Like many, I too was curious about Zoosk and decided to give it a try. Huge mistake!! The type of men that are parading around on this site, can only be described as being "the scum of the earth", and not just in looks either. This one guy I had started talking to on here (whom I thought was attractive) ended up cancelling our date with no explanation. Well after a little digging around, I found out that the reason was because he was still very much married, even though he claimed he was divorced...can we say liar? The second guy I started talking to on here, ended up meeting me and we at first hit things off immediately. I guess I should have seen it coming, when he was quick to initiate that were were "official" a couple days before meeting me in person. By the time we met, our whole "relationship" was just so intense and moved extremely fast. About maybe 3 weeks into seeing each other, he had me move in with him. At the time, I did not think anything of it, because I was instantly smitten, even though my friends and family kept warning me this guy is bad news. Well, moving in with him (especially so soon), definitely opened my eyes to what life would really be like with this guy. Things started out okay in the beginning, but then quickly soured really fast near the end. I only lasted living with him for almost 2 weeks, before I couldn't take anymore. Turns out, my prince charming was actually the devil himself (no exaggeration). He ended up showing his true colors: master manipulator (I even looked up the signs you are dating a manipulator and he matched all 6 out of the 7), a liar, a thief, a cheater, a control-freak, a user, a rage-aholic on the road and in his temper, and was very verbally abusive near the end (when I started to finally stand up for myself). What finally did it for me, was the day after I moved out, I checked my phone and saw a voicemail from him and decided to listen to it. I thought it was odd, because he never leaves me voicemails that are like 3 almost 4 mins long. So as I am listening to the voicemail, at first all I hear is loud music thumping and near the tail end of the message, I hear him thanking an ex girlfriend for giving him a BJ. When I confronted him about it, he at first acted like he didn't know what I was talking about, then he turned around a minute later and said it wasn't like he actually had intercourse with her. You can't be friggin serious?!? Needless to say, I was very disgusted. He even had the audacity to expect me to move back in with him, after that. Anyway, he also stole money from me too, which I did not find out about until I went to check my bank account and I still have not been paid back. He also always yelled at me a lot and blamed me for things and always demanded that I have food on the table whenever he would come home from work and that his laundry and cleaning be done as well. I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was a maid. He also turned out to be a pot-head too and a man-whore (over 90 women right before me). I wish I had seen all the red flags in the beginning that everyone else had tried warning me about, but he was so great at putting on the charm and trying to pass himself off as a total "southern gentleman", who believed that only the man should pay for things- not the woman. Liar!! I ended up spending all my money on this loser, while he never paid a cent. I do not know where Zoosk finds these low-lifes, but this site should be reported and taken down immediately. No decent quality of men on here at all. Ladies, please do not make the same mistakes I did, by getting sucked into the smooth-talking nonsense of a lot of these men.

My God what a horror story. My name is Tim (500horse on zoosk) Im so very sorry to hear of your extremely bad experience on this site. But please don't say that ALL men on this site are like the ones you found. I can tell you with complete honesty that, speaking for myself, I would never have done such a thing as this piece of excrement. Its filth like him that ruins it for other honest guys who are here for love and nothing else. It makes me feel like Id want 15 minutes alone with this guy. I wish you the best in your search. God bless, Tim

I signed up for zoosk and used it for several months. Then one day I got a notice that my account was under review. Shortly after I was notified my account was closed. I sent several emails to support@zoosk.com but received no response.

UNDISCLOSED REASON - Today I finally got around to calling their number. The representative confirmed that my account had been cancelled and that I had been reimbursed. I asked several times as to why and each time I was put on hold as they she searched for more info. In the end she said my account was "blocked" because of "fraudulent activity" - but could not state what that activity was, she claimed they were "not allowed to disclose" it, but from the sound of it, here computer screen didn't say and therefore she couldn't.

ACCOUNT STILL VISIBLE - But the worst part was that I asked them to erase my account. She said she could not do that, but not to worry because nobody could see my account since it was blocked. I then informed her that I am getting regular notifications each week from people who have viewed my account.

CANNOT ERASE ACCOUNT - She said the most she could do was to turn off the notifications. It was at that point I realized I needed to warn others of this. I now have a profile that other humans believe to be active online that I cannot get rid of. This is a problem and it is very frustrating.

been a member for the past month. waste of time and money. I have only been able to chat with 5 "girls" total and I am not even sure they were real. Conversations were really odd and no details were ever shared. They would dodge questions. I have seen duplicate profiles but different pictures and SN's. I have also seen duplicate pictures with different profiles.. Weird, huh? And don't get me started on their pricing....There are other sites out there with better reputations. I wish someone could find hard evidence that the site is a scam otherwise its all hear-say while they continue to take advantage of the human need to find that special someone.

i'm currently a member, nothing for weeks...it seems it-s a third party dating website... just to kill time lol

BIG turn-off: Activation fee is $24.95 on top of your first payment --- Over $54 for a one-month subscription! And you aren't told of this "activation fee" until just before yu send your credit card info... And no guarantee of any results...

