Coffee Meets Bagel

I met two guys, both scammers. Watch out for Raymond, a ship writer, and robert williams dyncorp using number *******885, both told me they have to travel out of the county, and asked for google play cards.

Met this guy online and he said he was a surgeon working for UN but based in Yemen until April 2019. His name is "Evans". He quickly wanted to move the chats to another app (WeChat)

He said he has a daughter and son based in US whom is being looked after by a nurse and not his ex-wife.

He lives in HK and whilst chatting to him in February, he declared his love early on in the relationship even though we did not really chat too in-depth about anything in particular.

I started to ignore him and he got more and more desperate. I think he was going to ask me for money but I blocked him.

Please be alert when talking to him.

The caliber of men definitely is great, but I found the app confusing and not conducive to exchanges; in a month's membership I only had one date. When I tried to unsubscribe because of the meager results, I found the process so tricky that it took me several tries. After I finally managed, I got the receipt for the next month. When I reported the problem, I instantly got an automated response saying that I didn't have a case for a refund. Thumbs way down for that deceitful practice.

One day, I was suddenly logged out of my Coffee Meets Bagel account. Problem was it was linked to an old phone number, so I had no way of getting back in.

I reached out to customer support and they gladly updated the phone number linked to my account, but this took a few days to do. Would've been easier if they had a self service tool to do it like other dating apps.

Unfortunately once they updated the phone number on my account, it supposedly triggered all these security flags and I had to submit a selfie to verify my identity. They refused to tell me why, and upon asking them to delete my personal information they also refused. In every email, they keep blabbering on about "safety of our members will always be our number one priority" and just blandly linked me to their terms and conditions page.

Would be nice if they could highlight exactly what the issue was instead of bringing me to a page with a whole wall of text. It's like I'm asking for something in school and they've just dump an encyclopedia in front of me, expecting me to find the answer among the hundreds of pages in there.

All this - after I simply requested for the linked phone number on my account to be changed.

I connected with guy Ralph Conner, the name srated in his profile... He is a African credit card scammer... Within 1 month the sad sorry started. He was working in Turkey, but the only way he could get paid, is I'd I sent him my credit card number, and they will use my line of credit to pay him and then deposit the money back into my account... Scammer... other than that I have connected with some good guys that I still talk to!

I believe I met the same scammer as Jac T and Jessica A, formerly Terry and now known as Chao or Paul (Facebook profile Chao Paul). Architect from Leicester, has a UK mobile number, lives there and works on building design projects. Dad passed away from HK, Korean mom very sick (initially minor surgery) in hospital. No siblings no relatives. Claimed to be from HK and looking for matches from HK. He is a good looking Korean (speaks native English) and would send you photos and videos with his dog Teddy. In the end he had an emergency and asked to borrow 700 pounds to pay for his mom hospital bill. I said no and he kept messaging and sent me a photo of the bill. I told him UK hospital treatment is free and his bill is not in pounds. He then insulted me and blocked me on WeChat. Beware and don't waste time on him ladies!

I connected with a guy who said his name was Ramos Taylor, an Orthopedic doctor that lived in Downtown Los Angeles. I googled his pictures and it belonged to a doctor in Sao Paolo, Brazil name Dr. Bruno Gustavo. Dr. Gustavo has a Twitter and Instagram account and practically post pics of himself and gives out nutritional/health advice on a daily basis.

I am so sick of these fake profiles--I've lost count of the number of fake profiles that have crossed my path--that I automatically do Google research on every guy that I correspond with.

Ladies/Gents... BEWARE!

She went by Stephanie, Native American from North Dakota, Coffee meets Bagel, exchange numbers, was text only said she had a damaged phone. Was an awesome phone number though, when I tried to call it. Eventually, called her out, got a phone call from restricted number saying it was her, but with a heavy African accent. Ask about the accent, she denied it, asked where she was from, she said Austin, ask where she was raised, she said Austin. Definite scam here, beware. I'm just posting this because I deleted the bagel instead of reporting it.

Horrible site. First time trying. I am multilingual so amazong how many men there claim to have been born in another country then have the wrong accent or suddenly run if you say a few words in their "native" language. Oh... and never seen so many "doctors and lawyers". The rest are unattractive or looking for 1 night stands. The owners should be investigated or at least be ashamed for the money they try to get from people. Never doing any site experiements again

I have read a lot of the reviews for coffee meets bagel regarding fake profiles, and was sorry to hear people had that experience... On a positive note, my experience was the complete opposite. I met the man of my dreams on this site. We started dating and now we live together and couldnt be happier! He only lived 30 minutes away, but I doubt our paths would have crossed if it werent for coffee meet bagel. Im sure there are a lot more fakes out there than Im aware of and ithats really unfortunate that they have to be weeded out in order to find real people, but dont lose the faith because the real ones are there! Just as you are a good decent person looking to meet someone nice, there are others who long for the same. I hope this gives you guys a little hope.

Not sure if this guy is scam or not but, may be. He has sent several pictures and claims to be former CIA who lost his partner 6 months ago. After a couple weeks of chatting he is sent off on a "mission" to another country and will be gone for 3 weeks. He doesn't have a "NOK" (next of kin) so needs someone for the FRC (financial resource center) to be able to contact. I'm not sure of the type of contact at this point. I already told him if this is some sort of set up to ask for my money or account info he is messing with the wrong person because there is NO way I would do that especially when we haven't met yet face-to-face. He said it isn't and even sent a pic of himself on an airplane preparing for take off. Does this story seem familiar to anyone or have I really met a hero out fighting/serving his country?! Lol Even if legit... I wouldn't give out that info until when/if the time comes that it's an actual in the flesh relationship! Lol

This site is full of fake men profiles. Most of guys I connected were been kick out of the chat room. And most recently I was talking to a guy who claimed himself born and raised up in Belgium and moved to State at his 20s. Several days later, there has another guy show up in the discover section with different pix and age, but exactly same occupation, living location, university, even same profile (exactly same words, sentence). What a bummer!

Dated a couple of guys locally in Singapore and most of them are genuine. It is not difficult to identify scammers as soon as they ask you for money or are unable to meet in person. However, the problem is there are guys who lied that they are single when they are actually married, probably just looking for cheap thrills. Came across this guy who called himself MLSF, KP or Kwee Peng who wasn't honest about his age and marital status. If you are looking for something serious, look out for red flags early. Some of the guys are just looking for friends with benefits, keep your sanity, and don't fall too soon - unless you're looking for cheap thrills!