POF.com Reviews

As for people here that complain about being deleted or that it's not free get a life! You can send and respond to anyone without spending a penny. You do NOT need to spend any money giving women tokens or anything. If they want tokens tell 'em to get lost. They're losers. I've never expected or asked for anything other than they are decent, and NOT a catfish. It is FREE to talk to anyone. You want to see when someone's online or when they peeked at your profile, then you'll have to pony up, but other than that IT IS FREE.

None of them have any money so they can’t even meet you for dinner or coffee for a normal date... They want to come to your house so they can try and get in your pants and then go ghost! There are also a ton of fake profiles that are really scammers from Ghana or Nigeria posing as military men. Anyone can report you for any reason, even if it’s unfounded, and your profile will be deleted just because some dude didn’t like your reply. This site is complete trash, it should be called Plenty of Fools. Actually it should be shut down. Don’t waste your time!!

I REPORTED this man to POF and they still allow him on his website. They don’t care about the safety of their people. I am disappointed! If people like I don’t speak up then who will?! I told POF look at the messages he sent me including about the STD. I NEVER got a response from POF and he is still on POF. According to the California law intentionally knowing you have a STD and harming and giving it to someone else is a crime in the state of California. I am waiting on some results. I hope nobody else is victims of him or POF lack of protection.

This site is no different or better than any other site and you will be bombarded with responses from fake women from the get-go. Never ever respond to someone from outside the US and even then be extremely cautious. And never send them money, no matter what. Watch their grammar structure, a scammer will write sentences in broken English and then send you paragraphs describing their perfect relationship in absolutely perfect English. You know it's someone doing a cut and paste job. Don't be fooled. Save your money and head to the nearest bar to find a woman. At least you know they're real and you'll probably have the same success rate.

I’m outright told to review my matches! BITE ME! What really has me pissed though is Thursday I gave my email to everyone on my friend’s list and now my account is totally screwed, can’t log in. Was asked to just change my password and all would be good. And now have a new account I can’t get rid of and lost my upgrade package, plus now have 40 unanswered messages. The ** who answered my complaint says "if you actually have an upgrade" wants all the info. Bank statements, time, date, email, passwords. I sent an email back to this ** and told him to do his job or give me back every dime of my money! NO ANSWER YET!... and as I’m looking at trying to resolve this today! IT’S NOW RUN by Match.com.

The main reason I left Match.com several years ago is because I was chatting up a storm with this really cool girl. Who wasn’t even a girl. Some ** from Africa posing as my sweetheart using someone else’s photos! I got a suspicious after a bit when she refused a Skype video. Went online, did several searches. Took all of an hour to find pictures of her online and was a porno star! After another few hrs, was actually put on a cell call to her and she told me men always were doing that! Yeah POF... RUN! And don’t look back! I lost $1200 to Match.com and that was nothing! According to this website I joined Scammers.org. Average loss per person is $10,000.

And POF in just 2 mths was approached by one lady who was suppose to be Asian. Met at my local library... wasn’t. Not even close to her picture!... that was awkward! 2 others who made actual contact and called me were using temporary phone cards. One contact my ESET Security would not even allow them to access my computer! I’m going to try to get SOME of my money back. Pretty damn sure I will be at fault somehow!!! PLEASE pass this on to whoever you know! Maybe at one time this was a worthwhile site. NOT NO MORE! See ya! Very, very, very unhappy Canadian!

The majority of women on POF are either separated or divorced but it's amusing to read their profiles where they say "I'm looking for the man of my dreams..." Dreams? Who exactly did you marry then? If these women can't be devoted to their ex's then what makes a single man think that she will be devoted to you when challenging times surface in your relationship, and they will. Rather than working out problems these women will simply pack their bags and walk away on you too. Do you really want a woman who's been around the block a few times AND has a house full of kids under the age of 18? Guys, you're better off staying single than getting into a relationship with one of these charming "ladies".