ZOOSK IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, AFTER BEING SIGNED UP AND NOT FINDING 1 GIRL WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY CHAT ON THIS APP AND THE FACT THAT I REQUESTED A 1 TIME PAYMENT TO SEE IF I LIKED IT..... I HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED $78. DONT BE A FOOL LIKE ME AND THINK THIS APP WORKS.

this site has a terrible interface. Their messaging feature is so horrible and most people don't want to use it so they want to instantly jump to texting. I hate giving out my cell phone number that early.

Their "carsouel" feature is just another way to charge you more money.

I found most people don't bother to fill out any details on their profile. Alot didn't bother to even state their current relationship status, which makes you really wonder.

All in all, this site was a real waste of my time an money.

Just to let you all know, it's not a bad site at all... you just have to not be stupid & know exactly what you're looking for... so what if youre limited with the free portion of the site, try different things to try meeting someone! I mean seriously!! I didn't pay a dime & i found my soul mate on zoosk. & you know what, he didn't pay a dime either. We actually didn't really expect to find someone on there... & you know what? We are now married & starting a family together, we will have our son in March. We are really happy with each other & can't go a day without each other... like i said, you have to know what you're looking for ask all the questions you want but one way you can talk to ppl is create an email account, with the free version you can only send one message tell them you like what you read about them on their profile & would like to get to know them & give them your email address & go on from there... that's what we did & it worked. So zoosk can be a free dating site if you know your way around it... were both glad to have found each other on there because we really do complete each other... just give it a try& quit your whining on "how bad it didn't help you" because you didn't bother with it...

You should never have to immediately give out your email address or any other contact information in the first message. It's stupid advice to suggest someone do such a thing unless you plan on being personally responsible if they get hurt or killed. Next person that does that and get's hurt or killed, their family's should sue you personally for giving out such reckless advice. That's asking for to get yourself killed, plain and simple! Zoosk has a bad interface, plain and simple.

I think the poster meant create an email address just for using Zoosk. It is quite safe to do that as you can delete it if things go weird. Never give out your phone number or physical location though, and if you meet someone, do it in a public place first time and preferably on CCTV. Also let a friend know where you are going and when you expect to be back.

There is a lot of negativity here. I have actuall been using it for a month, and have had great results. Some nice dates, and many fun/interesting conversations through the IM feature. Have not tried the Video version yet. Would like a feature to be able search for a specific profile name. But overall I like the site. Could use the ability to save your search criterion onder a name, in case you wanted to search for a few different "types".

Not worth my time and effort have deleted. My profile...p

I discovered recently that Zoosk has been misleading their customers. It appears that if you have not deleted profiles in the “Who Viewed You” section, and merely skimmed through those photos without actually tapping into them, Zoosk will automatically forward a message to the the owner of these profiles alerting them that you have viewed their photos. I find this an unethical way of conducting business. I have voiced my opinion to customer service only to be told that it is a minor technicality. I feel that it is an issue only because it can be misleading to someone whom is genuinely interested in getting to know you. I would have never known about this “minor technicality” of theirs, if a member on Zoosk had not accused me of viewing his profile several times without ever making any effort to chat with him. The odd thing was, I never looked at this individuals profile other then to reply to his message. As far as i am concerned, these automatic alerts are an embarrassment and an inconvenience. They play havoc with emotions rather than to attempt connecting people based on sincere interest. If I were to rate Zoosk from 1 to 5, I would rate that site a “0”!

Not at all happy with Zoosk. Expensive because of hidden fees. One example is, if somebody sends you a quick message that they want to meet you, if you want to say "Yes" you have to pay by buying coins. Seems like you have to buy coins to do about anything other than send emal. And this is after already paying for the term of your membership plus a one time sign up fee. Not a lot of responses on emails. Not real good in matches. Not at all impressed!

