Megahookup.com Says Any Lie They Can To Get You To Buy A Fraudulent Membership
Posted on June 10, 2015 | By Dating Critic | 1 response
Site Reviewed:
Megahookup.com:
Summary Of The Scam:
- You Need To Agree To "Love Stars" (Fake Profiles)
- Charges That Accumulate To $68.48 Every Month
- This Site Uses Fantasy Profiles Called "LoveStars"
- This Site Uses Fake Profiles To Bait You Into Upgrading
- This Site Employs People To Bait You Into Upgrading
- This Site Uses Automated Emails And Instant Messages To Bait You Into Upgrading
- This Site Is For "Entertainment Purposes Only"
You Need To Agree To "Love Stars" (Fake Profiles):
What are "Love Stars" and why should you care? If you're on a dating site we're assuming you're expecting to interact with real people. The problem with Megahookup.com is that "Love Stars" is the umbrella terminology that this site uses for the fake, fictitious member profiles that they themselves have created to manipulate and steer you into purchasing an upgraded monthly subscription to their services. With the "Love Stars" they deceptively get you to pay for a monthly subscription that is nothing but a complete and utter fraud. The sad thing is that you needed to agree to the use of "Love Stars" on the front page of the site. Unfortunately most people aren't paying attention and they click the check box without even understanding what they are agreeing to!
You agree to "Love Stars" which is a marketing program used to play you for a fool and deceive you so you buy an upgraded membership.
Taken from the terms page section 10:
"You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be fictitious or models or bots related to our "Love Stars" program."
Charges That Accumulate To $68.48 Every Month:
If you foolishly gave these people your credit card information not only did you get scammed because you're not going to meet anyone. On top of that deception you are also going to automatically be charged with two other sites including Vibevideo.com and Videoerotic.com. These are adult sites and have nothing to do with dating whatsoever. Those charges add up to $60.48 every single month. These are ongoing charges that will charge your credit card indefinitely until you cancel the monthly subscriptions!
A screen shot of the charges that your credit card will receive. $39.61 a month from Vibevideo.com and $28.87 from Videoerotic.com on top of the charge you pay for the actual membership!
This Site Uses Fake Profiles To Bait You Into Upgrading:
Under the umbrella of their deceptive "Love Stars" marketing program Megahookup.com fabricates sham female profiles. These profiles do state that they are "Love Stars". You can take a look at the screen shot we have provided and on the top right hand side you will see the words "Love Stars" and the abbreviation "LS". This signifies that the profile you are looking at is indeed a site fabricated profile. This is not a legitimate person looking to seek someone for a date. Another screenshot we provided is of 8 females, all of which are also "Love Stars". In fact almost 100% of the female profiles on Megahookup.com are site fabricated "Love Stars" profiles with the "Love Stars" logo on them. They don't hide this fact but the general public is ignorant and doesn't understand that they are interacting with fake profiles. It's right in your face and if you took the time to do any research or due diligence before you hand it over your credit card to the thieves you would have saved yourselves a world of grief.
Taken from the terms page section 10:
"You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be related to our "Love Stars" program."
This Site Employs Models To Bait You Into Upgrading:
On top of all the automated bots that this website utilizes, they are also involved in using paid models to interact with you. These models are employed by the site and their purpose is to steer you into buying a monthly subscription. These are real people who pretend to be legitimate female members seeking men. They are used to direct you to buy a membership.You can't interact with other members unless you upgrade and that's why this deception works so well.
Taken from the terms page section 10:
"You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be models related to our "Love Stars" program."
This Site Uses Automated Emails And Instant Messages To Bait You Into Upgrading:
Do you know what an internet bot? According to Wikipedia, a bot also known as a web robot is a software application that runs automated tasks over the internet, this can include performing automated tasks on a web site. Megahookup.com uses bots to automate tasks as well. Some of the tasks that Mega Hookup automates is the fake instant messages that are sent to all of the free members using their service. They also use these automated bots to send fake webcam chats, fake friend requests and also fake automated email messages. These bots are very powerful and to unknowing users it appears that they are receiving email messages, web cam chat and instant messages from legitimate females. The dark truth is that all of these types of communications are completely automated. The end game for them is to get you to buy a monthly subscription. If you try to communicate back through any of the forms of communications we have just mentioned you are always sent to an upgrade page to purchase a monthly subscription. In the end, it's all a scam to get money out of you.
A fabricated instant message sent to us from a bot.
Taken from the terms page section 10:
"You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be fictitious or models or bots related to our "Love Stars" program."
This Site Is For "Entertainment Purposes Only":
According to the terms and conditions of Megahookup.com their website has been designed for "entertainment purposes only". The site hasn't been created as a valid dating service, it's an entertainment website. A movie is entertaining, watching celebrity news is entertaining but a dating site is not supposed to be an "entertainment service". It's supposed to be a place where you can interact with real individuals for the possibility to meet them in person. This is something you cannot do since this website is littered from front to back with make believe profiles called "Love Stars".
Taken from the terms page section 10:
"Please note that the Website and Services are an entertainment service. All profiles are provided for the entertainment of our members and our users."
How To Contact The Site:
- By Phone:
- By Email: [email protected]
- By Web Site:
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By Address: 1 Stasinou Ave, Mitsi Building #1 , First Floor, Office 4 – Plateia Eleftherias, Nicosia Cyprus 1060
EMIMAR SERVICES LIMITED, DRAGON ENTERPRISE CENTRE CULLEN MILL, BRAINTREE ROAD, WITHAM ESSEX CM8 2DD UNITED KINGDOM
How To Cancel Your Trial & Monthly Membership:
If you want to cancel your paid trial or monthly subscription to this site you can use the various methods that we have listed below to do so.
- Cancel By Email: [email protected]
- Cancel On Site: Csaidcall.com
- Cancel By Phone: 877-247-0156
- Cancel By Mail:
Domain Registrant Info:
- Registrant Name:
- Registered: on December 28, 2012
- Hosting Company: Cloud Fare
- Hosting Location: 30077 Agoura Court First Floor Agoura CA 91301 USA
- Ip address: 207.178.145.47
- Name servers: DNS5.TNCSERVERS.NET, DNS6.TNCSERVERS.NET
- Registrant Email: [email protected]
- Registrant Phone: +357.1913940460
Other Sites On Same IP Servers:
None
Traffic Info:
- Unique Daily Visitors: 53,333
- Unique Monthly Visitors: 1,600,000
The Judgment:
Megahookup.com is the ultimate in dating scams. Not only do they do they use fake profiles, paid models and automated bots to trick and lure you into buying memberships but when you do purchase a membership you get charged to porn sites. These charges accumulate to just over $115.00 on a recurring monthly subscription that never ends until you cancel it! The boldness of these people is unbelievable but for the moment they are still getting away with this fraud. Don't be a sucker, stay away from Megahookup.com they are running a criminal operation.
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File Consumer Complaints & Report Abuse:
- Contact the FTC: File a consumer complaint to report financial losses as a result of purchasing a subscription to this service.
- Contact the hosting provider: site: Keyinfo.com email: [email protected] or call: 1-818-735-3000.
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