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Learn all about eHarmony scams and the steps you need to take if you’ve been catfished<\/a> in this popular online dating website.<\/p>\n

How Does eHarmony Work?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Drinking-hot-green-tea-810039-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

eHarmony<\/a> touts itself as the fall in love and gets a married site. It was co-founded by Dr. Neil Clarke Warren, a Clinical Psychologist with a Ph.D. who has a Master in Divinity degree from a Theological college. That\u2019s code for it being about the furthest thing away from a hookup site, in theory.<\/p>\n

You may have seen the commercials, saying that over a million couples have met and married due to the site. That\u2019s roughly 236 marriages a day that has given produced, 100,000 babies. We are to assume they lived happily ever after, wink wink. The demographic tends to be a little older and more interested in long-term relationships and marriage, than other sites like OkCupid<\/a> or, even Match.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

eHarmony stakes their claim in being more scientific than other sites, by using compatibility tests. The website considers their self-evaluation questions paramount to producing higher quality matches, via their secret computer coded algorithms created by Ph.D. Psychologists and Mathematicians, amongst others.<\/p>\n

How Does the Site Get You Interested?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Man-scrolling-449557-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

The opening page of eHarmony<\/a> is simple and immediately tells future daters that it is, \u201cNow free to communicate.\u201d Everyone, even people who want to get married, like free messaging. However, does free mean free?<\/p>\n

Not when you\u2019ve got a team of employees with Ph.D.\u2019s to pay. Not to mention the fact that the self-evaluation questions can be three hundred or so. When you\u2019ve invested 300 answers, you begin to want the dating site<\/a> to work well.<\/p>\n

What Free Messaging Means<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free messaging<\/a> starts with \u201cGuided Communication,\u201d not gabbing about your heart and soul. First, they offer something called \u201cQuick Questions\u201d where you have preform questions to ask, such as, \u201cHow trusting are you?\u201d.<\/p>\n

If you like the answers of the match you\u2019re talking to you can the answer 10 \u201cMakes\u201d and \u201cBreaks, what you want the most and need to share<\/a> in common. From there they let you answer and send more in-depth questions. Finally, right when you\u2019re interested and have spent a lot of time on one person, you can progress to eHarmony mail, for subscribers only.<\/p>\n

Complaints About eHarmony:\u2028\u2028 Subscriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n

This where you need to be cautious. eHarmony has subscriptions. You can sign up for one month<\/a> up to twenty-four months. You will keep being billed until your subscription is complete and you cancel with the terms of the contract. If you don\u2019t cancel correctly, expect to keep paying and endure the nightmare of customer service bickering, which, for the record, you can\u2019t go through a phone<\/a> line.<\/p>\n

Which Brings Us to <\/strong>Customer Service<\/a><\/p>\n

Dating site<\/a> customer service is like the date you don\u2019t like and don\u2019t want to see again. eHarmony may be all about algorithms, but they make a considerable profit off people who forget to cancel service, sign up for more months than they mean to, or give up on the difficulties of trying to cancel an account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no accident that they don\u2019t have a phone number to access<\/a> quickly, for account cancellations. Many users claim to be billed for months<\/a> longer than they wanted to be. If you\u2019re waiting for a refund, you might have to stop waiting, as refunds are few and far between. Their monthly charge is higher than many other sites, as well.<\/p>\n

Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disgruntled eHarmony clients complain about the matches they received which were either subpar, too far away, or too few. Other times users were sent smokers when they don\u2019t smoke – to name<\/a> a few. Sometimes the overabundance of warm bodies looking for free dating on Plenty of Fish<\/a> can lure away a sad but severe eHarmony user.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t believe us?<\/p>\n

Consider reading eHarmony\u2019s Consumer Affairs reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

eHarmony Scams to Watch out For<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pretty-asian-woman-with-dark-long-439981-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Catfish<\/a> Lurk the Site:<\/strong> Where people want to fall in love and get married, there will be catfish who want to capitalize off that. A catfish might be someone with a fake identity and an evil heart, who rejoices in tricking the lonely (or desperate) into \u201cfalling\u201d for them. A catfish<\/a> might be lone themselves or young, old, or insecure. All of that, alone, is bad enough. It gets worse when a catfish is looking for money, and many are.<\/p>\n

Foreign catfishers<\/a> might work at getting someone to wire money in the name of true love, but local catfish also exist. If you don\u2019t want to end up on an episode of Dateline NBC, then be especially careful that your desire to find the right person doesn\u2019t bring about the wrong one.<\/p>\n

Romance Scammers<\/a> Want to Steal Your Money:<\/strong> Online dating can be safe and fun, but it also leads to some unsuspecting people being tricked out of money. Even though eHarmony might cost you money in membership, they have enough catfish on their site to give users an FAQ guide of how to avoid being catfished. They also direct you to other messaging platforms, such as LINE.<\/a><\/p>\n

Phishing Scams<\/a> Can Infect Your Device with Malware:<\/strong> Scammers can message you links to click on and come up with an excuse as to why you need to click the link. However, once you click the link it will install malware<\/a> onto your device which steals any stored personal information from your device. Scammers can then use this information to apply for credit cards under your name and to gain access to your bank accounts.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Avoid These Scams<\/strong><\/h3>\n