SpDate.com review

This online dating portal comes with a somewhat unusual, but very attractive design. The site is entirely black, and the visitor learns that an active member can make more than 100 contacts a day.

Since there is no information on the site about any costs, we have a first quick look at the terms and conditions. Here we see that the operator is Digital International Inc, which is headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. An initial search on the internet shows that the operator is not wholly unknown. We find a lot of bad reports from former customers. They complain that the site has a moderated chat and moderators hide behind fictitious profiles. The aim of these tricks is to animate the newbies into spending a lot of money.

The modern design of the starting page gives an excellent impression and does not suggest that there is a massive rip-off behind this facade. We register to get a better insight into the operator’s scam from Cyprus. Registration is quick and easy. Only the usual information is required. It is crucial to have an e-mail address, which must be confirmed later.

The new member is quickly redirected to the main section of the dating website. The page looks tidy, and the menu includes the usual features, such as home, messages, context, activity, personal settings, and top-users. What is striking is the many third-party providers in the member area that offer different services. The frequently displayed advertisements only annoy.

Excerpt from the Terms & Conditions (as of 23/06/2023)

“In addition to the preceding paragraph and other provisions of this agreement, any statement that may be posted on the service is for informational and entertainment purposes only…”

As we already suspected, the operator uses moderators with fake profiles to encourage naive newcomers to upgrade their memberships. It goes without saying that the person behind the profile does not look like the one in the photo, and of course, there will never be a meeting. As if that were not rip-off enough! The SPDate.com site also uses automatic algorithms, which permanently connect the members with so-called perfect matches. It goes without saying that only paid employees hide behind them.

The cost of SpDate.com memberships is between $29.95 and 59.95 per month. Even one dollar is too much to conduct a fake chat. During our research, we were not able to find out the exact location of the operator Digital International Inc. There is nothing in their terms and conditions, neither any hint on the Internet.