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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

be warned that after the first payment they save details and you`re prone for accidental payment on any extra option xD pure and evil scam! absolute NO value from premium or any extra! majority of... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Let’s just say! I met my husband to be and had a baby and we brought a house together within the first year of meeting eachother! He is an absolute sweetheart and I feel so lucky to have met him throu... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What was once a good decent app it had ads etc but messaging to anyone was free and it was cool ..now it's very shadey it will Rob your money if you have details on it it also has increased its price... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ever Since they '' updated '' the desktop version since Sept/October this year its barely even works. When it does work it's now absolutely full of intrusive pop ups and messages (including for every... See more

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  1. Dating Service
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  3. Adult Dating Service

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Badoo is a dating-focused social network, founded in 2006, with offices in London, Malta, Moscow and the United States.


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  • Great Portland Street, W1W 5QA, London, United Kingdom

  • badoo.co.uk

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

OK but full membership not worth it...

I agree with the comments from previous disaffected users - I decided I would purchase a week's membership to try out the additional access it provided but when it came to paying, the option had reverted to the default of 'life-time' membership which, since the money is taken without a review window to confirm your choice, is not immediately apparent! having checked my credit card pending payments I saw what had happened and immediately messaged customer support - in itself requiring extensive detective work to find out how to - but a week later am still awaiting a response... btw, from my experience the full membership is virtually worthless since you are still required to purchase additional credits to contact the majority of profiles... in my view just save your money because full membership is not as advertised & seems deliberately designed to mislead...

February 20, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Badoo requested my previous review be…

Badoo requested my previous review be removed as clearly they do not want potential customers knowing the truth so I’ll list facts !
At 1.30am I was going through swipes and came across a profile in an area so I immediately searched that area but found NO profile ? Few days later I came across a profile of a friend of mine and screen shot it and sent it to her where she stated it had been deleted ages ago ? Her previous photo was then listed as “ just joined” and again once swiped right I searched for her but could not find the profile !!!
That’s because it was a fake profile and set up by badoo !
When complaint to badoo they claimed the customer must off deleted the account within seconds of me swiping like on her at 1.30am
This is not the first either previously I found a photo of previous date listed in Oxford despite knowing full well she still lived and worked in ipswich? Clearly badoo use people photos on fake accounts listing them in different towns to boost guys/girls in that area . They then hope people will pay to message knowing full well the profiles are fake!!
As stated before I’ve sent complaints to trading standards and once established I will be forwarding complaints to police for identity theft !!
Badoo refused to answer my complaints when in contacted them !

January 28, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam....

I will not be surprised if this site is runned from Russia or Ukraine, Do you need to ask further questions ? I dont think so....

November 25, 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

charged 50$ for credit i never ask

Took one month of premium to try it out and they charged me another 50$ for 2700 credit (which i got BUT i never agree to buy it..never push any button to buy credit )i only wanted the 1 month and they charged 8$+ 50$ gonna call my credit card tomorrow

August 25, 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute disgrace

Absolute disgrace, they want to charge you 200 credits to message 90% of their users. Which equates to £2 just to message one girl which will no doubt ignore you. The only ones left are the complete undesirables. They don’t show your profile to anyone, I’ve had it for like 1 year and only had 1 random view which wasn’t initiated by me messaging first. It may as well not exist because they clearly have algorithms in place to make sure you never meet anyone on it.

June 17, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing app

Amazing app. I've met my soul mate. So pleased I joined it and was able to meet him. Can't wait to become Mr and Mrs. Will definitely incorporate "badoo" in our big day. It's like there has only ever been him, Pleased I swiped right💚

March 17, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hands off!

Hands off!
They charge your credit card for services that you have never ordered.
Doubtful if there are real people behind the profiles.

February 24, 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't waste your time or money guys..

Don't waste your money chaps.. It's a total Con.. Especially if your male.

I wrote a review on Badoo.com. but feel I should also update this one.
As with a few on here I expect we have visited a few dating sites. I felt I should join one and at least pay some money, that way it maybe a safer and more genuine people. What I found is a costly lesson. To message, practically do anything costs money. And when your credits go lower Badoo takes the money automatically, there is no warning.

A couple of the women I did speak with told me they got it all for free. A couple said they paid a fiver. I paid a lot more. It's a sexist site which plays on honest people wanting a relationship.

Don't waste your time. Save your money and Don't bother..

If I could -5 stars I definitely would..

August 8, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why 1 star

Why 1 star? Worst Dating App at all.

- Pay for everything!
- Ads everywhere!
- Dead profiles!

It's not a free Social/Dating app, it's payed app.

May 8, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Save your time and money. This is pretty much a scam operation

I gave this site/app a good try out over 6 weeks and even paid for the premium version in order to make the best chances (seemingly) that could be to get some sort of success. Here are the results:

1. you have to pay a lot extra to message most of the prospective matches (EVEN after paying for a premium subscription)

2. 90% of people on there are either inactive or scammers. Don't expect much.

3. Even if you stop your account, badoo will continue to charge your credit card forever, UNTIL you call your bank to block them.

4. Badoo makes it almost impossible to actually contact customer services as even their captcha to get to the contact form doesn't work most of the time.

5. Customer services are useless. Don't expect any help from them or refunds for the extra months of unauthorised charges to your account.

6. if you lose, or change your simcard then you're also screwed as you can't get in to your account to change anything, or close it. And customer services aren't going to help you with that.

February 21, 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Your date site is a ripoff I have…

Your date site is a ripoff I have answered so many ladies only to find out a lot of the time I have to pay to talk to them you only want people to pay great say this is a paying site only answer most lady credits .well are you free or not simple .besides have not met to many people who are not happy or talk to overseas ladies ..joke badoo joke. paying out anything .have to pay rather meet meet a lady face to face than pay some one else. Sorry badoo you are a scam mark nolan

December 30, 2018
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