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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2965644" data-attributes="member: 924">Well, part of the trouble is just the nature of online dating sites. They are simply full of scammers and the like (who are unafiliated with the site).Of course, the sites themselves know this - it's probably how they get most of their money.&nbsp; Both from people who are misled, and from the scammers themselves (who join to get email addresses)Personally, I think the only honest sites around are the ones that use credits for email and such (which I think is pretty much lavalife these days) - that way, even if you do get ripped off, you're only out a buck or two.Also, after a while, you can generally tell the difference between a fake person and/or bot and a real person. A lot of them are Russian, and they tend to make the same sort of mistakes with their English.Heh, maybe that's another way for ENWorld to make money - they could start a dating service for gamers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 2965644, member: 924"] Well, part of the trouble is just the nature of online dating sites. They are simply full of scammers and the like (who are unafiliated with the site). Of course, the sites themselves know this - it's probably how they get most of their money. Both from people who are misled, and from the scammers themselves (who join to get email addresses) Personally, I think the only honest sites around are the ones that use credits for email and such (which I think is pretty much lavalife these days) - that way, even if you do get ripped off, you're only out a buck or two. Also, after a while, you can generally tell the difference between a fake person and/or bot and a real person. A lot of them are Russian, and they tend to make the same sort of mistakes with their English. Heh, maybe that's another way for ENWorld to make money - they could start a dating service for gamers. [/QUOTE]

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