How do the dating platforms work?

You register and specify what type of partnership you are looking for. People will immediately be suggested to you with whom you can then contact directly. Sometimes you will also be contacted. 5 messages are free. If you want to write more, you will need to purchase additional messages. There are different packages for this. The cheapest starts at 15 messages and costs 29 euros, the most expensive starts at 200 messages and costs 269 euros.

Screenshot: Pricing model on live-treffen.com
Screenshot: Pricing model on live-treffen.com

Expensive chat with fake profiles

The business model of these platforms is not to help you find the love of your life and get off the platform as quickly as possible, but to collect money for every message. That is why “professional moderators and moderation services” are used on the dating platforms live-treffen.com & royacca.com.

This means you chat with a fictional person who is exactly how you imagine them to be. Of course, since this is a fake profile, you cannot meet this person. You will also not be told that you are not chatting with a real person. On the contrary, you will be enticed and kept in line: you will be asked to buy more news packages.

There is no apparent indication on the websites that the profiles are moderated profiles. There is only a reference to this in the general terms and conditions. Here is an excerpt from the terms and conditions:

“You are aware that we also use professional entertainers and moderated services to encourage users to communicate and to provide targeted entertainment, especially in the categories of adventure, fun and the like.
Therefore, not everyone has the opportunity to meet these people in real life. You can contact the entertainers at any time, either write to them yourself or be written to by them.
We also use entertainers to check the authorization and usage requirements as well as the general interaction between users. The entertainers used are not specifically marked. You agree that you will not seek any compensation relating to communications with entertainers.”

In summary, this means:

In order to offer you lively entertainment, the platforms use so-called “animators” (i.e. fake profiles). It is not possible to meet these people. You may send a message to entertainers or be contacted by them, as the entertainers' profiles are not marked as such. Additionally, you agree that you cannot claim any compensation for engaging with the fake profiles.

How can you tell if you are chatting with fake profiles?

  • No switching to free chat services: Fake chat partners want to stay on the platform (of course: this is how the platform makes money). They refuse to switch to WhatsApp or any other free messenger.
  • No meeting possible: The person always finds excuses as to why a meeting is not possible or deliberately avoids the question.
  • No video chat possible: Video chat is also rejected.
  • Pay, pay, pay: To stay in touch, you have to buy messaging packages. The people behind the fake profiles use various strategies to get as many messages as possible from you.

The platforms live-treffen.com & royacca.com are not isolated cases. Here you will find a list of dating sites that use moderated fake profiles .

Try to get your money back

Contact your payment service provider. Maybe there is a chance to get your money back. If you need help, you can submit a free complaint Internet Ombudsman

If you have relatives who have been victims of romance fraud, here are tips on how you can support those affected .

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