ArousingDates.com review

The dating website ArousingDates.com presents itself on its homepage with a lame design and some small profile pictures of inferior quality. Even if the registration is free, the site does not seem really inviting but rather antiquated.

We scroll to the end of the home page and learn that the operator of the company is Service Development LTD, headquartered in Nicosia in Cyprus. An old acquaintance of ours, who is preceded by their bad reputation on the Internet. They run dozens of dating portals and run a big rip-off on all of them. They use moderators with fantasy profiles, moderated chats, misinformation, and computer-generated virtual profiles. All of this allows them to encourage customers to buy expensive and hard-to-cancel subscriptions. In this way, he earns stupid amounts from naive visitors.

Although we already know that this online portal is a nasty rip-off, we decided to register to get a better insight into the mesh of the operator from Cyprus. Before we start with the free registration, we take a closer look at the small print on the home page. And in fact, already we can see there that the home page works with computer-generated virtual profiles.

The registration on the portal is done quickly. As usual, you must provide your name, email address and age. After that, you choose a screen name and a password, then you can start. Minutes later, you will be redirected to the members’ area. The interface in the member area is nothing special but looks very tidy and is easy to use. The new member will find all the usual features, such as Dating Center, Search, Help, Updates, Messages, and Matches. And of course, a preview of member profiles.

Excerpt from the Terms & Conditions (as of 02/09/2023)

 I also agree to receive email newsletters, account updates, special offers and communications from computer generated virtual profiles.

In order to enhance your amusement experience, to stimulate you and others to use our Services more extensively, and to generally sprinkle some sparkle and excitement into the Services of AROUSINGDATES.COM, we may post fictitious profiles, generate or respond to communications by means of automated programs or scripts that simulate or attempt to simulate your intercommunication with another real human being

Your Membership remains in effect and will automatically be renewed…

Shortly after, the rip-off takes its course. The newcomer receives tons of messages of various kinds, such as emails, messages or other chat requests. What the member does not know is the fact that all requests come from paid moderators who hide behind fake profiles. All have only one goal, which is to get the new member to upgrade their membership. This is necessary before you can communicate in any way on this portal because nothing is free of charge here except for the registration.

The operator, Service Development LTD, headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus, not only rips-off its members with fantasy profiles, a moderated chat, computer-generated virtual profiles and moderators. His overpriced memberships, which are necessary to communicate on this website, are also a rip-off. These memberships, if not terminated on time, will automatically be renewed. On the Internet, we find a lot of reports from former members complaining about how hard it is to cancel a membership. In some cases, they had to ask for legal assistance to escape this trap.