January 8, 2009

Staying safe online

Putting your details into an online dating services database is one of those things that often makes people think about if they should be it or not, but this is normally safe providing that you limit the information that the site has on you.

The next problem occurs when you finally make contact with someone; it is all too easy to freely offer personal information to someone that you hardly know. This is where caution is needed, do not give out personal information to anyone over the phone or online.

Here are some things that you can do to check out the person making contact with you:

Never reveal your personal information to strangers. Until you check them out.
Do a professional reverse email search to verify their information. Verify their real name address, phone number, place of employment.
Do a Dating Service Assessment to see which other dating sites they have memberships. Find out if they are on any strange or unusual fetish websites.
Do a full background check.
Locate their secret email accounts, secret web sites, and social networking sites like MySpace.

Source [Bharatbhasha]