Forum Subject: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2008/10/01 04:23pm
By: Anonymous (Michael)

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2008/10/01 08:09pm
By: Editor

Do not send money.

I haven't heard of any problems with ChristianMingle. Unfortunately all popular dating sites have a certain number of scammers. Avoid people you are unsure of and make sure you report them to the dating site, so no one else can possibly get scammed.

General Rules to detect Scammers
1. They have requested money or banking information.
2. They are currently out of the Country and need help.
3. Their profile and messages have bad spelling and grammar.
4. Your gut feeling is telling you something is not right.

See this story about someone who was scammed on eHarmony: One Womans Trouble with an Internet Dating Scam

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2009/12/14 11:08am
By: Anonymous (Justice)

That's interesting! I was a member of ChristianMingle; and I was also contacted from a "woman" (it may have been a man for all I know) from Ghana. When I checked on her profile
'she" listed her city as "New York".

I reported this individual immediately to their webmaster. Then I canceled my subscription.

Oh, by the way, if you sign up for (1) month on ChristianMingle; and don't cancel your membership at the end of the month, your credit card will automatically be billed for the second month. Good luck trying to get that money back.

I also think that they have women that I call "ringers": beautiful, intelligent, successful. These women will send cards with very little written content. One example is a "woman" who goes by the name of Fuschiapink". She has all of the qualities you would want in a woman; and she has been on the site for over 1 1/2 years! Either she is searching for Mr. Perfect, or she is a "ringer" paid by ChrstianMingle to string along all the lonely men who are seeking true companionship. I tend to believe she is the latter. How many other "ringers" do they and other dating services have out there?

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/02/19 02:57am
By: Anonymous (Responder)

Quote by: Justice

That's interesting! I was a member of ChristianMingle; and I was also contacted from a "woman" (it may have been a man for all I know) from Ghana. When I checked on her profile
'she" listed her city as "New York".

I reported this individual immediately to their webmaster. Then I canceled my subscription.

Oh, by the way, if you sign up for (1) month on ChristianMingle; and don't cancel your membership at the end of the month, your credit card will automatically be billed for the second month. Good luck trying to get that money back.

I also think that they have women that I call "ringers": beautiful, intelligent, successful. These women will send cards with very little written content. One example is a "woman" who goes by the name of Fuschiapink". She has all of the qualities you would want in a woman; and she has been on the site for over 1 1/2 years! Either she is searching for Mr. Perfect, or she is a "ringer" paid by ChrstianMingle to string along all the lonely men who are seeking true companionship. I tend to believe she is the latter. How many other "ringers" do they and other dating services have out there?



I don't know how all this responding goes but here goes: I was looking for info. on Christianmingle because I was considering on buying a one month membership. I had been wanting to buy this membership but hesitant because the disclosure said that your card will be automatically billed on your renewal date, I thought well I don't like that, especialy if I only ask for one month.

Anyhow I agree about the ringers from this guy above, I have seen pictures of guys who look like they came straight out of a magazine and then when you read their Bio their perfect, it seems to be all about "you" i.e. ...I will love you forever...I will never cheat...you will be the one I cherish...I thought to myself isn't that a little much for not even knowing who I am? Non the less it all sounded foolish.

I do think there are honest people on there but I hate when a company uses manipulation. When I tried to put in my post about not having a membership after the review of my post I would review it and there would be nothing in it that says I don't have a membership, that's manipulation for sure! It's suppose to be a Christian site...obviously they owners and there of worship other gods.

OH yah one more thing...I loaded some money onto my paypal acct cause on Cmingle it says that's what they will accept but when you go to paypal on Cmingle it sends you back to must have a credit card...I'm like huh?...

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/03/08 11:44pm
By: Anonymous (C.P.)

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.





Same thing happened to me. The emails arrived as if the ladies lived in the States. Once you start talking to the porported ladies, they turned to be in Ghana. Christian Mingle should not allowed this to happen. The one I talked to for about a month, turned to be a scammer from Accra, Ghana. This guy ( the scammer) has a whole ring of helpers to make it appear as if it is real. The purported lady had a whole bunch of medical problems and needs. It was all about money. Christian M. should not allow this people to infiltrate the system and act with impunity.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/04/01 01:25pm
By: Anonymous (Julie)

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.