Well I'm a zoosk member and I read your report but I was just wondering if you heard this before , a girl was wink and wanting to chat a lot I sent messages with respect and kindness , never replied yet still wink and chat requested .Then
I played the carousel never get a reply but all these girls want to meet me and I'm already mad so I'm not buying coins.This is the clymax she is on my add list and she plays the carousel we match up so I write her she vanishes I want a refund

don't say anything about an activation fee anothor 30 dollarsand then when you wanna see if the person you winked at,winked back you have to pay to see that. what a crook of shit

Do not waste your money on this site. It is by far and away the worst site I have ever been on. You cannot search for members by an ID number or name. You have to pay extra to find out the information of those who are interested in you. Free members cannot initiation any messages to a paying member. There is no favorites list than can help keep track of your contacts. I have not found a way to do video on this site although it is advertised. It is way too expensive for what they provide in return. Their search range is only 100 miles and here in the west, I have to travel 50 miles just to get to town.
There are other sites that are way better than this one.

Dont join, if they dont like your profile, or your pic isnt just of you alone they block your profile where u cant never log back in again, u cant even reply to a email, its a bad dating site. I opened 3 of them cos they kept blocking my profile cos of my pic with my friends.

I agree this site is a rip off. they have hidden fees. after a little while they want you to buy coins and spend them to get your matches. try another site Plenty of Fish is much better than zooks and it is free.

Zoosk is way overpriced, VERY poorly engineered. They do have people you can contact for problems but they seem to be working from home with no access to the engineers. I've also tried;
Christian Mingle (overpriced, not well engineered, small base) POF (free, large base, not well engineered)
OkCupid (free, good base, VERY WELL ENGINEERED)

this is a big fraud web site and .i had two member with them .one for free and one i paid for it .the free one i got a lot of mail and if i need to read my email the ask me to pay for membership...and the other membership i pay for it i never had any email. and i know and i believe someone work for this web site he or she the one sent the email to everyone try to make them member and after that`s never anyone going to got eamil or maybe the ask you for more money to read your mail if you get any.that`s truth so please do not waste your money like me.or if you not believe it be a member for day or week to see for yourself

I signed up for the free option, the men on there were absolutely SCARY. Bailed immediately. Every single one of them looked like a convict!! The saying" You get what you pay for," is is absolutely true here. Stay away, go to eharmony, or a web site that charges $$ for their services.
You'll be glad you did.

I joined this site in june, and have used it extensively. It really sucks! I have had more problems from zoosk deleting my pictures to having to pay more to contact someone. Had someone say they wanted to meet me on the carousel and now zoosk wants money before I can contact them. I paid enough to join ths scam site and now they want more, and more money. NOT RECOMMENDED by this member. Not a member after my subscription runs out!

Agreed. This site used to be alright but they got greedy. I'm going to match or pof

I completely agree! Why did I pay for a service I can’t use? I paid yet the messages I send to others can’t be read if they aren’t a paying member. And YES, you have to pay even more to use the carousel! This site is a total rip off. And they edit everything. Also, try to contact them… the only way is by phone and that’s also a joke. Oh, don’t forget that they will automatically renew (recharge your card) when your subscription is just about up without notifying you… and you better remember when you joined because there is no way to look up your account info unless you try calling them. Zoosk IS NOT a “fun and easy-to-use online dating site!” … not to mention the huge amount of fake profiles that message you with their dirty websites! What a joke! Think I’m full of it? Join as a paying member and see for yourself! Btw, tons of cougars on there so, if that’s what you’re looking for then it just might be worth it!

Zoosk is horrible as a pay site as they use fake profiles to entice people to join. I keep getting emails from them from 'members' with the same picture but have different profile names and live in different cities. I mean the exact same picture associated with different names and locations. And I get these duplicate pictures at least one time a week. SCAM!

Be careful. It seems America is drifting away from being a friendly place and moving to a greedy, money-hungry place. This is from over four years of experience in the dating community. I am in my 50s and know a rip-off when I see one. Zoosk seems to be heading into the same cesspool with the rest of the pay dating services.

DO NOT. WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!!!
Fake profiles, con artists and hardly any responses once you pay. All sorts of requests before but once they get your money, it's done. You would probably have better luck finding someone at the local gas station than on ZOOSK.

Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Expensive and scammy. I have contacted support repeatedly to remove my profile and they simply ignore it sending spam and credit card renewal requests a few times per week. I also am quite sure they use fake profiles. I got a suspicious increase in contacts from "people" when my subscription was due to expire. So theyre scammy, spammy and dishonest. I highly recommend spending your money elsewhere.

Horrible site. Not user friendly and the quality of dating prospects is bottom of the barrel. You can't tell if someone you are interested in is a member or not. If they aren't, they can't respond and you are left wondering if they got your message. Go to match.com or pof.com.

