Q:Top 17 most Common Scams on a Dating Site?

Scammer says he/she got married on this site, and his friend or boss saw your profile and would like to your contact info. Once you send your contact info, you will never hear from them again. (this is just to get your contact info)

Once you send the photos, the Scammer will use these photos to extort you for money (if you don't send money, he'll release your photos to the public or send them to your friends and family). Don't send photos that you want kept private.

Scammer sends you a link to a website to view nude photos of them, when you get there, they will ask for your credit card and they will gather information about you or give you viruses.

Scammer tells you you've won a lottery and asks you to give your personal information and that you need to pay them for fees to collect your winnings.

Scammer wants to send you a gift but needs you to pay the fees to receive it. Once you pay the fees, you'll never hear from him again.

Scammer asks you to cash a check and send the money. Two weeks later the check will bounce and you will have already sent the money, and you will owe your bank that much.

Scammer is stuck in a country and needs your money/help to get them out. Once you send the money, you'll never hear from them again.

Scammer wants to fly or drive to meet you but needs money for plane ticket, train ride or gas. Once you send the money, you'll never hear from them again.

Scammer is coming to see you. At the last minute something horrible happens, they get stuck and they need you to send them money to help them.

Any hard luck story a scammer says to get you to send money is a scam. Once you send the money, you'll never hear from them again.

Scammer is in the military and needs your money for some reason or another. Scammers say they are in the Military because it helps them gain your trust.

Scammer is running an orphanage and needs your donations.

Scammer asks for your email address right away or gives you theirs...they want to go offsite as soon as possible because eventually we will catch them and delete them from the site.

Scammer sends you a link to a translation site because they can't speak your language. They are in business with the transalation site and will try to keep you there as long as possible and it will cost you money.

Scammer tells you that you've been selected to be on a billboard or commercial, but needs all your personal information. (they just want your personal information, that is all)

Scammer wants to hire you to be their nanny and will pay you well. They find young women outside their country and will pay to fly them to their home. This may be a way to get your personal info, or if they do fly you there, they have other things in mind.

Scammer has a sick relative that needs medical attention, and needs you to send money for the medical care. They say they will pay you back, but once you send the money, you'll never hear from them again.

Scammer gets you to call him, then keeps you on the phone for a long time, meanwhile you are racking up huge fees for the phone call. This scam is common in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica and Bermuda.

These types of scammers will leave their phone number on their profile, hoping you will call and rack up huge fees.

It's called One Ring Scam, because often the Scammer calls you on the phone from a number you don't recognize, letting it ring one time. You see it on your caller ID and call it back. The person who answers asks you to hold on, and while you are holding it racks up huge fees for the phone call.