| Online relationships are extremely popular with singles in the modern era due to a great number of free dating websites which provide easy access and are fantastic places to find love mates.
We are aware of hackers and do our best to protect ourselves from on-line scammers attacking the world-wide web. And users of free dating websites do fall prey to online scammers, too. The matter is that members of dating websites are usually unscreened. Thus, users can be easily scammed, as no checks are made on users' personal information. Scammers use photograghs of very attractive girls or boys to make on-line mates get infatuated with them.
Scammers use a number of online dating scams to make users trust them implicitly. There are telephone, prostitute, travel and Nigerian postal scams. They are totally different from each other in peculiarities but have the same goal - to derive financial benefit from gullible users of dating sites.
You fall prey to telephone scams, when the so-called online dating mates (scam artists) ask you to give them a telephone call. From that time on scam artists can make use of your telephone number to make long-distance calls and more. Unluckily for you, you will find it as soon as it is time to pay your monthly phone bills.
Nigerian scams are a far more grave trap that one may get into. US companies are unable of shielding citizens from this type of scams. Here is how the scam commonly works: a scam artist meets a love mate online pretending to be an American and creates a relationship. When on a business trip, the scam artist faces financial difficulties and asks the on-line loved one to send a sum of money.
Anyway, there are DOs and DONTs following which you will be safe from on-line scammers.
Don't fall in love with a lovely screen name or an attractive face in the photo. Keep in mind that appearances can be deceptive.
Don't contact anyone directly.
Do read your love mate's profile thoroughly. Scammers have a lot to conceal, thus their personal information is incomplete or vague.
Do ask your online loved one to telephone you (which is preferable) at a prepaid phone number with a limitation on services for 900 users.
Do use a web camera instead of a phone to keep in touch free of charge.
Do trust your inner voice. If you get a sinking feeling that your love mate's profile is suspicious, break up your relationship with him or her.
Consider everything you have read above and good luck in finding your love mate! |
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