Women who state in their profiles that they like to travel simply mean that they are looking for man to take her on vacations and pay for all expenses. I've been in contact with a few of these "charming" women who seem to feel they both deserve and are entitled to this. Many women will not continue conversations with you if you don't own a house, nice car and a substantial income. Some women have actually told me in person that they won't date men who earn $50, $60 or even $100 per hour. They want a man who earns a minimum of $100,000 per year because she doesn't want to work any longer and expects to enjoy her life while you continue working. There are women's profiles that clearly state that the man must have a 6 or 7 figure income before she even replies to your letter. Many women's profiles are fake. You'll see photos listed on a Toronto profile and then the same photos in a Vancouver profile. Be very cautious about this.

The majority of women NEVER reply which suggests that these are either fake profiles or the women are just playing games with no intention of ever meeting, or, they DEMAND a man who looks like he just stepped out of a fashion magazine and nothing less will be acceptable to them so don't ever expect a reply from any of them. If you do end up sending two or three letters to her then she can file a "harassment" complaint against you and you will be banned from the site. Yes, it happens frequently to the men.

POF offers a "Meet Me" feature. You receive daily notices informing you that "these women (or men if you're a woman) want to meet you. Click on their profile to see who they are". This is a huge red flag that screams "scam". POF is supposed to be free and here they inform you that a mystery member is very interested in you, BUT, if you want to know who they are you need to pay for this service. Why pay for a service that is already free to begin with? If these women are interested in me then why didn't they simply contact me themselves? POF is working hard to scam people out of money for services that don't work and are redundant. Don't get caught up in this scam. Keep your money in your pocket.

The majority of POF women members are as pleasant as an angry Pitbull. Most will never reply to your messages even if you do nothing more than pay them a compliment on their looks. The majority of women would sooner block/ban you from contacting them unless you look like you just stepped out of a fashion magazine so be aware of this right from the beginning. As a man you're nothing to them unless you are financially secure, own a car, house and can afford to travel; which means that YOU will be paying all expenses for the woman.

Remember, the women on POF are here because it's completely free for them so they have nothing to lose and therefore they will play games with you knowing there will be no consequences for them in any way. POF attracts the scum of society and that is what most of the members are. If you want to meet somebody genuine then consider joining a service where BOTH genders must pay in order to use the service.

There is a growing number of transsexual "women" appearing on POF. Some identify themselves as such but the rest keep this information from you so be aware and NEVER send any comments to them because that's a great way to get yourself banned without warning. By comments I mean "why are you posting on the women's side? This is a site for MEN wanting to meet GENUINE WOMEN". This will get you banned right away. It's sad that men need to pay but they are not allowed to view genuine women.

Many women will post photos but they are not their own photos. I've been told by quite a few women that because they want to maintain their privacy they post photos of women who resembles her. You may be looking at a nice looking girl but that is a photo she just yanked offline somewhere. For your own sake, you should make it a habit of asking each one whether she's using her real photo. Sad but true. Customer service is virtually non existent. You have to search on google to find an email or phone number and if you end up trying to contact customer service you will never get through to anybody be it by phone or email. Feel free to try if you doubt me.

POF has a list of rules which they strongly enforce (sorry, I was laughing so hard I couldn't type for a moment. I'm ok now). Here is what POF has to say about using photos in your profile, "POF has 0 tolerance for users who are rude, UPLOAD FAKE PICTURES..." It then continues with "Any user caught doing so is DELETED". Until recently POF had a policy that stated all photos of members must show their face clearly or you could report them and POF would inform them to follow the site rules or their profile would be removed; and that is how it should be. As you read this, POF has altered that policy and currently if a profile has no photos of the person but rather images of shoes, their legs, flowers etc.

You, as a paying member can no longer report this as a violation and if you do, YOUR profile will be deleted. Wow, you can't request that a woman shows her face so you can see what she looks like even though you are PAYING to use a service designed for dating. What kind of dating site encourages members to NOT post their photos and expect to meet somebody? The only word I can find that accurately describes POF is "hypocrisy".

Most of the women are extremely arrogant, disrespectful and simply lack class and decency. One important detail for men to understand is that if you send a letter to a woman who ignores you she will block/ban you from contacting her again. Yes, that does seem very inappropriate but they do it rather than replying with a simple "no thank you" response. Once a certain number of women block you for nothing more than having no interest in you, POF shuts your account down but your profile is still up! What does that mean? Your profile is visible to you but can't be seen by the women. In essence you have a "ghost" profile that is up and running but women are not able to see it and they can't contact you. Yeah, that is POF for you.

