8 out of 10 times I cannot get through to an international number. Often the call cuts out when I do finally manage to get through. I am not sure what I am paying this service for. Utterly useless.
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i have deposited 40 dollar while i…
i have deposited 40 dollar while i wanted to only upload 10 dollar, its confusing, not clear and they let you upload more and more money as the deposits dont reflect. Then they simply say, 'yeah we found something suspicious' so now i have 40 dollar in this viber account i cannot call to my family, the shitiest of the shitiest company i have ever set my eye on.
Viber is a scam - Do not use - use Yolla instead
Do not use. The company claims to offer calls to various countries. None that I have tried worked so far. Use Yolla instead.
Bad Services
Hello,
Your chatbot informed me that my account has been unblocked. However, when I try to make a call using Viber Out, I still see an option indicating that my account is blocked. I have submitted multiple requests regarding this issue, but I have not received any response from your support team.
I got the app working FINALLY without…
I got the app working FINALLY without any constructive help from support. They have no idea how viber out works. I'm not the best with tech, but eventually I got it working. Customer support simply repeated the same message over and over and over and over. In the end I asked 'miriam' if she was a bot and I got no further responses, even when I sent them screenshots showing them how it worked I now have it working on desktop and phone. I'm not sure exactly what I did. One thing I can say, is that when calling on your phone, you need to dial the code to get out of your country so calling from-- so ie, calling from Australia is 0011 then the country code, area code etc. Good luck
Stay away from Rakuten Viber
I hoped that I can start using Viber instead of Skype. However, after spending 3 days trying to activate the Viber account I still could not resolve the issues. Viver's customer support is useless. I am stuck a Viber bot hell. Viber bot presented me with a captcha, which a solved. The bot informed me that the Captcha test was successfully passed and that my account will be unblocked in one hour. Several hours later the bot informed me that I failed passing the Captcha test. It does not give me an opportunity to retake it. The Viber customer support does not respond.
Avoid Viber
Thought I'd use Viber as a replacement for Skype. BIG MISTAKE. I do not receive an SMS or call to activate the app account/ Their bot and 4 (YES 4!) support people (Tim/Katriona/Angelica/Gavin) all just trot out reinstall and try again. Have done that ten times and sick of the same nonsense. None of them can tell me why doing it again will give a different result from the last time. Bonkers. I give up.
Took their long distance plan
Took their long distance plan. They don't advise you to set up wi fi calling. So it ends up using you cellular and paying long distance rates though your cell phone provide. Deleted their app
Shit app
Shit app! Only used by the balkan grandmothers. Whatsapp is much better.
Greedy will finish them
It was good years ago. Now it’s full of stupid advertisements and become useless.
Scam....Installed viber app on phone
Installed viber app on phone, paid $5 by Visa for viberout, but my account shows no payment.
Their trouble shooting page will not accept my phone number in Cambodia.
I am sorry to see Skype go.
Good value call plans
Good value call plans. Living abroad has made me value Viber even more!
Viber can improve by answering my email…
Viber can improve by answering my email and try to solve my problem with activating my account. They only answered "we have sent the activation code to your mobile phone". But nothing had arrived to me. I explained that in the second email but they just ignore me. So I had a very bad experience since they are not interesting in solving my problem so that I can use Viber at all. That gave me a very bad impression.
lies about prices
funny to see 2-star review looking like a praise - cause the majority is only 1-star ))
anyway, their "viber out" VOIP service for cheap calling mobile/land lines is a good one - especially when major competitors like Skype went away.
the problem is their greed and blatant lie, showing wrong prices for their service. they pretend to offer $9.99+1 credits for 450 turkish lira, but you'll get only ~$6.
if that's due to some processing fee or whatever - that must have been explicitly stated (or at least referenced near the payment link) as most of normal services do, right?. no. even after you see you're kinda robbed and get back to the application for double check, you won't find any hints or traces. they're just ready to rob the next one.
Viber for Desktop is almost unusable
Viber for Desktop is almost unusable, that's how badly it is programmed.
Subscription doesn't work cannot create an account
What is the hell and awful experience, I should go to read reviews before register!!! but maybe it will save somebody else.
I tried to sign up for the subscription but was never able to actually make an account, it gives me error and support is saying "download the app" despite me saying that I did, it didn't work!! They saying that it doesn't connect to the number, I am happy if not, but it is crap connect to my card and they can now charge me for subscription.
I wrote support many times but they don't do anything. Absolutely useless and horrible app and service, do not go for it. now instead of smoof service i need to go through the bank.
What a pain in the a.s.s.!
UPDATE: The Viber-out credit I purchased last month has disappeared! I DID NOT deactivate the account!!! SCAMMERS!
What a pain in the a.s.s.!
You have to slalom through obstacles just to register or simply log in. After days of trying, I finally manage, but my Viber-out credit for calls is gone! Nothing ever works!!! D.a.m.n. the day I bought from them!
They kept blocking me and won't refund me
I had a horrible horrible experience at viber. I purchased their plan on 4th of March 2025 and until then, they have blocked me 3 times without any reason. I already ask them to refund me if you don't want me to use your service but they won't. Not recommended...!
Ridiculously slow customer service
Ridiculously slow customer service. I’ve been emailing them for over 2 days re activating Viber but all I get are robots
Absolutely horrible app and service,
I tried to sign up for the subscription but was never able to actually make an account, despite this they charged me for the subscription and i can't even login to cancel this. I wrote support many times but they don't do anything. Absolutely horrible app and service, now i need to contact my credit card company to do a chargeback. Edit: the issue was resolved by support
Total scammers
No trial free period despite promises, customer service is nonsense, unable to offer unused money for a refund. Avoid at any chance!!!
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