International dating

The fake profile is the most common scam. Very effective, simple
to do, easy to get away with, and easy to be duped by. Beware.
It involves the creation of a fake profile with a fake picture,
and bogus information to entice people (usually males) to part
with their money. There are also fake male profiles to entice
females but these are few and far between as the financial benefits
are potentially much less (males are more willing to pay to email
than females).
It is so easy to do, anyone can do it in a few minutes. Just
create yourself an anonymous email address, create an account
with the site and submit the profile and photo and then forget
about the whole thing. Any replies to the profile will end up in the
email in-box of that email account, but there, of course, is no
genuine person behind it to send a reply. Now whether it is
someone just doing it as a joke, or someone with other intentions,
the result is always the same – the personals company gets the
money and the trusting victim gets nothing. Make sure the trusting
victim is not you.
It is also common to see different fake profiles of the same
person but with slightly different photos on the same site. Not
very intelligent, as it’s blatantly obvious to the keen eye. But would
not be visible to the casual visitor who only views one of the profiles.