America is minting big bucks through online dating service. Its popularity has revolutionized the marital process making it a potential money spinner. Statistics show that in 2004, U.S residents have spent more than $460 on these services. It is an alluring industry because of the innumerable service sites and mammoth population of U.S indulging in it. An added attraction to these services is that most of the services are provided for free. Curiosity and the yearning to meet some exciting stranger lure individuals into this vast network.

    Though not frequent, the dangers these services pose surfaces occasionally through some truly horrifying incidents taking place thorough these services. Often fake profiles are created in these services, leading to feigning individuals lying about everything, from their marital status, physical appearance, age, economic status to even gender.
Amateurs need to familiarize some basic safety precautions to escape the lurking danger these sites present.

Safety rules

Thumb rule:

The rule of thumb states that those online dating services that offer subscriptions are considered relatively safer than those offering free services. This is because paid membership sites set certain standard of requirements and guidelines that must be met by the people aspiring to join these sites. Some classy services even makes them to undergo an rigorous screening process and background checks are done to ensure the authenticity if the online dater profile.

Some guidelines needed in order to discern charlatans from the good lot are given below:

    • One must be agile and note the consistency of the information and hence be able to escape from the bait laid out by a mountebank
    • One must make use of the protection given by the online dating services such as anonymity ne must be careful when asked to disclose personal information such as location, phone number etc so that it is impossible for them to locate.
    • When the person you are communicating with pesters you for personal information, cease communication immediately.
    • Have a watch over the person’s language, anger levels, behavior and elusiveness in answering direct questions.

   The caustic taste of DANGER can be tasted by the combination of the above factors. Thus be alert and terminate relationships with persons who stand for trouble.