Today I am sharing a few of the more remarkable things I’ve seen and experienced on the different dating sites. I’m hopeful I can share more along this vein in a future post, but this will have to do for now. Keep in mind these are extreme examples. The vast majority of users are “normal,” whatever that is.
Let’s start with a few of the more, uh, memorable profile pictures. Yes, these are the actual photos these men decided to have as their primary profile picture. None of these have been edited other than for size and to hide any personal information. Boobs seem to be popular.
(Warning, the last image in this section includes a word some may find offensive. Actually, the whole picture is offensive).
Next are a few profile names. These were purposely chosen by the user. Only them and god knows why.
And finally, for this post anyhow, here are a few messages I’ve received.
The last conversation pictured was the only person I actually reported as a scammer. Although there have been many scammers, this one was unique. The mans profile said he was in Phoenix. One of the questions on Plenty of Fish is “do you have a vehicle?” I don’t know why. This mans’ profile said no, he didn’t have a vehicle. You can see that interchange in the picture. He subsequently changed that to “yes” in his profile. I reported him because the next day his profile said he was in Texas. Then less than 2 hours later he was in Michigan. And he wasn’t traveling. There is no flight that would get him from Texas to Michigan in less than 2 hours.
In a future post I’ll show you a few examples of scammers. Their profiles are easily identified once you know what to look for. If it’s not easily determined from their profile, their messages leave no doubt.