SinglesNet Lawsuit

by David Evans on December 4, 2008   in Legal

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‘Tis the season to sue the stockings off the online dating industry. I received this from a law firm which is looking to start a class action lawsuit against Singlesnet.

We have received complaints from people who sign up for free and list their profile. After signing up, the clients receive e-mails indicating that they have received a message from another member. In order to respond to the message the client has to sign up for the premium service. Turns out that the “message” the client received was never really a message but instead was simply an “automatic match” that Singlesnet set up. The way it is set up is very deceiving.

Other clients have complained that after signing up they receive excessive “flirts” and “messages” from other members. However, when the client contacts the member the member states that they never initiated the contact. Our client suspects the messages were sent from singlesnet to keep them interested in the service. I have seen this same complaint in many places on the Internet.

We are interested in speaking with as many people as possible to determine whether our client’s situations are simply isolated incidents or are part of a bigger problem.

I’ll be keeping a close eye on this one. The complaint is common, but I bet their is fine print in the terms of service that allows Singlesnet to send flirts and messages from non-humans.

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  • { 5 comments… read them below or add one }

    1 Ross Felix December 4, 2008 at 4:09 pm
    Nice find David. I look forward to seeing the follow up.
    2 Sebocal December 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm
    I responded to an add on craigslist and the girl said she was on singlesnet, that she had 8 pictures out there and I should go out there to respond to her. I found that I had to enter my personal information on the site to view her, so I did. When I entered her screen name, it did not exist. They were just trying to get me to sign up. TOTAL SCAM! If there is a lawsuit and I have a case, let me in on it. I compromised my personal information on this site.
    3 Pemo Theodore December 15, 2008 at 5:17 am
    Problems with Singlesnet again!!!!! There doesn’t seem to be any transparency on their site & I wouldn’t recommend anyone to use it. I was disappointed to find that they dont seem to have any matching tools on their site which I talked about on my blog http://tinyurl.com/6nmpxj
    4 Nyomdasz March 1, 2009 at 12:03 pm
    I responded to an unsolicited ad sent to my email address.
    100% free sounded good to me. I signed up.
    Could not send emails without paying for membership.
    Was sent an avalanche of matches. Most not believable.
    Asked how to access my free email capability,
    and was told about their standard pricing policy.

    I felt that they lied to get me to sign up.
    I think they lied about most of the matches (probably automatically-generated).
    I did not submit personal info. All they really have is my date of birth.

    However, I think they should be exposed as what they are.

    5 andrea June 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm
    I responded to the singlenets “someone is interested in you” and another member said that that happens if anyone looks at you profile. That was not clear when I was trying it for free and upon hindsight would not have joined had I known

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