The most obvious thing about scammers is the type of language they use in their messages.
Quite often the start off with “Hello Dear”, or they use words of love, affection and familiarity that a non-scammer would not use when making contact with another member for the first time.
Their use of English is usually quite poor [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Use of language a strong clue to scams
Helping members spot scams
This blog is going to publish a series of articles to help www.datepositive.net members (and anyone who uses a dating website) spot scams and fake members.
The series will address a number of things such as types of scams to look for, the techniques scammers use, and the typical language and style of their messages. The [...]
There when our members need us
The biggest thing that bugs me about life in the UK is poor customer service.
You all know what I am talking about. The sales people who carry on a conversation while you’re waiting to be served, the service rep who doesn’t listen, and businesses that don’t return your phone calls.
It’s a frustrating state of affairs [...]
Merry Christmas
The team at Datepositive.net wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
Have great time and if you are travelling have a safe journey.
Thanks to our members for supporting the site and we look forward to building an even bigger and better community in 2010.
Datepositive has more members, HIVmatch acknowledges
The unnecessary argument between our site and HIVmatch has finally been resolved.
We didn’t receive a reply to our final email to Nigel Woodforth, co-founder of HIVmatch.
We pointed out that his wording was unclear and that he was potentially damaging our website.
