|
Spam
& Scams
Not
all sites, even ones that look professional, are above board. Just
like all other online businesses, there are some people out there
who just want to create a quick buck. There are many sites, too,
that are reputable, but have associates or affiliates (webmasters
who get a commission for promoting another site) that use fake ads,
or fake respones to ads, on other dating services to lure new customers
in.
Be
sure to read the site's terms of service very carefully before joining.
Some clearly state in their TOS that they might send faux responses
to ads.
Rule
of thumb: If someone answers your ad and asks you to go to a different
dating service to contact him/her, particularly one in which you
have to pay respond, it's probably a scam of some sort.
If
you receive an email or ad response that looks like it's from an
individual who's LOVE to meet you, but only if you join another
service... you're best bet is to forward that ad response to the
webmaster of the site in question.
If
it is an affiliate practicing unscrupulous marketing schemes, they
might get kicked off the network. And if the site itself is a scam,
if the webmaster is the unscrupulous one... well maybe if enough
people complain about it, they'll move on to some other get rich
quick scheme.
|
