It just gets harder!
When I first started this Journey, It didn’t seem like it would be this HARD. I was wrong, I keep fining these emails and instant messages on a few of these sites that just makes me wonder how many people fall for these Online Dating Scams?
I figure it was high time, someone at least talked about how to avoid these people and to recognize them for who they are.
Knowledge is Power!
Some of the best ways to figure it out is simple common knowledge. When you have dealt with these types of people before you get to know just how to know some of the stuff. Here is a quick run down on what I know and hopefully it will help you to see them coming and avoid them.
Language!
We all have it and we all use it. Each culture and area of the world is a little bit different, just like if your reading this in China, or Europe it might not be as good unless you have studied and understood the US American culture. So what does this have to do with dating site? If you get a message or email from someone and the email isn’t as easy to read because of how it is worded. Then that should throw up a red flag. I am not going to say that is the most definitive way to know but it is the most common way I can tell if they live close or not. I will not talk to anyone who has doesn’t live close. Why put the energy into a relationship just to have it broken.
If it seems to Good to be True!
Then maybe it isn’t, You get emails from Guys/Girls who for a better word for it is eye candy. They look very nice and really out of your league. My one idea is that they don’t have to look extraordinary but they do have to be beautiful. So I come up wit ha chart that helps me. It is basically a 1 through 10 number system and if I pick a 10 then I am very leary of the person. The higher the number the the less likely it is a true person but that doesn’t mean I can’t be wrong it just seems to work for me.
Ask about them!
Here is my other safety tip, if you have went through all of the other two suggestions. You probably wondering if they are for you. This is where you will know for certain, ask about them and their family. If they say stuff about a family member or parents that are dead and them having to move to a far off country that is usually a tale tale sign that they aren’t trying to scam you.
Don’t open Attachments!
This probably don’t need to be said to much but you never know what a scammer intentions are an they may want you to open an attachment just to infect your system. So if they send you something then you shouldn’t use it. They might be trying to get your bank account or something else. If you open it then you might just get malware, or spyware an then you only have yourself to blame!
