Posted on January 30th, 2012 by Brad
I’ve talked about this before but in a relatively short period I’ve had several woman contact me with the same question: why do men want to talk to me using our personal email accounts and should I give my email to them?
What I tell my readers is this: I wouldn’t be too worried about moving to personal email accounts. Often the reason people ask this is because they’re embarrassed to log into dating service at locations other than their house [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2011 by Brad
In my free online dating guide, I talk about using a service called tineye to identify fake dating profiles. In this article, I want to talk about using Google Images to do the same thing.
In many ways I’m writing this for men as I believe scams with beautiful women are aimed more at them (for obvious reasons). That said, this should be helpful to anyone as there are multiple reasons people put up fake photos, not just for scams.
Fake Dating [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Brad
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From time to time I get emails from readers who have been incorrectly charged from an online dating service. This generally occurs in one of two ways:
The person never subscribed to the service and is totally caught off guard by the charge. In most cases this is some type of fraudulent charge (for example, someone stealing the credit card number) but in one instance someone contacted me because someone she knew had used her credit card to sign [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2010 by Brad
An article at MSNBC lists some of the most common online datings scams that are successful. Online dating is right at the top of that list. Many of use want to believe we’ve found love so badly that we’ll believe anything. I thought this article was great, right from the beginning:
Most people think they’ll never fall for a scam. In fact, that frame of mind is precisely what con artists look for. Those who believe that they know better are [...]
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Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Brad
A few months ago I wrote a series of articles on avoiding online dating scams. One of the scams I discussed was the 419 scam. This involves the scammer convincing their target to send them money for one reason or another. With online dating it will often be the scam will often involve the person you are communicating with needing financial help for a troubling situation or because they want to meet you. For a recent example of this, check [...]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2010 by Brad
The Spam Scam
In my series on online dating scams and liars, I discussed a theory that sometime accounts are created simply to get personal information from other members and then spam them. According to this article, it looks like my theory might not be far from the truth. In this case, it was actually employees of the dating service that were using profile data for spam.
Woman-Speak Translation Tips
CityGirlsWorld offers some translation tips for what women are saying and what they [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2009 by Brad
More Warnings on Dating Site Scams
This article discusses some real-world examples of online dating scams occurring in the United Kingdom (well, they’re occurring everywhere really). I covered this topic recently in my series of articles on identifying and protecting yourself against online dating scams. While the scams don’t appear to be going away any time soon, there are steps you can take to avoid them and enjoy your online dating.
How To Avoid The 5 Most Common Dating Mistakes (for [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Brad
I’ve been putting together a series of articles to help you protect yourself while dating online. This series is broken into three parts:
1. Online Dating Scams: The Romance Scam – The first part of the series discusses the main scam occurring with online dating.
2. Online Dating Scams: Additional Scams – Several other online dating scams are discussed here.
3. Tools For Identifying Online Dating Scam and Liars – Discusses free online tools that can be used to help you protect yourself.
Online [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Brad
This article is one in a series that discusses protecting yourself from scams when dating online.
As online dating grows more popular so do dating scams associated with them. There are many good resources online describing dating scams but not very many give concrete ways to defend or combat them. Because of this, I want to offer some actual methods to detect if you’re dealing with a dishonest person. I’ll try to cover the tools in detail so you can perform [...]
Filed under: dating advice, online dating services
Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Brad
This article is one in a series that discusses protecting yourself from scams when dating online.
Online Dating Scams: The 419 Scam
The Romance Scam is often mentioned in relation to the 419 scam (also referred to as the Nigerian scam). The standard 419 scam involves the scammer offering you a large sum of money if you help them move that money out of the country they are currently in. For example, they may want to send you a check for $50,000 [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Brad
This article is one in a series that discusses protecting yourself from scams when dating online.
There are many online dating scams out there but I would consider this the “main” scam. This scam involves the scammer posing as a potential love interest with the goal of making money off of their target. It’s amazing how many people are fooled by this one but the bad guys are good at what they do and can be very convincing.
The Romance Scam [...]
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Brad is a happily married man that found great success (and his wife!) using online dating. He now shares his thoughts and experiences, on this site and in his free online dating guide, to assist others in finding success. 
