Fraud Online Relationships

Be very careful when you meet someone online for a friendship or romantic relationship. The person you think are talking to may not be the person you think it is. It happens all the time people not only pretend to be someone else by lying about their age, gender, physical looks, or even personalities. I read an article about a woman who had an online romance for a year which turned out to be a fraud. The woman got an email from someone saying they had a mutual friend that said that they would get along. She contacted the friend and she said that the man was a good person. She had a online relationship and would text message each other too. The man always wanted to meet but always made an excuse last minute. Her parents got worried so they found out through the telephone number that the man was actually a woman. It was her friend that had said that the man was a good guy. She was fell in love with this old friend but did not realize it. She had known personal things about her and used it to her advantage in trying to get her to fall for her. The woman broke it off when she found out it was her old friend. She never found out if it was a joke or if the woman really loved her but could not or would not be honest about her feelings. She tried to get her to fall in love with her on the pretext that she was a man online, which was a lie. So be careful who you trust online because it may not be the person of your dreams. Online relationships can be a good way to start a relationship for some people but the final aim is to meet face to face and you may be not be happy when you finally start one in the real world. If you do get into a relationship online and plan to meet them in reality always meet them in a public place with a trusting friend to help you in case it does not turn out the way you expected. Especially younger users should be very careful about who they meet because they can be taken advantage of even easier. Love can happen online but don't take everything they say as the truth. Be honest yourself and be critical of how they act online. There are lots of good stories of people meeting the right mate for themselves but don't become one of the bad stories. Be careful and always protect yourself online and offline. It is great to fall in love but it hurts when you are taken advantage of and your dream person online falls short offline. Romance is not perfect in any setting but give it a shot and it may turn out be great but don't be too disappointed when it turns out badly.