All of my internet contacts on recent past dating (or similar) sites have a standard disclaimer to about like this: "While most people are honest that scammers are common. Identity security is important for both of us. Use of anonymous names and phone numbers are acceptable until we have met a few times and we are comfortable with each other. All meetings will be in public places and you can bring a friend. I can pass any background check."
Now that being said: I do provide name that is real (my middle name - and I don't tell them that, but if they ask is it real I tell them it is).
I do provide my approximate location (I live near... ) which is true.
I have real pictures of me to share (ususally in parks,or on vacation).
I have a real cell phone for these kinds of contacts: a $29 TracFone from years ago that I keep active and loaded using cash purchased cards, and which has never connected to my home wifi so it has no record of who I might actually be.
For one person I took a picture of myself holding a daily newspaper in front of a local landmark that they could verify was in the city where I claim to live near, with a closeup picture of the newspaper that showed the date.
I can do Skype or other video conference, etc.
This works.
Should anyone contact me from this site to meet... that's the same method I will use to meet.
If there is a 3rd meeting that is usually when I tell them my real name and give them my personal cell phone number (as sometimes I only look at that TracFone a few times in a day).
What if a person you just met online asks you for these?
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All of my internet contacts on recent past dating (or similar) sites have a standard disclaimer to about like this: "While most people are honest that scammers are common. Identity security is important for both of us. Use of anonymous names and phone numbers are acceptable until we have met a few times and we are comfortable with each other. All meetings will be in public places and you can bring a friend. I can pass any background check."
Now that being said: I do provide name that is real (my middle name - and I don't tell them that, but if they ask is it real I tell them it is).
I do provide my approximate location (I live near... ) which is true.
I have real pictures of me to share (ususally in parks,or on vacation).
I have a real cell phone for these kinds of contacts: a $29 TracFone from years ago that I keep active and loaded using cash purchased cards, and which has never connected to my home wifi so it has no record of who I might actually be.
For one person I took a picture of myself holding a daily newspaper in front of a local landmark that they could verify was in the city where I claim to live near, with a closeup picture of the newspaper that showed the date.
I can do Skype or other video conference, etc.
This works.
Should anyone contact me from this site to meet... that's the same method I will use to meet.
If there is a 3rd meeting that is usually when I tell them my real name and give them my personal cell phone number (as sometimes I only look at that TracFone a few times in a day).