ktrent Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 I either get spammers/scammers contacting me, girls who are mentally unstable, or no response when I respond to profiles. I posted a while back about "Strange Dating Situation", BTW. Here is another issue; got this email today from my myspace page: "A doctor, a lawyer and a manager were discussing the relative merits of having a wife or a mistress. The lawyer says: "For sure a mistress is better. If you have a wife and want a divorce, it causes all sorts of legal problems." The doctor says: "It's better to have a wife because the sense of security lowers your stress and is good for your health." The manager says: "You're both wrong. It's best to have both so that when the wife thinks you're with the mistress and the mistress thinks you're with your wife -- you can go to the office and do some work. Hey, how are you? Hope I grabbed your attention with the ice breaker humor lol, I just checked out your profile and I was wonderin if ur single, what r u doin this week, any plans? Hit me up at my mail [email protected] and tell me if ur interested .... If you didn't like my humor you can send me hate mail, I like that too hahhahaha :P" When I Googled the email address, it shows SEVERAL myspace profiles, all with different names, and from different cities. The email I got was from "Gloria Edwards" from New York. The googled email showed "Lauren Smith" from Nashville, "Miriam Judd" from Charlotte, "Nicole Diaz" from Washington, DC, all on myspace. Then on myYearbook.com the following profiles: "Sheila Boyle" from Detroit, Michigan and "Sharon Poulin" from Portland, Oregon. Each profile has a different description, different pictures, different interests, different locations, but ALL have the same message basically asking people to email her directly through that above email. It MUST be some type of scammer, right? Probably harvesting email addresses of the innocent victims who email "her"? Life is hard enough without having to go through all of this sh**t just to find someone to date. I know, I know. Some of you will say why don't I get out and meet people? I am not very outgoing and social, so it is hard for me to go to bars or nightclubs or any other public events/outings and meet people. So I turn to online methods, but I think its an exercise in futility, IMO.
utterer of lies Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 What do you expect to find on MYSPACE? Pedophiles and musicians.
AmEricanWomann Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 I didnt know anyone still used myspace. But anyway, I could tell by the wording that the email was a scam. Most women don't ask to hook up in their first email and also the letter was too generic. It didn't say anything specific to you that would show its a real person that actually read your email. Whoever the scammer is obviously copies and pastes the same email to many guys. I don't know what they're trying to get out of you. Money, your password, maybe both, but they're definitely looking to rip you off in some way.
zlatnapolja Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 I didnt know anyone still used myspace. But anyway, I could tell by the wording that the email was a scam. Most women don't ask to hook up in their first email and also the letter was too generic. It didn't say anything specific to you that would show its a real person that actually read your email. Whoever the scammer is obviously copies and pastes the same email to many guys. I don't know what they're trying to get out of you. Money, your password, maybe both, but they're definitely looking to rip you off in some way. ... you may not be outgoing or social, but you do have a job or go to university-college, have a hobby or something right? Try to surround yourself with people you know and trust. Internet dating is like looking for a needle in a haystack;)
spiderowl Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 You do get a lot of crap on online dating sites, particularly the ones that are free, but then again they are free! I've know people who have found their significant other on these sites. It does happen. Whether you will be one of them or not, who can tell? It's best to treat it as one means amongst many. Let me tell you the guys are just as bad. 75% of the mail I've had on dating sites has been crude. In fact, only about 5% of the mail is sensible, decent and even interesting. I suspect both sexes do not know how to communicate. Many guys that message me, for example, just spout off about their interests and hardly ever ask a question of me. It turns into me asking questions and them answering them. What kind of an exchange is that? I just drop out after a couple of messages like that. Many can't write even reasonable English. Some just start off with trying to get you to phone them or vice versa. They have no respect for the fact that you've only just started to correspond with them. Some look grim and miserable in their photos and sound it on their profiles too. Guys make all sorts of mistakes so it's not just you that finds a lot of it pointless. There are some gems there. You may strike lucky. In the meantime, just make sure you are communicating well when you do make an effort.
TokyoG33kyGal Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 lol i get those e-mails as spam mail and i'm not even on a dating website or myspace
PhillyDude Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 I either get spammers/scammers contacting me, girls who are mentally unstable, or no response when I respond to profiles. I posted a while back about "Strange Dating Situation", BTW. Here is another issue; got this email today from my myspace page: "A doctor, a lawyer and a manager were discussing the relative merits of having a wife or a mistress. The lawyer says: "For sure a mistress is better. If you have a wife and want a divorce, it causes all sorts of legal problems." The doctor says: "It's better to have a wife because the sense of security lowers your stress and is good for your health." The manager says: "You're both wrong. It's best to have both so that when the wife thinks you're with the mistress and the mistress thinks you're with your wife -- you can go to the office and do some work. Hey, how are you? Hope I grabbed your attention with the ice breaker humor lol, I just checked out your profile and I was wonderin if ur single, what r u doin this week, any plans? Hit me up at my mail [email protected] and tell me if ur interested .... If you didn't like my humor you can send me hate mail, I like that too hahhahaha :P" When I Googled the email address, it shows SEVERAL myspace profiles, all with different names, and from different cities. The email I got was from "Gloria Edwards" from New York. The googled email showed "Lauren Smith" from Nashville, "Miriam Judd" from Charlotte, "Nicole Diaz" from Washington, DC, all on myspace. Then on myYearbook.com the following profiles: "Sheila Boyle" from Detroit, Michigan and "Sharon Poulin" from Portland, Oregon. Each profile has a different description, different pictures, different interests, different locations, but ALL have the same message basically asking people to email her directly through that above email. It MUST be some type of scammer, right? Probably harvesting email addresses of the innocent victims who email "her"? Life is hard enough without having to go through all of this sh**t just to find someone to date. I know, I know. Some of you will say why don't I get out and meet people? I am not very outgoing and social, so it is hard for me to go to bars or nightclubs or any other public events/outings and meet people. So I turn to online methods, but I think its an exercise in futility, IMO. You are just choosing the wrong sites. you have to find the right site
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