Zoosk Scams
Cost/Price Plans. Though Zoosk does not publish its upgraded membership fees, they are reported on other websites as being $29.95 per month, for a month-to-month subscription, $19.98 a month, billed in one lump sum of $59.95 for three months, and $12.49 a month, billed all at once for $74.95 for a six month subscription. Zoosk feels like a scam because you have to pay for messages. One of the 1st ways these sites work. The reason it feels scammy is we all know by now that 50% are bots. 30% are money scams. And 19.5% will never message back. Zoosk, a global dating community with 40 million online profiles, saw the pain this was causing its customers and decided to tackle the problem head-on by launching Insignia, a program that fights back against military romance scams through military verification and increased awareness.
jklucero4love@gmail.comThis guy told me that he was in Baghdad, Iraq and would be retiring from the Army in a month. We emailed back and forth for about 1 month, and he had not received his letter of retirement yet.
Then he finally received his letter and that is when he told me that he received a reward from Iraq government. It was 1 million dollars in gold. Of course I knew right then it was a scam. He needed me to pay for the gold to get tested to see what it was really worth and get the certificates to. When I asked about the cost he claimed he had to check with an attorney that he hired over there.
Because he could not bring it back on the plane and that he would share it with me. Also that his accounts are 'freezed' not frozen...lol. I did some checking into this the next day and then I sent him an email that this was a scam and that I was going to report him to the Army Investigators, and that he would not get any money from me.
I thought for sure that I would not hear from him again, but he sent me a email all mad at me saying he didn't ask me for money and to move on. I replied and told him that really you didn't ask for money and sent him a snap shot of the conversation of him asking me for the money, and never heard from him again.
His name that he went by was John K Lucero, not sure if that is just a name he used from someone or if that is his real name. Oh and the middle initial stands for 'King' because his dad is/was the King of Greece.
So ladies please watch out for this guy, nice looking guy but out for your money. Oh and when I told him he should talk to his mother about doing this for him since we did not know each other that well, she is now sick and in the hospital. This is just sad that people have nothing better to do than to play with peoples emotions and hearts.
And this does not help for real men and women that are looking for a connection with someone.
By this point, anybody who’s been single in the last five years has tried online dating, which is great for people who are actually trying to meet somebody online. But with the recent spike in popularity, scammers are also trying to get in on the fun and they’re getting good at it.
Scammers come in all shapes, sizes, and locations and they’re everywhere on dating apps and websites, so it’s important to know what to look out for. Remember that they’re always looking for a way to profit from you, so if you think there’s an angle for them to make money you should end contact and report them immediately.
Zoosk Romance Scams
These are some of the current most popular online dating scams you’ll want to watch out for.
The Hard Come-on
You start chatting, and they tell you they like you. A lot. Within the first twenty minutes of chatting, they’ve already made sultry declarations of passionate love and are urging you to get off the app and message them over email or a private messaging service, like Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, or Line.
Soon, they’ll try to initiate a date, but they’ll cancel at the last minute with an excuse that seems almost probable. They got called abroad for a last minute business trip or their mother got sick and needs medical attention. They reschedule. Moments before your next date, they cancel again. Something outlandish, but still remotely plausible. Then, another outlandish situation, but this time they need money. Something to help cover medical bills for their mother, or they left their wallet on the train. Don’t give them money.
These hard come-on scams are one of the most common ways that scammers will try to work you for your money. Besides plain intuition, there are a few other telltale signs online dating scammers give off. One, they can never meet up. I don’t mean that they don’t meet up often. I mean you’ve literally never met them. Second, look out for typos or, if they call, a possible foreign accent. Many scammers live abroad, so it’s important to look for fault in their speech fluency. Third, they look to move chatting off the dating app or site very quickly. Dating sites monitor interactions very closely to catch scammers, so scammers are incentivized to get to chatting off the dating sites as quick as possible in case their accounts get banned. While none of these things are surefire proof that your match is a scammer, one or more of these signs taken in context should help you figure things out pretty quickly.
The Bot
A dating scam bot is a computer code script that constructs fake profiles, matches with real users, and sends generated messages designed to trick you into divulging financial information. Usually, within minutes of starting a conversation, a bot profile will try to redirect you to a sketchy site outside of the dating app. The shady website will either try to trick you into entering credit card or bank account information or install malware onto your computer or mobile device that will try to harvest your private information.
Because the bot isn’t a human operator, typically, these are some of the easiest types of scams to spot. Bot scams usually have photos that are pulled from the internet and that often aren’t even of the same people. Low resolution images are another dead giveaway. Oftentimes, a quick google image search will show you whether or not the person you’re chatting with is who they say they are. Next, evaluate the conversation. Bots will almost always start the conversation first, and have canned call and response lines. If you see that their answers or questions don’t apply or completely ignore what you wrote, report them immediately and break off contact.
The Spammer
The spammer usually operates identically to the bot, except the profile is manned by a person.
The chief way to tell if you’re dealing with a spammer is that they’ll try to direct you off the dating site or app to a spam website that asks you to enter financial information. These alternative websites may pose as messaging services or offer some other subscription-based service. Don’t be fooled: these are ploys to harvest credit card information which will then be used for making fraudulent charges.
The Too Good to Be True
The last type of scammer usually poses as an attractive young man or woman to prey on someone older. These types of scams use a profile of an attractive person as a facade to get vulnerable users to either divulge credit card information or purchase expensive gifts. The scammers then commit credit card fraud or sell the gifts upon receipt, similar to the last two methods.
Zoosk Dating Scams
To catch these types of scammers take a close look at their profiles. You don’t have to lack confidence to know there’s something odd about an attractive person 15 or 20 years your junior fawning over you based on your profile. Do a quick google image search of their photos and see if they turn up elsewhere. If they do, they’re likely a scammer. If they flatter you nonstop, they’re probably a scammer. If they start requesting gifts or credit card information, you guessed it, they’re probably a scammer.
Zoosk Dating Site Scammers
Make no mistake: the popularity of online dating is good for singles everywhere… but there will always be people out there looking to spoil the fun. The best way to prevent getting scammed is simple—don’t hand out money, no matter the circumstance. If you follow those two simple rules and trust your gut, you’ll be safe almost every time.
To learn more about scammers and how to spot them, check out out these real-life examples of things online dating romance scammers say to trick you and download this free online dating scammers guide.
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