Finally I would like to stress a very important detail concerning a policy that POF has in place regarding "inappropriate" letters. I was stood up by a woman who had no courtesy to call or text me especially when she knew I was driving almost an hour to meet her. I was left sitting alone with no way of knowing what happened to her. I called her twice and she didn't answer. I then texted her to find out if she was ok but again no reply.

I drove back home and found a letter from her on POF. She simply said "I changed my mind". I replied by saying "you were inconsiderate in how you treated me. That was disgusting behavior for somebody your age". In the span of 2 hours my account was shut down and I was banned from POF for "violating site rules". Customer service emailed and informed me that I was "rude" in my reply and POF has a zero tolerance for rude comments. This clearly is a site with ambiguous rules that can go in any direction. You really don't want anything to do with this scam "dating" site. It's not worth the frustration or effort. You're better off staying home alone with a movie, then again, what exactly do you expect from a free "dating" site?

I remove pics from the site, change my profile and just kinda shut down the app on my phone. Lo and behold the very next day I get an email from some guy on POF with exactly the same story as the first “my friend” wants to meet you jerk and gives me the exact same email address as the first ** that pulled this ** on me. I’ll admit I’m not the sharpest pencil in the box but please, I’m also not the dumbest.

It varies in context, but always a damsel in distress. To manipulate the hero gene in men. The general population should be informed of the dating scams. There's more I can reveal to anyone interested in sounding an alert to warn lonely desperate people looking for love. I'm not desperate, & my eyes are wide open. I revealed I was on to the scam, POF has blocked me. I'm not saying it's impossible to meet a real person on dating sites. It's just not likely, with no checks or balances. I suspect there's multiple profiles being orchestrated by one person as well.

His internet/phone is through XO Communications and when speaking with them I was told they require no personal information, the person picks out his own number city and state that he chooses and everything is claimed to be untraceable! I'm a successful business manager and how I ever let my guard down to this level has me feeling foolish and very disappointed in myself. This scammer was great is all I can say, he totally had my heart and I was just waiting for him to come home last Friday which never happened.

This man told me after I offered to fly over and pick him up to go to Texas for pick up of his money told me no. He stated he had to have money for himself and crew in order to leave. He told me when I get paid I can send him the money and to please trust him this last time. The company he claimed to work for stated they would never ask their employees to pay for flights, hotels, food or anything that related to the project site they were working at. This was my first time to ever be on a dating website and WOW what a blow I received for doing so. If anyone is out there and meets a man on any social media claiming to work oil rigs please do not send any money, it's a real SCAM and like me you will be out thousands of dollars for putting your heart out there.

Another problem with POF is they ask your help to maintain the site's integrity by reporting suspicious accounts and accounts with inappropriate profile pictures. I am an honest and fair guy and I had supported POF on this issue. One day I found a whole network of profiles on POF that were linked to a particular porn site. I spent 90 minutes detailing each fake profile. Two weeks later I reported a number of profiles that had trees, sunsets and multiple people in pictures as a profile's main profile picture. I reported these exactly as per their TOS. My POF account got deleted for helping them.

Moral of the story if you go on to POF do NOT report inappropriate accounts (including ones with ** pics) as you will be the one who gets banned and have your account deleted. Markus Frind and his staff have no qualms in booting the people that help their site. There are reviews all over the Net of others having similar experiences. Another issue POF has is connection. You can be in the middle with having a conversation with someone online and POF will disconnect you indiscriminately. You lose your message and the respondent thinks you just left the conversation without saying goodbye. POF are aware of this issue. It has been happening for many, many years. Yet they have not solved the issue nor warn their customers that this issue exists. This is bad customer service to say the least.

There are many other negative issues with POF. It is a site I do not recommend to friends. Their criteria and search algorithms are poor. You are matched with others who are clearly not your match, including smokers and nonsmokers, members with children either infant or adult children. This really wastes your time and is extremely frustrating. Yet POF drags their feet on these issues. There are far better free dating sites. Give POF a miss and save yourself some grief.