card companies over time.

I used the enclosed picture as proof.

I only joined yesterday and paid £3 for badoo premium as it states that i would ve able to chat to woman so paid the £3 and sent message to one woman and it went to a page today to pay for more credits so i thought may be another service so i havs now paid for this so to chat to all. Womem but the £5 was only to chat to thst woman because i went to chat to another woman it come.up with the same message having to buy more credits. Bloody hell this is a scam so i am going to report this to FCA so no one else gets scammed like this. I am on match and i because I'm new they offersd me a one cost of £30 for a period of 6 months so this is £5 per months ans chatted to a few women now so this Badoo is not a dating website its just a money making scam

I spent £1.90 on premium for 1 day.
I check my bank account a few minutes later to see that they've taken an additional £39 for 'credits' that I did NOT authorise, want, or get any request to purchase. I've submitted an unauthorised payment ticket with paypal. Hopefully I can wash my hands of this soon.

For your own wallet's safety, don't touch Badoo's premium service.

What the hell you fake badoo customers report fake with take verify my details photo id for bastard fake user report without verify. You blind badoo customers those fake user bastard rascel abuse i report them mean u get block my id after ask me for verify my verifed id. Which kind of rascel badoo blind fake customers are u doing it block. Make it unblock. U shameless cheaters customers cant able to see mail chat reply Fix your fake stupid mistake?

The men on bandoo are nothing but sex seekers,many still living at home on there mamas couch.Many have no car,no job,poor credit and prison records.Im a nurse 15 years own house,always was busy so tried badoo.now im dating people in the real world loving it.Ladies be careful lots of scammers from africa will con you for your life saving just say no, and block be smart.

So I wanted to get back out there and start dating again and my friend told me about Badoo so I give it a try and its a bloody nightmare you try messaging women and you either get ignored or have to pay a membership or get verified with pictures, your mobile number its bloody ridiculous its not easy looking for love especially online when you've sites like Badoo that make it 100 times harder with women putting absolute bull$#*! cause they got verified and all that and men that just want a hook up believe me don't waste your time with this website cause its totally bull$#*!

There was a 3-day free trial in December 2020, in order to take advantage of it I had to enter my credit card details. Right after that, I removed the credit card from my profile, as I wasn't planning to use the service for more than 3 days. After 3-days I was charged the Premium fee of 42.99 EUR. They took the money without my consent. Whatever their ToS says, they lied about one fact, they stored my credit card information in their database AFTER I removed it.

Customer service replied to me with this, Feedback, ID *******:

"Hi there,

Thanks for your message.

I'm sorry to hear that you'd like to cancel your purchase.

Unfortunately, since you instantly receive the benefits of Badoo Premium once purchased, this type of service is non-refundable. As outlined in our Terms and Conditions, we're only able to refund services that have not been downloaded.

We recommend that you check the Terms and Conditions for all future purchases before proceeding. You can read them here: http://badoo.com/terms."

Customer service just gave me a canned reply. Certainly, I made the mistake of not formally cancelling the service after 3 days, but what I did, seemed sufficient enough for me, I removed my credit card details from the service, yet they still charged me, instead of sending a reminding e-mail about "Payment not available". Really, not expected behavior that easily borders with thievery.