risktaker9
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Joined: 3/10/2010 Status: offline
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I like the way you asked about this instead of having a meltdown, ranting about it, or blaming the site. This being the internet there are plenty of scammers or people who are being untruthful and therefore probably not on the same page as you are with wanting something RL. As far as learning things, open threads on here and read others, it's a great source of information. I don't want to speak for everyone, but writing to forum members in general with questions and such has worked out great for me. Everyone I've written to has been awesome at explaining things. There are a couple common hallmarks of scammers and people who are pretending to be something else, in general...if something seems too good to be true then it probably is. If they ask for money even as a sign of 'sincerity' that's a red flag, if anyone wants to jump into an instant relationship - same thing. Scammers commonly make mistakes with weight on the profile info (they're estimating in kg instead of pounds), they make tons of grammar mistakes, they seem to be mute or deaf quite often, they want to jump into a relationship instantly with anyone, or they seem to be in catastrophic circumstances that need immediate help. It's a bit harder to pick up on the false personas but as a woman we get the 'you have been reported as being a man, get on cam now and show me that you are a genetic woman' crap and there are guys that just want pics of you to collect. As someone else suggested, after a decent amount of time push for a phone call, this weeds out the guys, and push for meetings fairly soon as that will weed out those who are looking for online only thrills. You just have to look for things that don't add up.
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