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Romance and love, if you do not have it you want it, especially when holidays like Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Thanks to the internet, we have many places to hunt for love, such as OK Cupid, Matchmaker, Just Say Hi, and Plenty of Fish. While they make attract people who really desire love, they also attract the same thing that My Space attracts, predators.

Predators love IMing, and chat, and they especially love it if you have a camera attached to your computer. What will attract them even more is if you are interested in a long distance relationship and that you can provide them with cybersex.

Some of them will even try to make it look like they make a ton of money. I met a person who claimed he was a petrochemical engineer. When you asked him why he studied this, he just answered it was what he really wanted to do. He always had an interest in fixing refineries. When you asked him if he traveled in his line of work the person was a dope and said “No,” which was strange because he said he lived in New York, New York and had two vehicles. None of the stuff he said added up at all. There is no way you could live in New York, NY and have two vehicles without paying to have somewhere to keep them, given that most people live in apartment complexes. The other thing was that this dope claimed he fixed oil refineries, but there are no oil refineries in New York.

They can also be extremely suspect if they have some obnoxious sop story to tell of their previous love. Stories like “My wife did drugs and then cheated on me…She has custody of the kids and I am very worried about them.”

Clues to look for are whether the information they give you makes sense. If they want a long distance love relationship, you might as well tell them to go jump in a lake. These predators are looking for cybersex and money and they are looking for people who are really needy. You should also notice-spelling errors and email addresses if they wish to chat with you on a site other than the site you are on. Giving away too much information about themselves or too little are also important things to look at, but this is all a judgment call. All I know is I would not chat with a person on MySpace who put their full name in their title. Other things to notice is when they joined and how many friends they have. Despite the fact that there are many honest people in the world, some very dishonest people will take every advantage they can from you. They are sponges.

Do not trust people who contact you, act as your friend, and want to talk with you on the telephone. If they live in a country other than where you live, you have no idea of the charges.

Remember if they promise things that sound too good to be true, they usually are. The best thing to do is to meet the person face to face. There is nothing wrong in having a mutual trust with someone, but do not let yourself be taken advantage. Protect you and be weary of strangers like your parents told you growing up. It could save your life, and save a lot of aggravation.