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Elena C.

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1 Review by Elena

  • Dating.com

2/24/24

I was never a fan of dating sites and I usually am a precautious person who researches everything before making any purchase. Unfortunately last year I wasn't myself and after being single for a long time after ending a toxic relationship that lasted several years, I made an account on this scam dating platform being advised by friends that this would be the only opportunity to find a partner as I am a person with less social contacts. After having the account for a while but not being active, a member, the account of a "lawyer" from Panama got my attention. My biggest mistake was that I didn't read the policy of this site and had no idea what a popular member means. If I would have known that all these popular members use the app for free and we (the normal members) have to buy expensive credits to chat with them, I would have never fell into this dangerous trap that cost my nerves, a huge amount of money and a guilty feeling for being naive. The man Edward, age 36 said to me from the beginning that he has a beautiful house in Venezuela, that got my attention because his location was Panama but I never asked as I thought that maybe he is a venezuelan working abroad. The man seemed to have the same moral values as I have which was the most important thing for me and we had a mutual passion for watching the same stuff. He said he has no social media and you can see the man's Instagram page. The first red flag was when he made up a story for not sharing another medium of communication, I never believed his excuse but thought he might have other reasons for not wanting to talk outside the dating app. I even broke the contract with him but this type of persons are professional in lying and manipulating people and I started to chat with him again with the condition that we talk outside dating.com. The man asked me for my whatsapp and he has saved my phone number in the same day I wrote it down the dating chat. A few days after, I was shocked to see pictures with him and a little girl, the idiot posted as whatsapp status. Of course he denied this even making me feel guilty because I suspected him being capable of lying, claiming he is in a road trip with his best friend and the child is his friend's child. We continued to chat on WhatsApp but with less sweet words that he was using on the dating site until, after 10 days, he blocked me and wrote on the dating site chat that his phone was stolen. After 3 weeks of him claiming he still doesn't have a new phone, I realized he is a scam artist and everything was a big fake. I investigated dating.com and the man from the pictures and found out that this "popular" membership is a scam scheme pulled by the workers of this site with the help of losers who agree to be part of this scam. The lawyer Edward is actually a person called Rafael Eduardo Tovar Lehmann as you can see from the screenshots and I was shocked to find out that he has an influent, rich family and he runs his family's businesses in Venezuela. Of course he is married but out of consideration for his wife I won't post the picture that I have with them from their wedding day. This man has no morality, no empathy, no consideration for other's feelings, the main characteristics of a psychopath. He can be very charismatic and uses beautiful words but changes his attitude at 360 degrees and throws you in the trash without any remorse. And like any other psychopath and pathological liar he denies his awful actions. His level of immorality is unbelievable and makes me sick. This person is a danger for the society and I believe he has serious mental issues as he didn't need money and obvious money is not the only reason for his shameless, dark behavior. I have a lawyer and I won't stop until I gain a legal battle against this scam dating site.

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Alexander S. – Dating.com Rep

Hello Elena. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I am very sorry to learn about this situation. The main objective of this site is to provide premium quality service to our members, which we mainly do not only by providing extensive features but also by giving top priority to the safety of our members. We are following certain regulations to ensure that this is followed as strictly as possible. We are affiliated with partners who are putting these regulations into practice by screening and verifying members before registering and while they are registered on the site.

However, we understand that we are not a perfect site and in very rare occasions, lapses may happen beyond such regulations.

That is why we have formulated an Anti-Scam policy on our dating security that is accessible to our Members profile. This Anti-scam policy specifies the list of categories that validates a scam act with which we can offer a full refund for after further assessment.

In order to process this complaint, we need to first have any supporting material you have that we can submit to the verification team.

*Profile Link or ID number for the member
*Screenshots of suspicious conversation (as you already attached)
*Time and date of correspondence
*Any further evidence that the profiles are dishonest, that shows he is married.

We are looking forward for your immediate response at support@dating.com so we can act on this as soon as possible. Thank you.

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