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The Risk of Fraud and Scams
In many cases, free dating sites are
virtually a paradise for all sorts of scammers, con artists and dubious
characters.
The problem lies down in the fact that anybody can join a free dating site with
no way of identifying who they are such as with a credit card or other means.
Scammers don't need to pull out their credit cards on free sites, so very little
can be done to stop them.
When they are being spotted, almost nothing prevents them from coming back under
a new alias, continuing to scam new victims.
After all, the free sites are open for everybody.
Commercial dating sites are not
completely free of scammers. However, the fact that one has to put in their
credit card information tends to reduce those who are just trying to scam
others.
Commercial dating sites have better
motivation to protect their subscribers from scammers.
They don't want to get a bad reputation and they exert a lot of efforts to
protect those on their site. Word of mouth is very important when it comes to
dating sites, and the paid dating sites want their reputation to be top-notch.
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