Ordinaryday Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I have used online dating sites for awhile now and the amount of scammers on them is ridiculous! it seems there are three fake profiles to every one genuine profile. when I first started using the sites I spoke to a few scammers and because I was new to it I did not immediately recognise them as scammers - but it was so obvious after a few exchanged emails. they all claimed to fall in love with me after about three emails, they all used these photos of 10/10 supermodels (the sort of women who get hit on all the time and dont need to use dating sites to find dates), they all were in "nigeria/russia/ghana on business", they all wrote with absolutely terrible spelling and grammar, and so on. it was disheartening to see all the scammers... finding a date is hard enough in and of itself, but these lowlifes who PRETEND to like you only to later try to get money out of you, well they are both breaking peoples hearts (cos they realise it was all fake and the person never really cared about them) and stealing their money. have any of you ever used dating sites??? did you get scammers try to con you? I would NEVER send money to someone I met online, but sadly I read that lots of people DO get conned out of their life savings. any of you have experience with scammers? how was it? and are there any dating sites that are less prone to scammers, I use okcupid and pof, and they are CHOCKERS full of scammers. once you know how to spot them it is easy to tell who is a scammer, but it is still disheartening to check your email and see "such and such sent you a message on okcupid" and you get excited for two seconds... only to read the message and realise they are a scammer! have any of you experience with this sort of thing? how did it go?
Omei Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 You would have to be a pretty big idiot to be scammed out of cash from a dating site, you would have to be outragously desperate. Most people do not lend money out in new relationships.
Author Ordinaryday Posted April 29, 2014 Author Posted April 29, 2014 You would have to be a pretty big idiot to be scammed out of cash from a dating site, you would have to be outragously desperate. Most people do not lend money out in new relationships. I was reading it is the rule of numbers.... most people dont fall for it but they message HUNDREDS of people a day... out of those hundreds they might get one or two... times that by all the THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE they message a week... and it is a profitable scam. they claim to be from where you live but "overseas on business" and after awhile talking they will have an "emergency" come up and ask you to forward them money... if you do you will never hear from them again. and they usually address everyone in their letters as "baby/honey/sweetheart/other pet name" - because it helps with copying and pasting letters, they dont have to worry about even remembering your name! evil people!
saltyfishhead666 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I have used online dating sites for awhile now and the amount of scammers on them is ridiculous! it seems there are three fake profiles to every one genuine profile. when I first started using the sites I spoke to a few scammers and because I was new to it I did not immediately recognise them as scammers - but it was so obvious after a few exchanged emails. they all claimed to fall in love with me after about three emails, they all used these photos of 10/10 supermodels (the sort of women who get hit on all the time and dont need to use dating sites to find dates), they all were in "nigeria/russia/ghana on business", they all wrote with absolutely terrible spelling and grammar, and so on. it was disheartening to see all the scammers... finding a date is hard enough in and of itself, but these lowlifes who PRETEND to like you only to later try to get money out of you, well they are both breaking peoples hearts (cos they realise it was all fake and the person never really cared about them) and stealing their money. have any of you ever used dating sites??? did you get scammers try to con you? I would NEVER send money to someone I met online, but sadly I read that lots of people DO get conned out of their life savings. any of you have experience with scammers? how was it? and are there any dating sites that are less prone to scammers, I use okcupid and pof, and they are CHOCKERS full of scammers. once you know how to spot them it is easy to tell who is a scammer, but it is still disheartening to check your email and see "such and such sent you a message on okcupid" and you get excited for two seconds... only to read the message and realise they are a scammer! have any of you experience with this sort of thing? how did it go? I've never found pof to have any money scammers (at least for me I'm sure there are loads though) I have found that many are posing single and aren't - so technically I would consider them scammers too.
Author Ordinaryday Posted April 29, 2014 Author Posted April 29, 2014 I've never found pof to have any money scammers (at least for me I'm sure there are loads though) I have found that many are posing single and aren't - so technically I would consider them scammers too. yes they want something 'on the side', very sad and pathetic. I was reading an article about some people who visit prostitutes and a lot of them are married men... the reason they do it is because they feel sex with their wife is 'getting stale' or they have some kind of fetish their wife refuses to act out. sad.
Conners Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I saw a report on australian TV about it. One guy got scammed pretty much out of his life savings from a dating site. Very sad, I don't know how people fall for it. I think they more target men as they find it harder to get responses on dating sites in comparison to women.
saltyfishhead666 Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 yes they want something 'on the side', very sad and pathetic. I was reading an article about some people who visit prostitutes and a lot of them are married men... the reason they do it is because they feel sex with their wife is 'getting stale' or they have some kind of fetish their wife refuses to act out. sad. Agreed - they need to understand that it is not their wives job to keep their sex life alive, it's a joint effort. If you can't put in that effort - you shouldn't be married. Luckily for me I'm a nosy bugger and I do as much digging on the people (online) that I click with. If he's taken - I tell his woman and give her proof (can't even count how many time's I've done this) If he's not single - yay for me
Author Ordinaryday Posted April 29, 2014 Author Posted April 29, 2014 I saw a report on australian TV about it. One guy got scammed pretty much out of his life savings from a dating site. Very sad, I don't know how people fall for it. I think they more target men as they find it harder to get responses on dating sites in comparison to women. that's why the fact that they use gorgeous 10/10 supermodel type photos makes them so easy to spot! THEY think using these photos will get men excited (and to be fair, they manage to con a few) but MOST men the second they get messaged from a gorgeous 10/10 supermodel claiming she wants him... they get a bit suspicious. even on my best days I could not get that kind of woman, they are so far out of my league it is not worth even thinking about. so if I get messaged from a woman with 10/10 photos my first thought is "what is going on here?" instead of "whoo hoo!!!". they might manage to scam a few more people if they used more 'average' type photos, it would make the con more believable. but it is a good thing they dont because I want them to be easy to spot!
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