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You're telling him to use a Free site over a Pay Site? There are WAY more scammers/spammers on free sites ;)

 

On Match all the spammers can do is Wink/Like you, they can't send messages. And the profiles are easy to spot.

 

It's hard to spam effectively when there is a membership fee (which none of the spammers pay, they use basic accounts that can't do anything)

 

So what are those long messages I kept receiving? The ones from widow men, raising their kids on their own, ALL of them are in military uniforms, ALL of them happen to be oversea, ALL of them have pictures of them with their cute kids. ALL messages are written the exact same way. Hello my name is John Smith....you know! giving their full name blahblahblah.

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So what are those long messages I kept receiving? The ones from widow men, raising their kids on their own, ALL of them are in military uniforms, ALL of them happen to be oversea, ALL of them have pictures of them with their cute kids. ALL messages are written the exact same way. Hello my name is John Smith....you know! giving their full name blahblahblah.

 

Well that does sound fishy, I've never received anything like it though.

 

I get spammed relentlessly on POF/OKC, but on Match I just get "winks" and "likes" and their profile usually has a Phone Number to Text or E-Mail address (so they can spam you more!) - Very easy to avoid

 

 

If they are sending you messages, that means they shelled out at least $30 for a Membership... Seems odd considering Match Customer Support shuts those accounts down pretty quick

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Well that does sound fishy, I've never received anything like it though.

 

I get spammed relentlessly on POF/OKC, but on Match I just get "winks" and "likes" and their profile usually has a Phone Number to Text or E-Mail address (so they can spam you more!) - Very easy to avoid

 

 

If they are sending you messages, that means they shelled out at least $30 for a Membership... Seems odd considering Match Customer Support shuts those accounts down pretty quick

 

It's not something done by one person. It's a scam organized by a group that is located often in Africa. If women start chatting with these men soon they will be required to send money etc. etc. This group doesn't mind paying memberships to allure their victims.

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A really good tan. Lol.

 

What's funny is that I was thinking this same thing myself because it has happened to me.

 

What I do when that happens is I take her other preferences into consideration. If I fail race and height (by more than 3 inches), or race and income, then I won't send. If I only fail race, then I'll take a chance. Because even if they do list my race and have viewed my profile, my chances of a response are small.

 

I did get a response back from one woman where my race wasn't part of her profile and it was really weird. I won't post it here, because that will out me, but let me know if you want to hear, and I will PM to you.

 

Yes please PM me, this sounds interesting :)

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I wanted to let every one know that I'm pleased to announce that I've suspended my OLD accounts! Not because I met someone on OLD, but because I was able to reconnect with a young woman I'd written about previously under my old member name, I_Give_Up67.

 

After a handful of disappointing OLD responses, I am more than happy to stick to the traditional route for now. ;) The young lady that I am again seeing, is more than I could have ever hoped to find on OLD!

 

Thank you all for taking the time to offer me the advice on this, and my other OLD threads.

 

LM67

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I wanted to let every one know that I'm pleased to announce that I've suspended my OLD accounts! Not because I met someone on OLD, but because I was able to reconnect with a young woman I'd written about previously under my old member name, I_Give_Up67.

 

After a handful of disappointing OLD responses, I am more than happy to stick to the traditional route for now. ;) The young lady that I am again seeing, is more than I could have ever hoped to find on OLD!

 

Thank you all for taking the time to offer me the advice on this, and my other OLD threads.

 

LM67

 

Aww lucky you :-)

 

Let us know how that goes. It's nice to hear happy stories.

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Aww lucky you :-)

 

Let us know how that goes. It's nice to hear happy stories.

 

I would be happy to do that Gaeta, thank you!

 

We a have a few small challenges where we live due to the IR aspect, her pre-teen children and a 12 year age gap ;) But so far, she's not concerned about either, and neither am I... :D

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