If I were you, I would not play around with anyone from out of the country. Everyone wants to come here and live here. You have way to much correspondence way to quickly. If you really want to play it smart... do a background check. On all of them. Even the pastor. No title is real unless you can verify that it is. So, consider all of the a fabrication until you have HARD evidence.
Good Luck

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/04/20 07:35pm
By: Anonymous (soultalk)

I was on CM off and on for about four years at least. I found the members, message boards, and interaction some of the most memorable experiences of my life. I even married and devorced someone from there. I ran into glimpses of everything one will run into living in this world. In EVERY garden you will find 'WEEDS' !! Just because I was a fool and was not careful in how and who I interacted with is NOT the site's fault, it was MINE !!
EVERY relational web-site has it's faults, decievers, scammers, and the immature. EVERY relational web site could be ran better and wiser and more member friendly. Christian Mingle changed hands and is ran by those who probably own dozens of single sites by now. They are in it to make money !! Nothing more and nothing less. But I would do it all over again and spend the $500 that I did for the chance to connect with the GOOD, HONEST, WONDERFUL, PEOPLE that I DID find. Without hesitation.
Those from Ghana were the standard joke we all made fun of in the chat rooms and message boards. But we did not let a few rotten ones spoil the fun, laughter, friendship, and conversation of those we had learned to know and trust over time.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/04/30 11:02pm
By: Anonymous (life)

what i believe is woman from ghana are not the only scammers.But woman from state are very scammers if not /Why will some one like me to be online looking for woman .I have been scamm by a woman i marrige here in califonia .she cheated on me and get divorce and took away all the things that i have spend my entire life to work for .So i dont blame any woman from any part of the world .But i believe God time is the best

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/05/02 07:00pm
By: Anonymous (angella)

Quote by: Julie

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living......... any thoughts or experiances out there.

If I were you, I would not play around with anyone from out of the country. Everyone wants to come here and live here. You have way to much correspondence way to quickly. If you really want to play it smart... do a background check. On all of them. Even the pastor. No title is real unless you can verify that it is. So, consider all of the a fabrication until you have HARD evidence. Good Luck

I do not live in your country, but i have been there several times. My mom, sisters and stepfather lives there. I am quite comfortable in my country with all the necessities in life, or well most of it. Unfortunately my marriage is no more and I am trying this online dating thing. I too was almost scammed out of $20K thankfully i listened to the Spirits promptings. I posted my experience also, so I don't necessarily think it is fair for the comment about playing around with anyone outside of your country as many just want to come. I have also been to other countries on vacation my most recent being Canada. So not all of us are bad or have bad intentions OK! Oh I was in Florida last October too, visiting my mom and my dad owns a home in Fort Lauderdale, So I am not looking for anything except LOVE!! ok

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/05/19 02:41am
By: Anonymous (Jett Austins)

Guys, guys...

Let's be careful on blaming these scams on a specific nationality. These scammers just might be residing right next to you, acting dumb and pretending to be from Africa or whatnot.

Let's just be careful next time on dealing with other people on the web and even trusting them with our money. It's better to date via webcam than emailing them, because you got to see the real person you're dealing with.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/08/14 11:54pm
By: Anonymous (trose)

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.



this sounds pretty suspicious... for the most part if it doesnt feel right in your gut.. then its probably not..
In regards to this case though, I would assume they would ask someone else for help with money, not some guy they just met.. that seems quite off ot me

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/08/15 11:26am
By: Anonymous (bjm)

DO NOT...I REPEAT DO NOT EVER give money to anyone that you do not personally know....there are enough credible helping agencies that you can give to if you want to give to charity....anyone online that ask for money is to be avoided at all costs.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/09/30 03:56pm
By: Anonymous (Claire)

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.



I met a man who says he lives in Georgia, but had to go to Nigeria for an emergency. Also asked me for money. Suggested I go to my pastor to get it, which I refused to do. He also appeared to be a nice Christian man, but now I know otherwise.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/10/24 09:38pm
By: Anonymous (disappointed)

I must have missed the auto renewal part of the sign up. I didn't use the site beyond the first three months that I signed up for, however I was charged two additonal times. I didn't keep using it because the matches were way off and many were scams. CM is the only site I done this with and I really wish I would have listened to my instincts. The ads once you get on there are hardly representative a Christian beliefs however I understand now that the owners also run other sites, sad really.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2010/11/04 01:12pm
By: Anonymous (Don)

I was a christians mingle member for one day. I agree with the post about the scammers and the ringers. Within 5 minutes of joining I had nearly 10 hits all wanting to "get to know me better" but they wanted to do it on Yahoo msgr. If you ran their name on name search on CM, it cannot be found. I can't believe CM doesn't know this is happening. Match.com has the ringers too. Seems as though they want to operate a site, take the money but not be responsible or act in a responsible way. Also, had to do quite a bit of hunting to find out how to cancel the subscription to CM. And there is no refund. These guys must all follow the same business model...bait &I switch.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/01/21 09:19pm
By: Anonymous (David)