I agree with the majority of others' posts. I was getting a ton of flirts and when I would respond with my contact info, I never heard from anyone. And that's another thing, when I put my number in the messages, Zoosk deletes it, which I think is bs because I see other users with their numbers in their profiles and even send me their numbers in their messages. I'm a free member, so I only get to send one message. I want to meet people but I'm sorry, I'm not forking out a bunch of money for nonsense. I contacted 3 guys who left me their numbers. One of them was just being a jerk and the other two only appeared to want sex. One expected me to send him sexy pics of myself after texting back and forth for 1 day. I just stopped communicating with him and the other one, when I didn't agree to go see him in person, 1 day after meeting him on Zoosk, he stopped talking to me. I've waisted money on Match.com and Eharmony and I've had no results. Dating sites are just plain crap. Don't waste your time and money on them.

has anyone had this problem i just joined and cannot find out how to message some one u might have intrest in it wont let me chat please let me know. i have paid for this and can not use it

help

i have had the same problem, if you find a solution please let me know too.

OkCupid!!! (It's a lot better, and It's free... but they don't advertise at all that I've seen. XD And the matching algorithm is good. )

I gave up on Zoosk once they didn't show me the other persons message and edited my profile.

I understand that zoosk can't be responsible for immature liars.. both male and female... but they can be responsible for the fake ads that others have mentioned. Only there until you subscribe and then you find out they aren't real people. And what is with the $24.99 ACTIVATION FEE???? really? who does that on a dating site. The connection is to the internet which is what we already pay for! There are plenty of free dating sites out there. No reason to spend that much on this one....

I'm cancelling my subscription. Zoosk is phony at best. People not returning messages. Auto-replies. Same people viewing your profile, who obviously didn't read your profile. That's because the viewing is generated by Zoosk, not the subscribers. Getting warm, romantic messages, then when you reply, poof they're no longer members. Total BS.
And why can't you save your modify searches, especially on the phone app. If you can't save it why have it down as a category? Because it's Bull *censored* disguised as a dating site. Yes people meet, and I wish them all the best. But they were lucky. I truly feel, from what I've experienced and what I've read 90% of us are taken for our $$$$$$$. Move on guys

I agree; it is a total rip off; and if u are a match then you have buy gold coins too meet them; nothing but a scam.

Ladies be ware. There are many scamers on this site. They say they are out of the country and then fool you into believing everything they say. Once they think they have you where they want you, they ask you for money. Thank god I didnt fall for that act. As soon as a match I had been speaking with for a while started a conversation saying he needed money to come back to the country because he needed to finish a job, I knew something was really wrong. When he asked me for money for a ticket, I told him to leave me alone. And on top of it all he told me I was mean and insulting. Can you believe these people. Please be careful.

I just started on the site and same results, nothing but a rip off, you get the same messages and when you respond, you never get a respond to your emails, I will cancel my subscription and go some where else, this is just another way of getting people to spend money and hoping they will find someone and its nothing but a automated system that sends you false emails that some one is actually interested in you just to keep you in the site. Very dissapointing and I will stay away from this site and also advise all my single friends to do so.

Zoosk is expensive - and not worth the price you pay.

Full of people who aren't actually who they claim to be. I had one even trying to get me to click on a link in an attempt to trick me into installing a virus or spyware onto my computer - didn't work because I am not retarded.

There are not enough people on there.

They have something called 'winks'. These are like pokes on facebook to test the water and see if you get a wink back or a message. This would be fine if many had not got automatic winks set up which automatically send a wink back regardless of whether or not the person actually wants to talk to you or not. You end up wasting your time sending a message to someone who either isn't who they are or doesn't want a message from your fine internet profiled self.

I subscribed after receiving a wink back - turned out this was an automatic wink which I at the time knew nothing about. The site encouraged me to subscribe to read this message i'd apparently got which wasn't a message at all.

Customer service is appalling. I expressed my concerns listed above to deaf ears.

I've used dating sites before and this is the worst. Lovestruck and Match remain the best.

It's more like $13. per month for 6 months. Ridiculous, since most of the men over 50 have cigs hanging out of their mouths, sitting on Harley's with sunglasses or standing in front of a mobile home. I'm a female living in TX with an education. You need to offer free memberships to women to attract more men -- like bars do with NO covers for women. Otherwise, you can forget it. I'm not that desperate to spend my money being hit on by losers.

Whatever happen to sexual equality?? Only works if its in YOUR benefit,huh?

Thats because women are cheapskates

Wow what a site... I don't think I have ever met so many weird and creepy guys... I mean I know they exist but holly cow its basically every single member haha
I would not recommend it to anyone a waste of time creating a profile and a waste of time to actually meet someone that is an actual match...

