Dating Safety Tips

Online Dating Safety Tips for Internet Dating.

SpiritSingles.com would like to offer you some suggestions as a guide for your online dating safety tips. In addition to our recommendations, there are many informative books written for your review.  We recommend that you read our suggestions and exercise your good common sense when meeting a “date” for the first time.

We endeavor to provide a safe and secure dating environment.  But remember, the main reason you are a Member is to meet in person!  When you follow the safety tips listed below, you too can become one of our hundreds of success stories. 

Please do not become afraid while you read our dating safety guide.  The information is provided to protect you and your identity from being victimized.  The Internet has provided endless of successful matches over the years and the numbers keep increasing.  Using online dating service you can now explore the opportunity of meeting a soul mate, companion, or new friend.

Please take note of the following online dating safety tips for guidance in making the proper choices.  Enjoy the process and use good judgment!

1. Exercise common sense.

2. You are in control of your safe online dating experience.

3. Remain anonymous until you feel comfortable giving out your personal information.

4. Set up a separate email account or use SpiritSingles.com until it is appropriate to exchange phone numbers and phone numbers.

5. Ask questions which could potentially reveal inconsistencies about the Member you are speaking to.

6. It is important to note SpiritSingles.com does not perform background checks on its Member.  We suggest using the available Internet sources to obtain this information. 

7. Trust your Gut Instinct. Ultimately, it’s your responsibility to decide if someone is being truthful and honest.  Don't ignore your intuition.  Pay attention to the details.  Ask yourself if there are any inconsistencies in a Member’s conversations with you.  People meet under various circumstances.  Your judgment and instincts are necessary to protect yourself from deceitful individuals.

8. Do not have your date pick you up.

9. Meet in a public place

10. Make sure you use any valet parking services, if available, or park your car in a well lit parking lot.

11. Advise a friend or family with the details of the date, including date’s name and contact info.

12. If something feels wrong prior to date, do not meet.

13. Speak on the phone before you meet. Make sure the date is still on.

14. It is a good idea to view photos prior to date.

15. Use an alternative email address if the Member wants to email you a picture.  Often, email addresses include a last name.

16. When you call a Member for the first time, you can ask your phone company if *67 blocks the phone number when you call a Member for the first time. Try this first on your phone system to make sure it works.

17. You can get a Ring Master number for free or get virtual number for a small fee to give out to prospective “dates”.  These numbers can be easily cancelled if a problem arises.

18. Take your time and enjoy the dating process.  Ask the right questions and if the answers are inconsistent, don’t make sense or don’t “feel right”, then move on.

19. We recommend minimal alcoholic consumption in the first encounters.  Remember, the first few meetings are about getting to know the Member where your judgment in not impaired.

20. Always take your drink or personal belongings with you if your leave for the bathroom. 

21. Be weary if a Member discusses his or her personal financial difficulties. There are professional scammers seeking out prospects willing to giving money.

22. When meeting a Member in another city, stay in a hotel.  Keep the location private  until you feel comfortable meeting the person.  Use a taxi to and from the airport.

23. Take your time.  Be aware that often times reviewing a profile and pictures gives one a sense of knowing a person sooner then you actually do.  Take your time and enjoy the process of getting to meet a new Member.  When you meet the person and it feels right, go at a slow pace. Get to know the person at an easy, comfortable pace. Don’t rush into anything.  There are many good books on relationships that one can read to guide you through this process.

24. Make sure when dialing a number that a Member provides you that it’s not a charge number.  If the area code seems strange, check with your local telephone company or use the search engine to confirm it’s not a charge number.

25. Use a third party email system when deciding to reveal your email address.  Do not have your last name in the email address.  Make sure you do not have a signature or identifying information in your email address.  Do not put a city or address in your profile or user name.

26. Meeting online through the Internet is sometimes safer then meeting someone through a “blind date” or giving your phone number out at a party, bar or a social function. You have time to get a feel for the member thru emails and phone calls that you are in control.

27. Immediately report personal concerns to SpiritSingles.com.  Report any violators of our rules noted in our Terms and Agreement.  If we determine that a Member violates our Terms and Agreement, he or she will be immediately removed from our database.

28. A “red flag” should go up for someone who asks for money, asks inappropriate questions, suggests sexual fantasies or uses inappropriate language.  

29. Be careful of those Members who want to speed up the pace, tell you how to run your life, tell stories with inconsistencies, give vague answers to specific questions, urge you to compromise your principles, blame others for their troubles or are always speaking romantically.  These are examples that could raise a “red flag”.

30. Some violations include:

• A Member asking you for money or donations
• A Married Member asking for dates
• Minors participating in this website
• A Member sending harassing or inappropriate content in emails
• Spam or solicitation or links to other Internet website's
• A Member infringing on a registered copyright
• A Member sending false pictures

Final Notes About Online Dating Safety:

It has been said "Knowledge is Power”.  Know the rules and guidelines for your online dating safely to follow and help make the dating process less stressful.  Following the do’s and don’t's help one feel empowered in making good choices.  Have fun and start meeting your mate now.  We at SpiritSingles.com want you to enjoy our website.  We have created an extensive system of detecting fraudulent members through automated means.  While there are no guarantees that our members’ information is true or correct, our system has been very effective in preventing fraudulent Members from becoming active members. 

Online Dating Services That You Must Pay For can sometime provide that one extra step to insure the member is not hiding there true identity.
Require the person to pay for the service can prevent married people and scammers from joining. While this is no guarantee it is one extra step that a free dating site does not offer. There is an old saying: "you get what you pay for".

Read and look at your target choices for "like-minded Members" and start meeting your mate today. On a spiritual note, there are wonderful Members waiting to meet you either online or in person.  These Guidelines are just a starting point for first contact while getting to know our other Members. With all the checks in place, go out and meet you soul mate now and remember to have fun!

Write us if you have any questions about your online dating experience feel free to write us at info@spiritsingles.com or phone our staff.