Gay dating scams

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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:57 pm

Hey! so I was investigating dating scams to create my dating profiles yesterday and remembered thas Tsnerd t wrote to me this about a week ago

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As a general rule, most lads are homophobic, vlads not so much - it depends on where you picked this one up. Romance lads can easily be found on same sex romance sites, since these are populated by lonely, potential victims.

So I decided to check how many scams are committed (is that how that is written?) on gay dating sites, and I found this article that may be pertinent to this forum:

http://www.gaylifeafter40.com/online-dating-scams/

The article may be for gay men but it seems like everybody could give it a read, specially to this part

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These are the immediate signs of a scammer:
They focus on 40+ gay males. They figure they are lonely and lack confidence in themselves in finding someone.

There is usually a 20 year difference in age.

They may say they are living in the USA originally on their profile but all of a sudden have to go to the UK or Africa, etc. due to a problem like a job transfer, parents sick, etc.

He says he is looking for a man who is trustworthy in his profile.

He wants to immediately know about your life especially what you do for a living, and do you live alone. He wants your phone number and your personal email address and your maybe your home address.

He wants you to leave the secured dating site and chat by emails and even texting by phone. He will ask you for your email address within an hour of chatting with him on the dating website. He wants to avoid getting deleted or blocked. The more he can find out about you, the better. Do not give him your phone number. If you feel compelled to get to know him, then ask for his number. Google the area code. Most likely it is in a foreign land.

The relationship will build really fast. He will call you his love and his boyfriend in just days.

You may get an email from him and it will be missing your name or contain someone elses. It feels and sounds like a form letter. In the letter, he may even say he is looking for the perfect girl. If you question him, he will question your trust and say it was a mistake about the girl thing.

There will be a very limited amount of pictures of him. He looks like a model . If it is too good to be true, it usually is . Most pictures are never in casual environments but done in a studio or photo shopped.

He will come up with excuses of why he cannot use webcam. Web cam is available in all countries especially at internet cafes.

So check it out, maybe it can help you create a profile or even warn somebody.