Also, disabled profiles still state that they were active within 24 hours. I noticed a friend on there. Notified her and she canceled her profile because she was happily dating someone. I added her as favorite so that I could easily locate her when I found her. She is still on the favorite list and shows that she must be logging in daily. That is not happening. This is another tactic they are using to keep people on this site. Obviously, the profile is inactive when clicked on, but if someone added her as a favorite it looks like she is still visiting the site.

Another faker sign is the SMALL profile pictures that looks too small to see. The 100 x 150 pixel pictures are ridiculous and should not even be approved by match to post to profiles. Since they are approved, you have to question the legitimacy of that profile.

Always question profiles that seem odd. Since match.com has to approve ANYTHING, what looks fake is fake.

I m single with one son, i have my son full custody for over 7years, There is nothing in this world that makes me happier than seeing him smile. he is very cheeky and affectionate, I love to laugh and enjoy funny situations. I enjoy traveling and the adventures of the outdoors. Getting away is important because I think everyone should see what else is out there. I also like going to the movies, theater, museums or a nice restaurant. But I am just as happy staying home in some cases. I would like to meet someone who has similar interests, but who can introduce different activities into my life. I m not looking for perfect woman but someone that can love me for me, woman with good shoulder on her neck!!!

I m on business trip yo West Africa in Nigeria and i have been here for 6days, I don’t have problem relocating for the right woman, Let Chat if you dont mind.. I don’t get on this site often, kindly go through my profile, if you like what you see and read drop me a line VIA my personal email(xxxxxxx@xxxx.com)
Cheers

Note: My yahoo messenger address is XXXXXX@XX.XXX kindly add me if you really care to chat

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What do you think about that!!! Crazy huh??

This raised a ? over my head. Is this fake or no?

However, if someone doesn’t write me an intelligent thoughtful email I won’t reply. I never reply to winks or profiles with no photos. You’d be amazed at some of the emails I get from doofus guys and a few a-holes. But I just ignore and block them. I like to move fast to meet someone, if a guy doesn’t suggest we meet in a few emails I stop answering. I won’t give out my phone number or talk to them on the phone first. I also use an email account that doesn’t use my full name so they can’t find me offline unless I want them to.

I don’t notice a lot of profiles in this area that look fake. But I did notice there are a LOT of more attractive men in other markets like SF and Denver when I search there. Portland & Seattle match guys aren’t model hot, they are real.

As a woman who makes a very good living I do not post my income. I did a test and listed it for three days. My contact rate plummeted, when I took my income off it went back up. So as much as women want a man who is tall, men don’t want a woman more successful financially. I have also had a number of professional photographers take photos of me for various professional or athletic projects so my photos look ‘too good’ so possibly fake.

The bottom line I think is – NEVER travel just to meet someone you emailed with a few times. If you’ll be in their city for other reasons, then fine, but meet them in a public place. When meeting someone new always tell a friend where you are going and who you are meeting. If you get their full name do an internet search on the name first, check out their story. Don’t give out too much information about yourself until you check someone out. NEVER give someone money if you haven’t met them or even if the relationship is new. A person who will respect you wouldn’t ask you for money to pay for bills, etc.

I also don’t always send a no response to email contacts. I used to be polite and answer all emails. This led to some of my worst experiences. Guys who I had nothing in common with writing me emails about how their life was shit anyway, no women wanted to meet them so they mind as well kill themselves (that really happened) another guy lecturing me about god and misquoting Churchill (I’m a history major – don’t mess with me on historical quotes) and some just writing back calling me a bitch for being polite. I decided passive rejection was better than active rejection. You can’t win for losing I guess.

Be smart, respect yourself, explain you take awhile to get to know someone and try to be true to yourself.

I mean, online dating has become what CB radio was in the 70s… it was fun when it was new, but eventually so many jerks abused the system that it became unusable. I bet you there are so many fakes, online dating sites would hardly exist without them.

The trend now is toward singles groups on meetup dot com… fakes know better than to show up at those, or they’d get the crap beat out of them! Singles are starting new meetup groups all the time because they are tired of the rigged game which is online dating.

I pity the people who still think they can win at the online dating game. They need to get real.

At six foot, I am selective about height. Onlyy dating men 6′2 or taller. I was shocked at the number of men who reply to my profile who are 5′7. Obviously they did not read my profile or are just plain stupid.

Upon meeting several men, I found most lie about age, height, fitness level, number of marriages, employment and education. Some post decade old photos.

One guy justified lieing about his age (60 not 48 as advertised), height (5′10 not 6′1), fitness (overweight NOT athletic and toned), Marriages (2). He claimed that the types of women he is attracted too don’t want to date 60 yr old, heavyset men.

What????Did he think that I wouldn’t notice as soon as I met him???????

Oh…. and he is unemployed.

If a guy claims to have a PhD while claiming English as his native language, why does their profile lack correct spelling, punctuation and grammer???? RED FLAG????

Oh…what about the guys who don’t post a photo? Or…the ones that post photos of their car, boat, place, bike, etc….

I had one guy email me a few times and then I rec’d an email from his WIFE! She claimed to have caught him cheating on her and wanted to know if I had any of his email or if I met with him. What a creep! He was a born again Christian who described himself as honest.

In fact, come to think of it……every guy that said he wass honest, was NOT.

When you agree to meet someone, meet them for a short date (coffee) someplace public. Don’t be afraid to demand to see their ID before giving them your address. If they lied to you, enjoy the laugh. It will make a fun story in the future.