Is RSVP safe?

What is RSVP?

Founded 1997, Australia's first online dating site; acquired by Fairfax Media 2005, merged with Oasis Active 2014. 2M+ Australian subscribers, ~30,000 new members/month as of mid-2026.

Category: Mainstream/general — Australia's oldest, largest homegrown dating site · Most popular in: Canada/Australia

Safety rating: Basic

Publishes manual profile-review and reporting processes, but independent trust-scoring tools and user reviews report significant scam-profile volume, with scam detection relying heavily on paying users' own reports.

Ratings are qualitative (Strong, Moderate or Basic) and based only on safety features we could verify from the app’s own help pages and reputable reporting. How we rate apps.

RSVP safety features

• Video-selfie photo verification (opt-in)
• Manual customer-service profile review trained on scam-behaviour spotting
• Automated checks for suspicious profile text/email patterns
• Premium privacy settings and secure in-platform messaging before sharing contact details

A red cross marks a feature that has ended, is missing or could not be confirmed.

Features and pricing

• Detailed profiles, smart matching, location-based filters for major Australian cities, web + app

How to report a scammer or harassment on RSVP

Report the profile inside the app first, then use RSVP’s own help and safety pages:

• [email protected]
• rsvp.com.au/user-guide/safety-tips

Screenshot the profile and messages before you block or unmatch, because the conversation may disappear. If you have lost money, contact your bank straight away and report it to the police or national fraud service listed on this page.

Staying safer on RSVP

• Use RSVP’s verification and give more weight to verified matches. Verification confirms a face matches the photos; it says nothing about intentions.
• Keep the conversation in the app until you have met. Scammers push early for WhatsApp, Telegram or text because the app can no longer see or moderate the chat.
• Ask for a live video call before meeting. Repeated excuses, a camera that never works or a face that looks off are all reasons to stop.
• Never send money, crypto, gift cards or a verification code to someone you have only met online, whatever the story.
• Meet somewhere busy and public, arrange your own travel and tell a friend where you will be.

Scams to watch for

Pig butchering

A friendly or flirtatious contact – often on a dating app, social media or a 'wrong number' text – builds a relationship and casually mentions success trading crypto, gold or forex as a 'side job'.

Romance scams

A scammer builds an online relationship using a fake or borrowed identity, often over weeks or months, and invests heavily in attention and affection.

Catfishing and impersonation

Scammers build profiles from photos stolen from real people – often soldiers, professionals or celebrities – and invent a life that explains why they cannot meet: deployed overseas, working on an oil rig, with an international organisation, or too famous.

“Send me the code” account takeovers

A match says they want to 'make sure you are real' and asks for your phone number, then sends you a six-digit code and asks you to read it back.

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