I find Christian sites have a few more scammers than your usual sites, probably because people figure that Christians are more likely to give money to "those in need" Watch out for the Nigerians and Ghana people who say they live in the U.S.A. and then tell you later they are not in the country -lol

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/01/26 05:31pm
By: Anonymous (Keena)

There are going to be bad people no matter what site you go to... I was a memeber of CM for 1 1/2 years. I met a wonderful man. We married in 2006 and have been happily married since.....You just have to use common sense and good judgement.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/02/12 05:17pm
By: Anonymous (hkj31)

Never bother with anyone from Ghana. They all have the same story that they lost a family member or two to an auto accident or plane crash and they send a picture of some super hot girl. This is always a scam I learned. The people arent even real because I caught them all in lies repeatedly. So.....let it be known....Ghana means Bolona !

Be aware of scam on ChristianMingle

Posted on: 2011/03/13 06:23am
By: Anonymous (Anonymous)

I met someone on ChristianMingle, who pretented to be a god fearing man, who talked like a godly man, and even prayed with me on the phone. He said he lived in uk, and even has a uk email address and phone number. He said he is a window and his wife die 3 yrs ago and has a daughter who is 6yo. He sent me some photos of himself and his daughter; but now i know he probably just used other's photos.

After chatting with me on line and also on the phone for several weeks, he said he had a big contract in Malaysia and he believed it was a sign from God as he had never worked out of uk before. He said he would come to meet me once the project finished. Once he got to Malaysia, he gave me a Malaysia mobile number to call. About a week after he got here, he said he had cash flow problem as he never worked overseas before and miscalculated the budget. So he sent me a copy of his uk passport and also the contract, and asked to borrow money. Anyway, during the month he was there, he kept asking for more money; and i foolishly believed him.

He even prayed with me on the phone and said he knew God is with us and we need to trust God would see us through. He even told me he went to the local church and asked the pastor to pray for him and us etc. Anyway, there were other people involved. Someone even used May Bank's address to email me, even called me saying his client decided to realease the final payment to him so they need my account details. Only when they asked me to pay a conversation tax, i realised this was a scam.

The whole scam lasted more than two months and involved various people from Malaysia and uk. It has cost me dearly. But the whole scam is sofisicated and well planned. The man talked like a Christian and he definately knew the Christian language. So be aware of the wolf in sheep skin, who come to deceive the sisters in Christ.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/03/19 07:07am
By: Anonymous (victoria)

I was also a member and have no complaints.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/04/16 12:37am
By: Anonymous (Marina)

Quote by: Michael

I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with scams on ChristianMingle .com

I have meet what seems to be a very nice Christian woman that is beautiful. She is from
Ghana and needs money. Her pastor has called me. Her mom texts me. He doctor has called me........................feels like a scam......Just hard to believe people do this for a living.........
any thoughts or experiances out there.



YES I have a friend who was writing to a man supposedly from California who "flew to Ghana on business" and promptly wanted $800 to pay the workers until he could get a bank account set up. Yeah, right.

She called Christian Minglae and they told her they screen out thousands of these scammers but apparently lots get through anyway.

If you have to ask whether this is a scam, you are the very sort of person they are counting on duping. Good luck.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/04/19 04:12pm
By: Anonymous (NM)

Yes it is a scam! Unfortunately there are who has no fear of God and will anything and everything for money. I am a Christian and my sister was victimized by this scam also. We need to be extra vigilant and careful in dealing with people in the internet... once they ask you for money or start calling - STOP and report them!

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/06/05 07:18am
By: Anonymous (Chris Bisaccia)

Don't send any money. I meet the same woman on Christain Mingle. She claimed her name was Melody Watson and that she lived in Philly but was over in Ghana on some buisness. Don't trust her! I thought she was so wonderful but she only wanted $2500 from me. Once I would'nt give it to her she stopped talking to me.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/07/07 06:14pm
By: Anonymous (Disappointed with CM)

I had a substantially bad experience with a woman I met on christian mingle who first listed her place of residence as one city and turned out to live in another; then second, told me that she owned the home and furniture where she lived which was ultimately foreclosed and sold; then finally, had ongoing relationships with men she had been involved with previously. The full depth of her lies is unknown - I would encourage any man to be extremely cautious about so called christian dating sites.

