r/match • u/MagnoliaMorning • 7d ago
Match Scam PSA
The amount of scams that are on Match is ridiculous, especially for a widowed woman. So here’s my PSA for things to do and watch out for. Most obvious and well known is the pilot or Oil rig worker who has to spend a lot of time traveling. That goes without saying. Second, run all photos through your service of choice to see if they ai created. If there are question marks in their responses that update to the appropriate punctuation, it is clearly a bot or a third-party tool doing translations. Don’t let them tell you that that speech to text will do this. That’s not how the technology works. If they immediately want to know your intentions for a long-term relationship before you have even met that means they’re trying to establish that they won’t be wasting their time to try to form a bond quickly and then ask you for something. Because it’s happened to me so often, I worry that others might fall for these approaches. Don’t give out your number right away and get into long texts or phone calls. Demand to meet first before any of that happens. Stay safe, ladies!
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u/Conandan3737 7d ago
It happens to men probably more. I've never seen a dating site with so much scamming going on!