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Is Get A Shag Legit? What You Get and What to Expect

The checks, the small print and the billing, explained in plain English.

Is Get A Shag a real site?

Get A Shag is a real, working site with a members area, badges for members who pass an ID check or staff review, and clear terms. Those terms are frank: the site runs no criminal background checks, doesn't verify what members say about themselves, and warns any profile or message may not be genuine. Use the badges and stay sharp.

None of that makes it a scam; it tells you where to take care. The terms also call Get A Shag an entertainment service used at your own risk, and they let staff run test profiles to check the site and its features work, so not every profile in search belongs to a member. And every member must be 18+.

What checks does Get A Shag run?

Four, though nobody checks every profile, and only two of them leave a badge you can spot.

The ID check
Optional, and at no charge for every member. Pass it and your profile gets the ID verified badge.
Spot that badge on someone else and you know their ID has been checked.
The live video check
A live video call with a moderator confirms that someone is who they say they are, with no documents involved.
It adds no badge, so it won't show on a profile.
Staff validation
The team can review a profile and validate it.
A validated profile carries the admin validation badge.
Age estimation
Automatic age estimation, with more checks where the law requires them.
It backs up the adults-only rule, but no check is perfect.

Around those checks, uploads are screened by software and human reviewers, possibly explicit images stay blurred behind a warning until you choose to look, and behaviour is monitored for bots and scammers. The platform behind Get A Shag also joins in the safety standards work of the Online Dating and Discovery Association.

Who can see your Get A Shag profile?

Members know you by your username. Your real name and email stay off the public side of the site, and the only place your profile names is your nearest town or city: never a street, never a live position.

Know this before you upload a single photo: the site is one of a shared network, and members who signed up through a partner site can see your profile and message you. You can see and message them too. It's in the member terms, so pick pictures you're happy for that wider crowd to see.

Stopping a plan leaves your profile up and visible to other members. To remove your profile and data, use your membership page at any time. If a photo or video of you is shared without your consent, report it for fast takedown.

How do billing, renewals and refunds work?

Joining is free. The Free plan covers a profile with photos, browsing, daily match suggestions and a limited number of messages a day, and when a VIP or VIP+ member writes to you, you can read it and reply. The two paid plans add unlimited messaging and more; every plan and price is on the pricing page.

The weekly, monthly, three-month and six-month plans keep renewing, at the price you joined at, until you cancel. A 12-month plan is one payment and ends when the year is up. To cancel, contact support by chat or messaging; an email follows with a link to finish the job, and your plan's extras stay on until the paid period ends.

Refunds are the bit to read twice. Because a plan gives instant access, the terms say UK members don't get a 14-day cooling-off period, and purchases are generally final. Boosts and Super Match, the optional paid extras, are never part-refunded. Your payments and your data live on PCI-compliant cloud hosting, with SSL on top.

How do you spot a fake profile?

No check catches everyone, so learn the tells.

No badge. A profile without the ID verified or admin validation badge isn't necessarily fake, but no badge-earning check stands behind it.
Photos from a magazine. Studio lighting, perfect angles, not one ordinary snap. Report Fraud, the City of London Police service, suggests running pictures through Google image search or TinEye.
Replies that could go to anyone. If the messages ignore what you actually wrote, you may be chatting to a script.
A hurry to get you off the site. Pushing for WhatsApp early is a tell; Get A Shag puts up a warning when someone tries it.
Excuses instead of a video chat. Police Scotland warns about people who refuse to video call or meet, or claim their camera isn't working.
A request for money. Members may not ask each other for money or sell services, so cash, gift cards or crypto for any reason ends the chat there and then.

The sex scams guide covers the tricks in more depth.

What should you do if something feels off?

Stop replying and block them. Blocking is instant, and you owe nobody an explanation.
Report the profile or the message. You can do it from inside the site, so the team can take a look.
Talk to a human. Support is there by chat and messaging, day and night.
Keep the evidence. Screenshot the profile and the chat before anything vanishes.
If money has gone, move fast. Ring your bank first, on a number you already trust (Police Scotland's advice). Then report it to Report Fraud, City of London Police's successor to Action Fraud, on 0300 123 2040, or in Scotland to Police Scotland on 101. If anyone is in danger, call 999.

Every protection is laid out on the safety page, about Get A Shag explains who the site is for, and our guide to sex sites in the UK shows how it compares.

Get A Shag: what people want to know

Is Get A Shag a scam?

It's a working site run under published member terms: you can join, message members, pay for a plan and cancel by asking support. Scammers can still sign up, so check for badges and never send money to anyone you meet on Get A Shag.

Are the profiles on Get A Shag real?

The member terms are upfront: any profile or message may not be genuine, staff may run test profiles to check the site works, and nobody checks every profile. Look for the ID verified or admin validation badge, and video chat before you meet.

Can I get a refund from Get A Shag?

Usually not. A plan gives instant access, so for UK members the terms rule out the 14-day cooling-off period and treat purchases as generally final. Boosts and Super Match are never refunded in part.

Does a Get A Shag plan renew automatically?

The one-week, one-month, three-month and six-month plans do, until you cancel; a 12-month plan is paid once and stops at the end of the year. To cancel, send support a message or start a chat, and a link to finish it arrives by email.

Is Get A Shag safe to use?

It gives you the tools: instant blocking, reporting from inside the site, uploads screened by software and human reviewers, a warning when someone tries to move the chat to WhatsApp, and help by chat and messaging, day and night. Make the first meet somewhere public.

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