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Finding dates online can be fun, but watch out!

Online criminals will deliberately target you with appealing profiles and photos. They’re not real of course. So once you’re talking the swindle begins. Like they’ll say they’d love to meet you but don’t have the money to travel. ILLUSTRATION | IGAH

What you need to know:

  • Worse still, online criminals will deliberately target you with appealing profiles and photos. They’re not real of course. So once you’re talking the swindle begins.
  • Because far more first messages from women turn into dates than do first messages from men. Even though women send far fewer of them.
  • Guys who hit on all the girls get rejected by most of them. But the ones who only go for the girls who are showing interest in them have a great time.

You looking for love on the Net? You’re forever online anyway, and making new friends online is easy.

But you’ll need to be careful. There are some serious freaks out there. And many dating sites use “bots” that pretend you’re getting great hits on your free profile. So you pay for a subscription – after which all those hits mysteriously dry up.