Illicit Encounters Reviews

The site promotes itself as a safer, more secure site than many other dating sites but isn't - it pulls the same scams and stunts as the worst of the rest but charges men (women are free) a lot more to do so.

On the home page it claims it has been used by over 1,581,640 genuine UK users since 2003. This is something that is impossible for them to verify since you are routinely messaged by fake and bot profiles that the site shows little enthusiasm or ability to prevent and relies on user complaints to do so. Around 80% of the female profiles on the site are inactive and have been for a long time and the site tries to disguise this by showing on their profiles a last active date of between 24 hours to 5 days, then after that uses something like 'Last Active: Waiting for Mr Right' or 'Last Active: She's waiting for you!' that can cover anything from 6 days to 6 years.

The site also creates fake profiles to boost numbers and act as 'fluffers' contacting men who have signed-up but not paid to allow them to read and send messages. They message, you pay to read and reply, you never hear from them again. However, these profiles are fairly easy to spot and avoid, using the same types of photos and overly-florid style of profile text.

The site could implement some very simple features to improve the male experience, like blocking the use of URLs in messages or allowing you to prevent contact from people outside your preferred age range and location to prevent a lot of the spam and scam contacts, but don't and won't answer questions about this (or many other things) when you contact support leaving you to suppose that since this site is about making money by attracting men to a place where there are lots of women, decreasing the number of women would decrease the number of men.

They could make women pay but if they did, they wouldn't join at all and neither would any men.

It is possible to have a good experience here but as a man, the odds are very much against you.

It's poor, scammy and expensive - you have been warned.

If I could give this 0 stars, I would. The site is full of auto-generated profiles, auto generated messages to encourage an expensive upgrade just to read them, no attempt to monitor the profiles to detect outright fraud and prostitution. The "forum" is a joke and so is their matchfinder. Don't bother even registering, let alone parting with any cash for membership

This website is a complete joke and full of fake women ripping and taking advantage of men for there money

This site is a scam as soon as you put your profile on there and then allow that profile to be viewed yiu are then bombarded by women with profiles which are provocative which you genuinely believe are interested in your profile as soon as you hit the upgrade button they disappear..

I also agree with other reviewers that there are so many scam profiles on this site it is very hard to No which profiles are real

This is not a site I would recommend in any shape or form if you are male

Been on and off the site for years, meet some lovely women on there. Sadly there are a lot of fakes and scammers moving in over the last few years but that is true of every site. Slight downside is it's not cheap for men! That was good for keeping out problem men that spoilt it for the rest of us but as woman go on free (my understanding) it doesn't discourage scammers and professionals. Increasing numbers of mistresses on there; fine if that's your thing. Also it does auto renewals which I think should be banned, although in fairness if you ask to cancel they do and you get the rest of the month you paid for so that's fair

The site has some actual ladies but most seem like bots asking the same questions to probably loads of different guys and not answering any questions in return.
IMO save your money!!

I totally agree with the other comments here saying you are scammed with a monthly recurring payment while being duped into thinking it is a one off payment for say six weeks. You are assured credit/debit card details are not held but they are and continuous payments taken without notifiction. This put me in considerable debt when I was ill five years ago which I haven't recovered from. This only happens to males since females can subscribe and send and receive messages for free blantent sexual discrimination of services under the Equality Act 2010. How this can persist makes a mockery of such law and is facilitating abuse of vulnerable men with many female profiles openly seeking financial gain for sex and friendship

So for some this may be a no no but for those looking for an affair this site has proven very trustworthy and the people using it are genuine. Yes there are the strange ones but on the whole it has worked for me. I would highly recommend the site, yes it costs 'Men' and is free to the ladies but it does work.

The site is easy to use. Interesting people. I met someone and we are in regular touch; we've found in each other exactly what we were both seeking.

Although there is the odd suspect person overall I feel the site is safer than any other out there. It's easy to block unwanted people pestering and easy to search to find the people in age range and location wanted.

It delivers what I had hoped for. I am not terribly comfortable about computerised systems and so some of the nuances I struggled with, but once they were explained to me they worked well.

I wouldn't even give this one star. Agree with most the comments and advise people ... especially men ... to AVOID this site.

It is a complete scam ... extremely expensive for men to join and free for women. Most of the female profiles are clearly fakes designed to hook you in. I had several months of frustrating experience before deciding to let my subscription lapse.

Suddenly I was inundated with what appeared to be a lot of interest so resubscribed. Lo and behold ... half the profiles disappeared and no messages for any of the supposedly interested parties.

My own fault for being wo naive, please don't be fooled and fall into the same trap.

Absolute RIP OFF!!!

Awful, scammy site that uses references to UK media to make it appear classy but actually pulls All the same scams and stunts that cheap dating sites pull, but charged an awful lot of money it you’re male. Women are free and that’s part of the problem.
85% of the site female profiles are dormant for months or years.
Lots of fake profiles created by the site to articially boost numbers. Bots, scammers and hookers that the site does so little to stop you wonder if this is just a more plausibly deniable way to scam money.
On top of that the site design and functionality is terrible with some really lame features. Avoid.

So. Women are free! They have the power. My affair partner shared her perspectives. And they get free membership from sending however many messages. So just when you’re thinking you’re chatting… you’re not really.

As with the design of it ? it’s so poor. So so poor. With all the money they make from the well to do men that can afford it. God knows it’s a con.

I tried out this site for the first time in 2019 and would have rated it with 5 stars then. Was not confronted with a lady who was not genuine and had a great time!
Fast forward to 2022! This site has now been infiltrated with so many women ( or men claiming to be women) that it’s become a complete and utter waste of time.

Keep away and do your bank balance a favour!