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Online Dating Safety Tips |
Online dating can be an amazing experience and give you a chance to meet great people living half way across the world. It also gives you the opportunity to stay fairly anonymous and only reveal as many details, as you feel comfortable with.
We'd just like to point out a few precautions you should take, which are true to meeting on CupidUSA, or anywhere else for that matter. |
- Watch out for someone who seems too good to be true and be on the look out for inconsistencies.
- Guard your anonymity. Start out by corresponding via email and if you get a good feeling, move on to phone conversations. Try and find out more about the person before you set up a date and see how you click.
- No need to reveal too much personal information. You don't have to exchange phone numbers, accurate home addresses and too many details about your family and background at first. If it works out, there will be plenty of time for this later on.
- Any suitor must earn your trust gradually. Take all the time you need to become comfortable with someone before revealing any personal contact information.
- Ask for more than one photo, preferably in a variety of settings - casual, formal, indoor and outdoors.
- If you're not given a solid contact number, if you have to page a person to call you back or if you can only call during certain hours, this is not a good sign.
- Set up your first date in a public place - This is very important and ties in with not revealing your home address and making it easy to break it off if you don't want to meet again.
- Share the details with a friend or family member. Tell your friend about the person you met and your plans to meet in person.
- Trust your instincts and listen to your date . Pay attention to any signs of aggression, extreme reactions or stories that sound very controlling. If you have the slightest doubt - forget it! You deserve better.
- Consider it suspicious if someone you barely know asks you for financial assistance. Avoid being scammed by following 2 simple rules:
DO NOT LEND/BORROW/SEND MONEY TO ANYONE!
DO NOT CASH CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS SENT TO YOU FROM PEOPLE YOU MET ON THE INTERNET!
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Like your Mom always said: "Better safe than sorry". Taking extra precautions does not make you paranoid, it's just means you're smart.
Enjoy and take care,
The HiOnLove & CupidUSA Staff |
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