Before I finish reading this let my bookmark this part before I lose this thought. Dating is dangerous. Period. Not just Online dating or " The Old Fashioned" way. The women who unfortunately dated Ted Bundy did not meet him online so we need to stop with this narrative. I've dealt with women scammers before the internet. When you're nice and naive the wolves will find you. Online or offline. We really need to get out of this delusional that meeting someone the way we did 20 to 30 years ago is better. It's not. Same risk. Same dissappointment. Same heartbreak. Same humans. People are liars. The internet has allowed romance scammers to thrive within a larger global network. It's just another form of pyramid scheme..You have be discerning and alert. It's unfortunate but sometimes you have to get scammed to be mindful of scams. They thrive off of ignorance. They're professionals. The only way to avoid scams is is not date and stay alone. Ok, let me finish reading.