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I read a lot of reviews here about fake profils on Zoosk. Yes, I have been contacted by many "girls" who's profile picture includes a phone number with the message "Text me". I always reported them and blocked them and had no problem.

I met a lady who was contacted in an attempt to steal money from here. She was a little naive and almost got caught. So be aware.

Aside that, I met a lot of real ladies, in person, that I got to know through Zoosk. I just terminated my subscription with Zoosk, because I have met a really nice lady and I hope for the best for both of us. So it can work.

The problem I have with Zoosk is pricing and what you get for it.

First, they lie about their prices. I wanted to take a one-month subscription, which was announced at 30$ (or something). After I completed the whole subscription process, I was told that subscription price was 30$ (or something) PLUS a 25$ activation fee. So a one-month subscription does not cost 30$, it costs 55$. As I said, they lie.

Second, even at that price, you don't get access to all the site's functionalities. For example, I noticed that lots of members could not contact me. It's then that I realized that I had to pay an extra 10$ if I wanted to chat with all members... And there are other functionalities for which you have to pay extra money.

Also, they have the ever very annoying policu of automatic membership renewal (without your explicit consent). Be aware of that as well.

So, Zoosk works (it has worked for me), but they lie about prices.

I joined Zoosk for one month. I thought that the profiles I was reading and the photos that I was viewing were real--sadly MANY are not! There are fake profiles of people who are not zoosk members and trying to steer you off the website with text and e-mail addresses--Zoosk does nothing to control these. Men and Women who have departed from the Zoosk website (myself included) continue to have their profiles and photos displayed as if they were still members. I viewed over 2,000 female profiles and responded to well over 200--I received less than 10 responses. The most "views" and contacts I received were after I left the site--they do this to try and get you to renew your subscription. They also use some random profile generator called "carousel" to send you candidates--however, YOU have no controls to the parameters they set and you get proposed matches that are from left field and totally unuseful! This site is a terrible waste of time for someone who is serious about finding someone. They also use another technique of sending your candidate flowers, candy teddy bears or other icons--this is just stupid but people fall for it and pay the additional money. This is the worst $29.99 that I have ever spent in my life! Please DO NOT be foolish. One last measurement is that MANY Women and Men use photos that are 20 years old some even older, along with this many send pictures of pets or scenic views--Really don't care what your dog, cat or horse look like. If I could renew my subscription for free, I would pass.

Memberships are free. Subscriptions are not. I signed up for a 6 month subscription. I got a very low rate of replies and began to wonder why. Members cannot reply. They cannot even read the messages sent. Yes, I was sending messages to some people who cannot even read them or reply to them! (In other words, Zoosk was letting me waste my time sending messages that could not be read unless recipient had a subscription) Only someone with subscription can reply UNLESS I pay another 9.99/month for "premium messaging." I called Zoosk and ask how many of the advertised number of members were actually subscribers and they would not tell me. Whole experience made me feel Zoosk is very misleading! Shame on them!

I've been on Zoosk for 2 weeks and am unsubscribing, deleting my profile (or trying to anyway), and asking them for a refund (haven't heard back, not too optimistic from all the other comments). The other comments about 'fake' profile views are absolutely true. Today I noticed that my profile had been viewed by a lady that I had viewed and was interested in. On a hunch I messaged her and asked if she had viewed me at such-and-such time today. She wrote back and said that she had never looked at my profile before. So essentially Zoosk is lying to me when they tell me someone has viewed me. If this is a lie, what else is? Trust is gone, period.

I downloaded the app and began using Zoosk and found the matched to be random and the site has too many gimmicks. I paid a monthly fee and apparently when you sign up it automatically makes you a member where you will be charged every month even if it is on hold. I used the site for a week then put it on hold. It came off hold so I tried canceling it. I received my bill and they had charged me for 5 months of use. There is no contact info, only an email. Send 2 emails and of course never heard back. Called I tunes and they credited me 75 of the 230. I Tunes is a great company, Zoosk, I would stay away from them!