Unfortunately, cupid can sometimes be a con artist in disguise.Be sure to know the difference between a real romance and a scammer cruising for a target. Millions of Americans use dating sites, social networking sites, and chat rooms to meet people. But scammers also use these sites to meet potential victims. Scammers operate by constructing false profiles on dating sites, cultivating relationships with potential victims, before attempting to extract money from them.Furthermore, scammers sometimes steal the identities of other people who have internet or social networking profiles, and use these stolen identities in their fake dating profiles in order to appear more attractive or appealing.Scammers create fake online profiles using photos of other people — even stolen pictures of real military personnel. Those who use dating sites can attest: you’ll meet some nice people there – and you’ll probably meet some weird...Lots of people use online dating sites to find love.

Age was categorized as young 18-34 years, middle age 35-54 years, and older which was 55 years and over.There are many benefits to online dating which include access to a large number of possible dates, on some sites a potential matching system which might align people with compatible dates, and the possibility of communicating with these dates before meeting them in person (Finkel, Eastwick, Karney, Reis, & Sprecher, 2012).However, there are also risks attached to online dating, not least the possibility of being scammed.In recent months, we’ve told you about IRS imposters, romance scams, and work-at-home scams.We always give you tips on how to spot and avoid these scams. Not everyone using online dating sites is looking for love. If you’re lookin’ for love (sometimes in all the wrong places), chances are you’ll wind up on an online dating site at some point.