online dating hide and seek

solman66

Unfortunately for this group, it's the only place I get any information about online dating so you get to see my stupid questions haha. I got a message today that seemed weird to me and I'm looking to see if anyone else has gotten similar or has opinions.

I got a message from a girl in my area which gave her e-mail and phone number in the initial message. By the time I logged in, her profile was gone.
The phone number seems legit, i.e. not a business/scam number.

I don't meet many girls so I was considering sending an e-mail from a throwaway address, but it just seems like this girl signed up for the site, contacted a few guys, and disappeared. At first I thought maybe she's a shy/private person and doesn't want a profile out there, but if that were the case, why give out a phone number? It just feels fishy.

catherine4211

Not sure - does seem odd. Most of the total weirdos that contacted me were actual Nigerian scam artists. I had 3 of them.

DMZ_1

Seems fishy to me.

AnnaPixie

I'd say she is a scammer!! Up to you if you want to email her, but I wouldnt ring the number. Some numbers are used to clock up huge bills.

Visit stop-scammers.com to see if this is a common practice amongst the scam artists out there.

Good luck :flowerforyou:

christine24t

Seems odd to me!

dbrightwell1270

I've got about 6 or 7 of those. I've never contacted any of them but I've been told that it is usually a scam where they start telling a hard luck story and trying to get money out of you. Most of the time, they aren't from the area either. If you send an email from a throw away address, ask questions about places she likes to go to in town, and try to get info that can prove she at least knows what the main roads, restaurants, areas of the town are.

solman66

I've got about 6 or 7 of those. I've never contacted any of them but I've been told that it is usually a scam where they start telling a hard luck story and trying to get money out of you. Most of the time, they aren't from the area either. If you send an email from a throw away address, ask questions about places she likes to go to in town, and try to get info that can prove she at least knows what the main roads, restaurants, areas of the town are.

Cool beans. Thanks, thats what I was looking for, verification that I wasn't alone in getting these.

r1ghtpath

i would say scam.

the ONLY time i almost did something like that was back in december. i was going to hide my OKC acct to get a break. however, i had been messaging with one guy that seemed interesting, but we hadn't really talked about meeting up for a date. right before i hid my profile i thought of messaging him my number, just incase he was interested and went looking for me. i chose not to because he hadn't expressed interesting in meeting and i needed a break and didn't feel like being the one to take to that next step.

if you've never had contact with her before, i have to say scam!

JanieJack

Could be someone who's profile was expiring the next day but she liked you (I've done that).

Could be someone who was doing a free weekend and wanted to contact you before the weekend was up.

Could be a scammer, because I've heard that they try to take the conversation outside of the online system as soon as possible. I think the throwaway email is a great idea if she intrigues you and you just want to make sure.

Roadie2000

Could be someone who's profile was expiring the next day but she liked you (I've done that).

Could be someone who was doing a free weekend and wanted to contact you before the weekend was up.

Could be a scammer, because I've heard that they try to take the conversation outside of the online system as soon as possible. I think the throwaway email is a great idea if she intrigues you and you just want to make sure.

If my profile was expiring or if I was doing a free weekend I would probably just say that in the message. Also, with most sites you can usually see someones profile, they just can't communicate.

What did this girl look like? If she was considerably better looking than the girls you usually get messages from, I would be skeptical. Kind of sounds to me like the site removed her profile because someone reported it.

I probably wouldn't try to contact her, just seems fishy.