Why? Any of these issues might make you a bit more anxious about your ability to find love and potentially more receptive to the con.
They're also likely to target people with weight problems and those recovering from illnesses. Scammers look for vulnerable populations - women and men in their 50s and 60s who are divorced or widowed and may feel rejected or past their prime. If a 25-year-old model is contacting a 50-year-old man, there's something wrong." "You see this communication and think, 'Oh my gosh, I must be more attractive than I thought!' No you're not. "When some 25-year-old girl is telling you that she's in love with you, you have to wonder why," he says. Budgyk, 56, doesn't suffer for a lack of confidence, but he also knows something is amiss when a model half his age just can't get enough of him. Do your fellow legitimate members a favor and be sure to report abusers. That's important to the con artist, who'll want to troll the site again for future victims when done with you. Moving off-site before launching a scam reduces the chance that you'll report the crook to the relevant site. How about if we text or communicate though our personal phone/email?" Most commonly, the excuse is "My membership on this site is almost up.
Beth Kipps, who has experimented with several dating sites, says the men who have attempted to con her almost always have a reason why they shouldn't continue to communicate via or eHarmony. Let's leave the site: Online dating sites have the ability to monitor and boot members who exhibit problematic behavior or are perpetrating scams, so con artists want to quickly move their victims elsewhere. Here are six red flags to help detect and sidestep romance scams. "After a while, it becomes really easy to spot them." "I probably hear from five scammers a night," says Marko Budgyk, a Los Angeles financier who has frequented several online dating sites over the past 10 years. , for instance, includes a disclaimer at the bottom of every onsite email between members, warning not to send money or provide credit card information to anyone you've met on the site. Indeed, many sites warn their customers to beware.