International Dating Tips | How to Protect Yourself When Dating Online

Jump into the international dating trend safely by learning how you can protect yourself when dating online.

One of the greatest perils of the internet is the plethora of scams that have erupted because of it. The anonymity that the internet offers means that anyone can present themselves as someone they’re not. This makes meeting foreign ladies a bit of a minefield.

Dishonesty is one of the hazards of international dating. Because most of the interaction is done online, no one can really be sure of who they are actually talking to. This can make for a lot of dishonesty on the internet. A lot of these pitfalls, however, can be avoided by using professional matchmaking services like ours. Here at Foreign Affair, all our members go through a stringent vetting process before their profiles are uploaded here on our site. Hence, you can be sure that all the single women you’ll be interacting with are real and don’t have any ulterior motive.

But the thing about dishonesty is that it’s always going to be present. However, there are ways to spot it and ways to protect yourself from it. Finding real love is paramount.

• Scams and Such

The Nigerian Prince is a con wherein you will receive an anonymous email from a person claiming to be a deposed royalty. They’ll say that they need a small loan and use the funds to access their accounts and that they’ll repay the loan with exorbitant interest once they have accessed those accounts. There are no accounts. Once the money is wired to them, they break off contact with the mark.

This can present itself in online dating when a man talks to a woman online. He develops strong feelings for her. Once the woman, or the person pretending to be a woman, feels like they have the mark hooked, they’ll ask to be wired a sum of money so they can handle travel or visa expenses so that the two can meet. The man, already in love or close to it, will eagerly send them the sum.

There are usually two outcomes once the money is received; either the woman runs into roadblocks and needs more money or the woman never contacts the man ever again and becomes unreachable. Either way, the man on the other end ends up with a depleted bank account and a broken heart.

• Dollars and Sense

Another way to get duped in international dating is with the gold digger. In this instance, the woman may be a real person and they may even enter a relationship with the man that they have been communicating with. Things may even progress to the point of marriage.

But getting married is not always indicative of true love. Just because someone walks down the aisle doesn’t mean that their heart is in it. Sometimes, a woman on the internet sees a Western man as a way out of their situation. They don’t necessarily care about the man, but they do care about the dollars that he comes with.

A great way to avoid this is to play down your income, make yourself look less well-off than you actually are. If gifts have to be exchanged, they shouldn’t be extravagant. Sure, many people want nice things, but nice things are expensive and buying them might encourage the wrong kind of attachment. Finding real love is not a priority for these people - finding someone with money is.

However, there are times when the money is not the goal - it’s the man’s country. Women in developing nations will often try and pair themselves off to a Western man in order to get residency in that man’s first world country.

Avoiding such pitfalls can be done quite easily. Using a professional matchmaking service can be a great way to date safely online. Here at Foreign Affair, we put a premium on safety. We could easily open our site for anybody to sign up in order to maximize our exposure, but we understand the dangers in it. We put your safety first above all others.

We aren’t just trying to make a quick buck. We do matchmaking for marriage. Our ultimate goal is to connect two people from disparate countries together. Facilitating international dating to find real love between two people is our goal.

So sign up here on our site today and find a suitable bride.