I was a member: I'm real but JapanCupid is FAKE!

I was a member: I'm real but JapanCupid is FAKE!

I joined both JapanCupid and KoreanCupid (same owners) for a while. It is so NOT worth the time or money! First of all, I'm 36 and I may not be 18-20s but I'm not unattractive, desperate or psycho. I joined the sites because I'm planning a trip to Seoul, South Korea and Toyko, Japan for a few months this Fall and thought it best to make some friends first.
I posted my interest on both sites as "Penpals" with both men and women close to my age from those areas with shared common interest. Although I never paid for the JapanCupid site, I did pay for 1 month of KoreanCupid and just as soon as I paid...sudden silence!
On JapanCupid, the only ones that contacted me were..OO..scary! A couple of grandpa's well into their 60s, a few prison parolees types and of course a few over-sexually charged teens (18-19) but few Japanese men and never any even slightly close to a sociable age. I'm a friendly person that is open-minded but grandpa wanted a live-in-nurse/maid (with benefits), the prison parolee cussed me out for refusing to Skype and the teen boy sent me pics (more like a photo album) of his "manhood". oO Yeah, thanks J & K Cupids for rocking my world the wrong way!
I also refused to get "verified" because it was not a trust-worthy method to me and I wouldn't risk Identity Thieft. The decent members seemed to be fake and the ones that weren't were either creepy or nonresponsive. It was equally the same with the females claiming to also be seek friendships.

Pros
I was always surprised and somewhat entertained by the members that contacted me. I'm sure that the creepers were real.

Cons
I was on there for over 6 months and I wasted money on a month of "Gold" membership and never met anyone.