FlirtLocal.com review

When we land on the homepage of the dating portal FlirtLocal.com, we know that we have met an old friend. The design of this website is unmistakable. Unfortunately, we also know directly that this site is a big rip-off. The operator, the company High Knight LTD, based in Nicosia, Cyprus, has an extensive network of dating websites and uses almost exclusively the same design.

The company is very well known in the online dating scene and has a terrible reputation. They operate moderated chats on their portals and use paid moderators. They hide behind fake profiles and entice visitors to expensive upgrades of their basic memberships. The member area of the site is full of these fake profiles. Since we have reported in detail about this operator in the past, we know that his memberships are not only expensive but also not completely kosher because they renew automatically every month.

There are some things the visitor to the site should know. First, the website and the member area are full of thousands of faked profiles. But the naive newcomer has no idea about that. He assumes that there are a lot of willing women from the surrounding area who are interested in a date. Although we know that the site is a rip-off, we registered for free to get a better insight into the lousy scam by the operator High Knight LTD from Cyprus. As with most dating sites, the registration is done in just a few minutes. You must have a valid email address because without this, you cannot do anything.

Seconds later, we are in the members’ area of the website. This looks very tidy and has the typical features so that the member can find his way around on the portal. Although we have not even uploaded any photos to our profile, we get a lot of messages of many kinds after just a few minutes. However, these are not from real people but are sent by paid moderators who hide behind swept profiles. The goal of these moderated chats is to encourage the members to purchase expensive memberships. You cannot communicate on this portal without upgrading your Basic membership.

The operator of the online dating portal already admits the use of so-called virtual profiles on its homepage. To see this, however, one must read the small print. Unfortunately, most of the visitors save themselves this trouble.

Excerpt from the Terms & Conditions (as of 01/09/2023)

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 FLIRTLOCAL.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…

Another fact that most visitors overlook is that the expensive memberships are automatically renewed unless they are cancelled in time. This is also mentioned in the terms and conditions of the site. “Your Membership remains in effect and will automatically be renewed at the end of each term.”

The best way forward is to avoid this dating site and its operator from Cyprus. The whole thing is a huge rip-off. The members will never be able to arrange a date here because the member pool is full of fake profiles. Moderated chats lead to expensive memberships, from which one can hardly escape. Time is wasted and money is thrown away.