Be a Tease: Keep the details close to the heart. Profiles should tease, not disclose everything. Don’t provide personally identifiable information to a prospective dating match until there is an established level of familiarity and trust. This includes your hometown, home addresses, work specifics, phone numbers, educational background and information about children via profiles and through photo identification.
Cupid isn’t always right. Don’t assume that a prospective dating match always will be truthful. Ask a person to tell you about himself or herself; then you can conduct a little background work on websites and see if conflicting information exists. Compare the information the person provides during your conversations, with the information that exists about them online to see if anything is conflicting. A person without an online presence is certainly a red flag.
Create the perfect password. For online dating profiles, do not use passwords that incorporate publicly known information.
Get a second opinion. Friends and family will often have better radar than you will, since they are not directly involved in the romance. Introduce the love interest to a friend and ask for their honest opinion.
Hold on to your check book. Also, be wary of any requests for financial loans or assistance of any kind.
Regardless of how legitimate the monetary need might seem, deny any requests for financial loans or assistance of any kind.
Trust your gut. If something seems fishy or too good to be true, it probably is. Trust your instincts, and don’t let yourself become love blind.
Courtesy of Experian
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