OMG this site is filled with fake and old profiles. So many "Zooskers" but with know way of knowing if they are an active member, you are totally wasting your time. I also get nearly daily spam from obviously fake users looking for me to contact them via email. Also, user after user has one picture and minimal information. Such a waste.

Yes, I agree. I signed up without any research 24 hrs ago. Two guys turned out to be 6-7 yrs older than what hey told me. Seems like so many schemes and wants one night stand. So disappointed .never again.

I would not pay for Zoosk ever again. Total rip off. Most members are free and can't talk back. They have fake bot profiles designed to get you to pay. Watch out Zoosk is a scam!!

I was a paid member of Zoosk for 6 months. Never met anyone and had almost zero chats with men. I must have contacted close to 150 members over the 6 month period and maybe communicated with 3 or 4. Someone from the site made an appointment to see me and then stood me up. After I contacted him he explained he showed up and I was not there. I know that many members are free so that is the reason why I had no answer from them. In looking over members pictures some looked like prison convicts others were quite creepy, Then there are members who will look at your profile, once, twice, three times and never contact or wanna chat with you even though they claim they wanna chat. Also, there must have been at least 20 con artists that contacted me, probably from overseas) me giving me a phony story and wanting me to give them money. I am sure the picture and the name posted are quite phony. I find no fault with customer service. Most of the time they were quite helpful. Its the members that are oddball. I would divide the members into four 1) con men/women 2) don't know what they want, 3) creeps and 4) just want to meet for sexual encounter. Now that my paid membership has expired, Zoosk placed me as a free member and I am getting views from the same people who previously viewed my profile. As others have said, online dating is really not the place to meet someone and I totally agree!.

Zoosk search function never worked for me when I select ages below 28. If I enter ages 21 to 25,it only shows 28yrs old.If I enter 25 to 35 it only show 28 to 35.
Zoosk has not posted an email for questions, so to find out what the deal is with their faulty search there
is only a phone # to call.

Women were all feaking insane, chat is restrictive, paid account was trash and customer service is awful. You're given a three day money back garentee as long as you cancel your account by mail. They neglect to tell you this.So I'm supposed to open the account, send the letter, and hope it gets to California in three days??

T-r-a-s-h: Trash.
Still haven refunded me and refuse to continue communications.

I agree. For some reason, women don't follow-up and follow-through. You get one or two messages and then they disappear. They also don't live where their profile says they do. I live in NY and they say they live near here but then when you send them a message, they say they live in another state. Some as far as California. Many women also say they live in Africa. Those are the ones that ask for money.

With out this site i would have never found my Husband!!

I met a guy on this site and weve been dating for almost two years now doing the whole long distance relationship thing, and now he is going to move in. We are both very excited!!!!!

I would stay away from this site. They pull you in by flooding you inbox with what appear to the genuine messages from other people however once you pay up you see that almost all are nothing more than auto-reply made to look like real messages.

Also, be very careful because it will renew it self for you if you do not cancel ahead of time and there are NO REFUNDS at all. This is a very shady company. Be cautious.

very few people have active profiles - not worth it in spokane wa maybe other cities POF much better !
and free for everything just saying Zoosk is not a FREE site and dont pay the sign up fee they will wave it if you close the sign up window...

AVOID! They will take money form your card again and again and again without your authority. Try getting it back them, no chance. I got a refund from my card provider because they know about Zoosk and the people who own it. They told my the company owners have a history of fraudulent trading activities. After this they'll go back to putting a brick in a box and telling you it's a mobile phone or an iPad.

It's all very well put together front.

Zoosk is a ripoff and try to use their Instant Messenger!They are just as almost all of the dating sites are just looking for your money,period!!When you are a non-subscriber their are dozens of messages,want to meet you,flirts,etc.Then when you sign up you see that many of them are repeats,homely gals and 10 years older or more.Sorry i went on several of them the past couple of years and they all suck!!!!!!

If there is one dating site out there that really works
I would like to know about it! They are all scams and
should be avoided! I would not advise spending
money on any of them!

I just upgraded my membership on Zoosk. I paid
$25.00 dollars to join and another $25.00 for an installment fee. I know that is way to much to pay for a dating site but I wanted to see if upgrading would get me anymore emails. I edited my profile and made it more interesting or so I thought. So far though I have not received even one email and my profile only has one view. It looks like I wasted my money on another dating site again. As for plenty of fish I didn't have any luck on that one either. The only site I was able to get real dates on was Friendfinder.com. There might be
another one out there but I have not found it yet.