Filed under: Advice,Dating,Men

Almost everything you read about on line dating safety is directed at women but men need to be concerned as well. Dating safety for men is just as important as dating safety for women. Perverts, sexual predators and weirdoes come in both sexes, all sizes, and all ages, as do, liars and cheaters. So men need to stay on guard on line, too.

It’s common knowledge not to give out personal information to
strangers. The reason for not doing so is as large as the number of strangers who want that information. If you come across a person who is giving out personal information and asking others to do the same, don’t do it. You don’t know what they want to use it for and you had better believe they want to use it for something. That ’something’ will not be for your benefit.

Men, also, need to guard their real names, addresses, phone numbers, and place of employment. Do not give that information to anyone online until you are confident that they are who they say they are.

Identity theft protection is something we should all have because we all get emails that want to steal our secret codes and passwords. You know the ones that have subject lines like: “Your Account Is About To Be Closed,” “There’s A Block On Your Account,” “Could You Help Me Claim My Funds,” or my all-time favorite “Congratulations – You’ve Won The UK Lottery.” All of these and many others are phishing for identity theft information to get at your money and bank accounts.

First and most important, DON’T FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE EMAIL! If you think there might be a problem, access your account in question as you usually do on your PC and not with the link supplied in the phony email. Some email clients will show the url when you hover over the link so check it and be sure of where the link is going to send you.

I’ve had some very authentic looking email supposedly from banks, that even went so far as to copy the colors of the bank logo and stationery style. But, don’t fall for the scam. In fact, don’t even open the email, because many are just set to loose a virus program on your computer by being opened. Simply forward the suspicious email to the “spoof email” address supplied by your bank, or credit card company.