Listly by Taslima Akter
If you have set up your mind to find your partner from online matrimony sites, you must know how to weed out a fake online matrimonial profile. Many users create their profiles with wrong information or another person’s details who isn’t even aware of it. It misleads the users of the online matchmaking site to many dangerous consequences.
It is one of the most common and most natural methods to identify fake profiles on online matchmaking sites. Profile description is the first thing that describes a person accurately. So before contacting a prospective bride/groom, check his/her profile details smartly and carefully. A good profile description should be well written, precise, and convey his/her choices. Please look at their educational qualification, the place where they stay, workplace, parent’s details, and do a thorough personal reference check.
Generally, fraudsters create their online matrimonial profile within a short time, copying and pasting from other user’s profile. For instance, a fake user mentions him/her as a doctor in an online matrimony profile description but saying a different degree and experience in the other columns.
At Taslima Marriage Media, we ensure that the member(s) provide a precise description with all the accurate information, and only then we approve their profiles. The authentication process is manual to ensure that each profile on our portal is genuine.
Fraudsters usually upload fake photos or no photos at all. The images they upload is either of a model or a right looking person. Such profiles make great impressions, get massive responses, and thus, it gets overlooked from the online matchmaking site’s scrutiny. Fake users are unwilling to show their faces on online matrimony sites, reluctant to come on video chat. These members don’t want to go to the limelight. So, if you find a profile without a profile picture, don’t approach them. Another thing you can do is google their images to see if it shows up somewhere else.
Sometimes you will find some bio-data contains well-written information, but all crap and entirely inflated. Fraudster’s bio is something unoriginal that you may have seen over the social media channels. If you get an express interest from them, ignore them, or keep the lower level of conversation.
Once you connect with any prospective profile, the third step is to check their social media profiles to verify their identity. Today, everyone has found their prime interest on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. A person’s social media speaks about his/her personality, choices, friends, and regular activities. If he/she doesn’t have any social media profiles connected to an online matchmaking site, ask them directly or try searching with their full name. From his/her posts, activities, and comments, you can judge their seriousness on online matrimony sites. Be aware when you see an account with almost no activity and a significantly less number of followers, this is a real shady deal broker.
Fake profiles on online matchmaking sites never involve their guardians. When you ask them, they’ll probably say that they deal with all the marriage talks themselves. According to our culture, we love to involve our parents while making any big decisions in our life, especially when we are looking for prospects on marriage sites. Family background is vital when we make long-lasting relations with someone. So if you find the prospective match is trying to hide his/her family from the scenario or does not mention enough information about his/her family, it is highly suspicious.
The fraudsters express love too quickly, even before fully understanding each other. They respond quickly to your interests but delay when you inquire more about them. Once you start messaging with your prospect, observe how he/she reacts. If he/she urges you to tell your salary, bank accounts, and anything related to finances, it indeed is a fraudster. Sometimes they can lure you calling you there “to be,” “hubby,” “honey,” or saying you in other appealing ways.
Be very cautious if the prospective bride or groom asks you many unnecessary questions about your personal life, future plans, or even your sex life. If he/she asks you to share your personal number or meet you in a private place, do not say Yes until you feel comfortable. Genuine online matchmaking profiles move swiftly and have the same privacy concerns as you.
Usually, fake profiles showoff that they are super-rich, sometimes share fake property details, mention that they have 3-4 houses, or even upload fake pictures with luxurious cars. They talk superiorly to catch the attention of all their prospective matches. If you feel that they are flashy about their bank balance, properties, or standards, it’s time to say Goodbye.
Fraudsters are everywhere to generate money. Although their online matchmaking profiles are fake, you will notice that they have real photos with overstated descriptions. Never transfer money or other financial help to prospective bride or groom under any situation. The moment someone asks you for money, citing some reasons like a health problem or financial loss. We advise you to avoid all the porn or vulgar profiles as they may lead you into financial trouble.
After posting an impressive online matchmaking profile, fraudsters target the victim. They tactically use voice-changing apps to act like their parents while talking to the victim. Once they gain trust, the fraudsters ask to transfer money into their accounts expressing an urgency. And suddenly they disappear as soon as the money is transferred.
Sometimes fraudsters plot a story such as foreign exchange or gifts that they were bringing into the country were stopped at the airport by the customs and needs to be cleared with an urgent need of money. They even say that their mother/father has fallen sick and admitted in ICU, they lost their job or anything that melts your heart.
Please be cautious, avoid further calls and messages from them. You might feel guilty by not offering them financial help, but the second you say No to them, they will disappear. We request you to report these profiles to us, we’ll take the online matrimonial profiles into account.
If you find other missing information which are necessary, like educational background, job position, age, then stay away from those online matrimony profiles. Similarly, if someone is inflating his/her status to an unexpected level without any sign of verification, you should say Goodbye. A well-qualified candidate will never hesitate to share his original position.
Those who don’t fill the necessary fields on their profiles, sure they are meant to deceive match seekers. We humbly request you not to fall into their trap unless they have a valid point to their status. Online matrimony profiles should be updated with the age of time, e.g. age, job position, marital status, etc. If you find a profile that hasn’t been updated for a couple of months, don’t waste your precious time sending interest to these dead profiles.
The Internet provides us easy access to thousands of marriage sites. Therefore we can quickly register and search for prospective bride/groom for free (most of the time). You can even create multiple profiles with the same email (to some marriage sites). People often create online matrimonial profiles with completely different profile details for committing fraudulent activities.
Marriage is a lifelong bonding between two individuals. You can’t merely make quick decisions regarding your wedding. It needs enough time to understand your partner properly. But if someone forces you to give your final decision in no time, you should not respond under such pressure.
Take enough time before finalizing your decision. Your marriage is not a deal that should close in a hurry. Avoid the candidates who can’t wait at least 1 month for a wedding.
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