Victoriabrides.com Anastasia.com Scammed me into believing they were a legitimate dating site. Internet

I fell for the oldest dating site trick by (a) not reading their information all the way to the bottom where they admit to using staff responses.  That was a red flag when my son found it.  (b)  I didn't check them out on the various scam reporting sites.  (c) I didn't pick up on their come on approaches via their staff responses designed to elicit more chat and more ($$).  Totally my stupidity, but want to ensure anyone else who uses this company is aware of things they should do before signing up.  You can defeat their algorithim on their "translator" however by simply putting you email in small letters on your photos if you exchange them.  I did that successfully.  The translator blanks out contact info, i.e. your telephone number, email address, postal address etc. allegedly for your and client's safety and security.  However the photo with email address posted on it in small letters does not get picked up.  But my experience for over a month was mostly negative.  Very sorry to report because the candid photos I received were very good as were the professional photos of course.  Strongly recommend doing due diligence with scam reporting sites before using any of these off shore (in this case Malta) sites.  Learn from my mistakes.