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Posted on: 2011/07/13 01:07pm
By: Anonymous (carrie)

beware of a man who goes by the name "minglehertz" he says he from Greece, says his wife dies nd his son studies abroad. He claims to live in Virginia, once he pulls you in some very bizarre passionate talk, he then says he will be out of the country , then emails you to ask for money! Thank God I Never gave him any of my personal info other than my email. He became very angry that i would not send him mo0ney, and never would ask me any questions about my life, it was always about him, but only superficial things. Nothing with substance. I reported him to the site and was told he had already been removed for "suspicious behavior". Naturally I am done with thi ssite, although one bad experience does not dictate the sucess or failure of this site, I Have met nothing but freaks. They also continue to match me with people outside of my preferences in spite of my asking to have this changed. No more!

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/08/29 07:42pm
By: Anonymous (:-))

Christian mingle is great, afrikans, russians or any one asking for money daaaaaa! Come on people strangers dont ask strangers for money. Wake up! And for those who arent getting that person and think there playing hard to get.......im sorry to say but just like the movies says...there probably just not that into you....there is plenty of wonderful people on the site who are genuine decent people, a better concentration than most sites! Sorry to be blunt but hey its the facts........peace out ;-)

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2011/09/01 11:43am
By: Anonymous (anne)

I met what I thought was the man of my dreams, from the US military. 10 months and alot of money later I came to find out it was a woman in Ghana using a stolen service man ID. I am so so very hurt and heartbroken. How do I find this man to let him know whats going on with his ID and name?

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2012/01/19 12:13am
By: Anonymous (encryptor)

I have been on CM for 6 month, all free/not a $$ member. I have noticed that many really interesting profiles have a short (profile)"longevity". It is impossible to tell if a profile is paid for or "free", you can not write this directly into the essay. My complaint is primarily about the minuscule number of women on that site who can read and understand a profile. On CM I have never been scammed by a beautiful blonde stranded in Ghana or wherever. One female user on CM was very unchristian, she blocked me and I think she was the 1 who "reported" me, no big loss......Of all the "smiles" I got, directly or in return, I can only have the feeling of 1(one): "the trophy-catch that got away", she quit CM B4 I could connect.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2012/02/07 02:55pm
By: Anonymous (S Thomas)

I saw multiple ads for CM. I was hesitant to join but one night I just said what the hell. As it turns out a great womans son had been telling her she should join and she joined the same day. There is no doubt in my mind that this woman was place in my path by God. She is the absolute love of my life.

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2013/03/22 10:03am
By: Anonymous (Red)

Quote by: Anonymous

I saw multiple ads for CM. I was hesitant to join but one night I just said what the hell. As it turns out a great womans son had been telling her she should join and she joined the same day. There is no doubt in my mind that this woman was place in my path by God. She is the absolute love of my life.



I love hearing stories like this. It gives me such great hope with my pursuit in finding someone to share my life with. I have been thinking of signing up for Christian Mingle. I think I will do it tonight when I get home from work so I can have the whole weekend to use the service.

Many thanks

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2013/04/10 08:51pm
By: Anonymous (Red)


Here is my status update for Christian Mingle. It has been just over 2 weeks since I signed up for 3 months. I was really excited the first day. I sent out about 8 messages to other members and then I waited for the replies to come in. By day 2 I was pretty disappointed because not one person had replied. I sent out a few more emails that day and by day 3 I had a reply from one of the first emails I sent. He seemed like a real nice gentleman. On day 4 I got 3 more replies. It was Saturday and obviously a lot more people check their accounts on the weekend than during the week.

By the start of week 2 I was getting the hang of online dating. This is my first time doing it and I obviously had some learning to do. I started to figure out what members most likely were going to reply back and starting to send them messages to them. Right now I am talking to about 9 different members via email which is a bit much. It is hard to keep things straight. I think I am going to pick my top 3 members and go to the next level and talk on the phone. I will let the other 6 members know that it was nice to talk with them but that I don’t think they are a match for me.

I can’t wait to move to the next step and go on an actual date! LOL

Re: ChristianMingle.com Question

Posted on: 2016/08/08 06:34pm
By: Anonymous (Anony Mouse)

I have a paid membership on CM. Haven't encountered any blatant scammers so far but I have to wonder if they throw in some "ringers." I've seen two guys, ostensibly in my state, that looked like models. The first one was too far away so I did not contact him but the second one supposedly lived much closer. "He" sent me a "smile" so I sent a brief response. Did not receive anything back and a week or two later he's no longer on the site! Hmmmm...

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