Do you think online dating scams only happen to those ladies looking for long term relationship? You are deadly wrong. It happens to everyone, especially YOU. Regardless your sexual orientation; if you are middle-aged male, you are on the romance scammer's no. 1 favorite target list.

Middle aged males like you are more likely have higher incomes, more assets compared to your younger suitors and more desperate to attract potential mates. They know very well your weakness and they are expert at manipulating your feeling. All their concern about you is your willingness to open your heart to them and later on open your wallet.

If you are on online dating scene-always double your safety guard sense on alert before swimming in those deep wild love pool. I know--you may say: DON'T GIVE OUT personal data, No Telephone No., No address or Office address, and most importantly NO your bank accounts information to her before you're really know her.

You are right. But one thing you must know is they are professional.

Do you believe the woman you've been emailing back and forth for months using yahoo free email service is really a woman? Or The Hotmail lady you've been IM-ing is a real potential mate? Mostly those woman and Hotmail ladies are actually professional male romance scammers who pose as women in order to seduce you.

They are able to do this because there are typically more male members in most online dating services and also because most of the communication is conducted via emails and Instant Messaging. If they have to, the romance scammers will hire a female voice to talk to you.

There are more than 8 scenarios these scammers use to seduce you to bite their bait but I will list 2 most recognized scenarios only as below:

1. Online Matching Dating service scenario These romance scammers target YOU by posting fake profiles and tend to hide behind beautiful photographs. They will claim they are from USA, UK, or Europe countries and are working abroad on short term project.

They seek quickly to establish contact then set about establishing intimacy, declaring love, and expressing strong desire to be physically with their victims. They usually work in a group and know how to push your sentimental button.

Victims are conned to believe that they have found their soul mate and wedding are on the way, at last! What the victims do not know is they are exploiting their dreams, ambition and love with the wedding offer.

Watch out those Yahoo women Hotmail ladies, especially from West Africa (especially Nigeria), Western Europe, Thailand and Philippines.

2. Mail Order Brides Scenario Eastern Europe romance scammers tend to use the Mail Order Bride services to scam their victims. These ladies are attractive and quickly establish and declare to their victims that these poor guys are their soul mate and their dream partner.

But before the victims could claim their future wife, they must pay her passport, fiancée visa, ticket, and a huge sum of money in order to make her fly to the victims places. Needless to say, this thing never materialized. The victims always left with empty wallet and more broken hearted than ever.

Watch out those mail order brides from Russia.

To fight these scammers US federal law enforcement agencies has build a website to help combat these cyber romance outlaw. Check it here http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/

One last word, once online dating security issues arise, please use your head to judge, not your DICK