2006-10-23 08:32:06 · 45 answers · asked by russellhamuk 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
you cant
2006-10-23 08:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You cannot tell. Call me old fashioned, but there is nothing like seeing the person you are interested in face-to-face. Have you heard of stories where the person that you were interested in turned out to an old man/women. With dating services, you can invent information. Founder Neil Clark Warren of eharmony.com said that the site forces you to be honest. There is no internet site that FORCES you to be honest. Honesty in an internal trait. It has to be from within. People don't just become honest overnight.
You are taking a huge risk when the time comes when each of you want to visit each other. Will both parties be impressed by what they typed while online? You cannot decipher one's feelings online. The person could be drunk and type anything. You just never know about such sites. Whoever continues to go on with internet dating, just remember the consequences and the pain that can possibly result.
Thanks,
2006-10-23 08:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by the_answer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Generally, the answer is to meet them, and you'll know for sure whether they are real. Your first meet should be in a public place, and for a tea/coffee. That way, you won't waste much money if the person is a mismatch.
If the person is thousands of miles away, and its going to be a penfriend type thing, then a continual exchange of genuine pictures will help. If someone sends one picture and says its the only picture they've got, then tread carefully. Having said that, I know someone who used to get sent regular pictures from an online friend for a year until someone else pointed that the pictures were from the gallery of an American actor who wasn't so well known outside North America.
2006-10-23 09:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I met my husband on match.com. Although on-line dating is not for everyone. I met some crazy guys on-line. You just have to weed them out. I would never give out my home number or any other personal information. I would never agree to meet anyone either unless I was absolutely sure that person was legit. Even when I agreed to meet someone, we would meet some place where there was a lot of people and always during the day.
Again, you could meet some real people on-line but you can also meet some crazy idiots too. You just have to be very careful with the information you're putting out there.
Have fun and be safe!
2006-10-23 08:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by jazz_lover_25 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well this is what I'd do. I'd print out and save each email. And then I'd kinda ask a question further into each email correspondence (like if the person said they were a fireman in the first email or somethign like that, you could ask in later emails how did work go today, etc)...It's got to be hard to see if someoen's lying when it's the written word. At least if you meet someone at a bar, someoen ELSE is bound to KNOW that person and at least give you some sort of insight.
Good luck, my friends have had 50/50 success with the internet.
2006-10-23 08:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You really can't. Find out there real name and type it into a search engine to see if anything comes up. I also look under the sex offenders list just in case.
Other wise you can't tell if someone is real or fake until you meet them. I would suggest you meet them at a restaurant, tell them what you will be wearing that day. however don't tell them what car you are driving. Then you can park near the door and look for him.
If he doesn't look like what he described than you can leave. goodluck
Just be very very careful
2006-10-23 08:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Stephanie K 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fake. A lot of people uses internet to play emotional games with others.
2016-05-22 01:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've ever watched the internet scams that Dateline has exposed, you will learn that you can't tell if someone is real or fake. Shop around for dates locally with someone you know or your friends know. Internet dating is at best dangerous.
2006-10-23 08:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by phoenixheat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, there is no actual method to see if someone is fake or not.
But you have to be ahead in the game and ask the person your dating to provide pictures of himself and when you are always up for meeting make sure you meet in a public place where there are many people are you for your safety.
hope this helps c ya
2006-10-23 08:37:58 · answer #9 · answered by raidensnake400 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can't, that is the reason Internet dating is not a good idea.
I did it, but, before I met the guy in person, I ordered a background report on him.
I'm glad I did. He had been in jail for stalking a female, as well as using his deceased father's Social Security Number.
Be Cautious!
2006-10-23 08:36:11 · answer #10 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
With internet dating you can't really tell, so i would call the person up and meet her to see if you like him/her.
2006-10-23 08:34:47 · answer #11 · answered by nicce 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