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| Mon, 10-03-2005 - 6:39am |
Profiles normally contain photographs that are slightly out of focus or badly lit and taken in an everyday location. However some profiles appear to look more like a models portfolio. A Very attractive woman with photo’s taken in exotic locations. The preferences in their ‘About My Match’ section are very broad and almost unrealistic. The age ranges on a few have been 20-50 with all other preferences being ‘Any’. Do you think these are fake profiles designed to attract and catch out cheating partners?

There is a profile on yahoo in my area with George Clooney's picture, I saw one with the same George Clooney photo on webdate.com.
>These in my expierence always turn out to be fronts
>for porn sites and age verification (ie porn sites as well)
>sites. On yahoo, 80% of my responses were to sites like that.
I think you are right. Here are some of the profiles I am talking about. I have NOT made any edits. I think they are foreign porn sites using some half-witted online translation service.
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well i'm am a geologist i do research on gems and golds.i have been to so many countrys in the world.i'm an honest truthfull and caring.i lots my parents in 4month ago.well i have know brother and sister.i'm the only one in my family.i have know family anymore.i'm hear to make a family and have my own kids.
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am a girl with good sense of humour, tall, good looking. i love making friends. i will like to meet some one who is good looking and always appreciate beauty
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well i'm here for a serious relationship.i'm honest caring and loving lady.i do like to be with my love all the time but never found one yet.i have been hurt befor and never wanna have that kind of man again.i'm looking for a man that will make me happy for the rist of my life and he will love wih know one easl.i will also do anything to make him happy.
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HELLO, I AM A GIRL OF CARING SINGLE NEVER MARRIED AND LOOKING FOR AN ETERNITY LOVE. I'VE BEEN SINGLE DUE TO MY PROFILE BECAUSE I AM REALLY INTRESTED IN A HONESTY AND ETERNITY LOVE, I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO WILL BE BESIDE ME BUT A MAN WHO WILL BE PART OF ME,BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOVE THAT IS NOT BUILT ON TRUST IS STANDING ON A SHAKKY FOUNDATION SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELATIONSHIP WHO I CAN BE WITH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
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I am losing interest with this OLD rubbish!
Here is an e-mail to amuse you all. I knew her profile was too good to be true.
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Hi,
I am sad and not okay now. A guy treated me bad, he invited me to nigeria to model and when i got here he beat me up and tried to rape me but i ran away, i am presently in a hotel here now and i need help, can you help??i met the guy online and he told me he was into model management and that he would help me with my modelling career if i came down to nigeria, that was how i got into this,Please email me, my email is @yahoo.com'>edit]@yahoo.com or IM me on yahoo messenger, my yahoo ID is
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Awww...come on hal - wire her the money to escape Nigeria and you could live happily ever after. LOL
You have to look at OLD as just another way to meet people - just like at the grocery store, gym, activity, etc.
>You have to look at OLD as just another way to meet people
>just like at the grocery store, gym, activity,
I never buy groceries in Nigeria.
You can get solicited/scammed from Nigeria through email, via phone, in the mail... it's not just and online dating thing.
LOL
Probably not the best produce available.
hal, my bf that I met through OLD use to get those all the time too. I wonder if there are certian triggers in a profile (like income or profession, age)that certian men get those emails and others don't. I had never heard of these scams until my current bf. (And I have dated other guys from match)
I would keep trying, like other posters have said Old is another way to meet people. I think it has its own issues and complexities, but I think success can be found. I have been on since May 2005, I have went on countless first meets, dated one guy for three dates then had him ghost, dated another guy for 1.5 months to haved him break up with me because I was not looking for a husband, (I am recently divorced, not looking to remarry but would like a long term relationship) and currently dating another man met through OLD for a little over a month.
When my profile is posted get about an email a day to one every other day. I screen out the nature/hunt/fish/camp guys, (I say in my profile I am a city person) I screen out the ones that are about 10+ years older than I (I did go on a first meet with someone 10 years older...we had nothing in common besides politics, haven't tried again) I end up going on first meets with a combination of what would be my normal type and those that are a reach. Most importantly I dont take anything too seriously and I try to have fun.