How to Find a
Genuine Online Dating Site?
By Cenk Butunley
Online Dating started with a 'usenet' kind
of newsgroups to social networking and has
become one of the most important part of our
personal lives in less than 10 years time.
With the growing demand in online dating,
thousands of online dating sites were formed.
Some sites unbelievably reached millions of
members in short periods. With the easiness
and forwardness of online dating, millions
of singles became couples and got married.
But as in all part of our lives, 'cyber-thieves'
or nowadays we call them 'scammers' created
millions of fake profiles on online dating
sites and suckered money from innocent people,
who were looking for love on the internet.
So the question is how you can know
if the dating site of your choice is reputable
and how can you know the person you are
getting in touch is a genuine match?:
On the huge ocean of Internet, there
are hundreds of free dating sites with
maybe a dozen of them reputable enough
to give them a try. But the biggest problem
with trying totally free dating sites
is that it just doesn't attracts innocent
individuals like you. It attracts scammers
who are creating hundreds of fake profiles
everyday, looking forward to wrong moves
from genuine people. So most of the time,
giving hundreds of free dating sites a
try is waste of time which may discourage
you to find someone genuine online. So
if you really intend to find someone to
build a relationship, it's better you
find a reputable and cheap dating site
where you can meet real people.
After you decided to go with a dating
site of your choice, you must keep in
mind some of these simple rules for avoiding
ghost profiles:
Use a dating site with distance searching.
That tremendously effects your chances.
Before trying dating sites with millions
of members, try cheap but reputable growing
sites with hundreds of profiles You will
have more chance to meet someone who can
reply to you as these profiles will not
be overwhelmed with thousands of messages
everyday.
After you sign up with the dating site,
whilst searching for your dream mate,
always look into the photos that may be
fake, eliminate your options to a smaller
pool.
Read profiles,look for sincere and honest
descriptions in their personal ads.
If you receive a message from a too good
to be true beauty especially from overseas
with so much interest in you be careful
with them. Look into their messages and
if any part of their messages, they talk
about financial problems or even if they
tell you their salary honestly, run away
from them as you are 90% approached by
a scammer.
Even if you exchange tens of messages
with someone, never send money for plane
tickets, visas, etc. as this is 99.9%
scamming technique, cyber-thieves using
everyday.
After exchanging a few messages, try chatting
online and/or on the phone with your match.
So these are some clues for finding a
genuine match that you can try building
a relationship with. Keep these rules
in your mind and go with your instincts.
Who knows, maybe you'll be the next success
story on a decent
dating site.
Cenk Butunley is the founder of MyBestDate,
an Online Dating Service serving internationally.
He has specialized in software engineering
since 1998, including three years as a
Senior Developer for Bromcom Computers
Plc., a software publishing company.
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