The online dating site LoveAt50.com.au looks like a good choice. This website has a nice appearance. But we spotted a huge problem as soon as we saw its landing page. This didn’t contain a single item of useful information. Well, we know registration is free. But this is obviously far too little. In our experience, transparency is the first indicator of how reliable a choice a website is. From this point of view, this website makes a very bad impression.
Bad reputation
Moreover, we did some research on the internet. While conducting our research, we found a lot of reviews about this site, all of which were negative. Former users had a bad experience using this site. Its reputation is dreadful. So we checked the portal’s legal information. It only took a short while before we found proof of a rip-off.
This website uses fake profiles. Fake chat operators control these fake profiles. They will start a chat. While chatting, the fake chat operators will not identify themselves as fictitious people. This is one problem. Another is that fake profiles are not marked as fake. In a nutshell, users do not know about moderation. So this platform is a cheeky scam with fake chat.
Excerpt from the Terms & Conditions (as of 02/09/2023)
LoveAt50 makes every effort to ensure that the profiles shown in the matching list are only private users that adhere to LoveAt50´s rules of use. To ensure this with a high quality, LoveAt50 uses various technical as well as manual mechanisms to identify users/members with inappropriate behavior or unfair interests and, if necessary, to exclude them immediately. The user/member is also aware that LoveAt50 uses so-called animators to motivate users/members to communicate interactively. These are real people. However, the user / member is aware that he cannot meet the animators in real life.
The goal of moderation
According to reviews on the internet, it all starts right after registration. A new member receives a lot of messages from other members. Sadly, all profiles are fictitious. Real meetings are not possible, according to information on the internet. However, there is more. High costs will arise after registration. Paid premium membership is needed to chat. The subscription for this form of membership will be renewed automatically.
In principle, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But in practice on this site, automatic renewal is used as a trap. We found reports alleging a scam with a subscription trap. The site operator is Alpha Internet Services GmbH, which is based in Innsbruck, Austria.