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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....?

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Men write differently to women

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If it's an 18 year old bisexual nymphomanic with bikini pics with palm trees in the background and they say they are from Arbroath, the chances are it's fake

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"If it's an 18 year old bisexual nymphomanic with bikini pics with palm trees in the background and they say they are from Arbroath, the chances are it's fake "

Agreed! Lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Men write differently to women "

They do, but what if its a couple?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you only chat to the man from the couple

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's quite tricky in all honesty and I've been taken in a few times, but as in the old adage, if it looks too good to be true ...........

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen


"Men write differently to women

They do, but what if its a couple? "

If they are looking for wank fodder then it's a single male

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If their pics are the same as yours,one of you is fake

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You need to download the fakeometer software from Microsoft. Apparently it filters out 99 percent of Natashas, Olgas and Natalyas

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

A commonality!

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....? "

If you like then just ask them to chatvon the phone.

We just ring with the block outgoing number on M's mobile so there's no way of them getting her number.

If they aren't happy with that or face chat on Kik then most likely a fake.

Mr

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....?

If you like then just ask them to chatvon the phone.

We just ring with the block outgoing number on M's mobile so there's no way of them getting her number.

If they aren't happy with that or face chat on Kik then most likely a fake.

Mr "

Good advise. Thanks

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

If they have been on a while and have no veries... fake.

If the picture you put through Tineye come back as having multiple hits form porn sites... fake.

If its only ever the guy online, and when questioned the female is "at her mums/at work/visiting sick relatives/in the kitchen/painting the humber bridge/piloting the space shuttle"...fake.

If they dodge requests for both to be on cam/phone together...fake.

If the messages tend to go rapidly to "so.. what would you like to do to/with us?"... fake.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or how about video calling, both KIK and whatsapp use this feature now

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....?

If you like then just ask them to chatvon the phone.

We just ring with the block outgoing number on M's mobile so there's no way of them getting her number.

If they aren't happy with that or face chat on Kik then most likely a fake.

Mr

Good advise. Thanks "

You're welcome, take care.

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

A phone call with the female half of a couple soon s out the men posing as a couple.

Google reverse image search or tinyeye will help you spot pics downloaded from the internet.

I would also just trust your gut instinct. If something doesn't feel right stop contact and move on to someone else. You do get a feel for people after you have been on here a while and you can spot problems much earlier and easier.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If the cock pic is professionally lit and he is HUGE then google chech it. Most are fake from foreign gay porn sites..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They have instant photos on here now. Can ask for one that way. As I don't hand out phone numbers or chat on the phone. This is a good alternative x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always go with your gut instinct

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Verification.

Even if they are verified, look at the people who verified them, to make sure it's not just several profiles verifying each other.

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By *iSubSlutWoman
over a year ago

Bedford

if they quickly want to move to kik and ask for pics to be sent...

if they ask you to describe what you want to do....

if they sound too good to be true....

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By *ustalittleKinkWoman
over a year ago

in the shadows

Sometimes it's near on impossible to spot them and by which time it's way to late

I now have a 2 wk rule. No social or Meet in 2 wks and I walk away

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Thanks all. You've been very helpful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....? "

Yep; the ones who state nonsense like, "100% genuine"

- Mrs. J -

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me."

I hardly ever talk on the phone, and I'm very genuine

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By *unlovingx2Couple
over a year ago

Aberdeen


"If you only chat to the man from the couple "

I must disagree I am male half of a couple and do most of the secretarial (lol) work filtering out who I know 100% the Mrs will say no to. I then save messages from decent people for her to view later or to give me permission to continue chats too See if we are looking for same thing.

I think the old adage of if it looks fake then it probably will be, if not evident straight away it should be after a few messages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If you only chat to the man from the couple

I must disagree I am male half of a couple and do most of the secretarial (lol) work filtering out who I know 100% the Mrs will say no to. I then save messages from decent people for her to view later or to give me permission to continue chats too See if we are looking for same thing.

I think the old adage of if it looks fake then it probably will be, if not evident straight away it should be after a few messages. "

this is exactly how we work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"They have instant photos on here now. Can ask for one that way. As I don't hand out phone numbers or chat on the phone. This is a good alternative x"

Actually that's pretty pointless in proving that you're genuine. All that feature does, is allow users to send people a photo not already uploaded to Fab. It still doesn't mean it's not fake.

You could always ask them to write your name on some paper and then take a photo, but how many people would stand for that rigmarole?

I know I wouldn't personally.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Don't mean to hijack but with the option for instant photos - can these be removed once opened like the option with your existing pics? I've never sent one.

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....? "

The best way to spot fakes is to get to know them online before meeting.

Getting to know people online first you can out the shag now? people, I want another notch on my bedpost people, idiots, fakes, fantasists and also hopefully the timewaters.

Getting to know poeple online first means you can get to know each other with no pressure. As I have said you can out the ones looking for a quick fuck or another notch on their bedpost. Also if you do decide to meet as you have spent time getting to know each other online you will avoid the awkward silences.

Another way to spot the fakes is ask them to go on web cam. Then ask them to do something like wave there little finger at you or blow a kiss at you. That wil prove it is a live web cam and not a recorded video. Nowadays most people have a webcam. Especially if using a laptop. Webcams have been a standard thing in laptops for over 10 years.

If you do decide to meet someobdy after getting to know them online make the first meet in a very puiblic place like a pub, coffee shop, cafe, Hotel bar, tc.

If you move onto meeting somebody at thier house/flat always tell a friend where you are going and tell her or him you will text them on the way home. When you get to the house/flat take a photo of it and send it to a friend. The photo contains information of the location where the photo was took.

The easiest way to avoid fakes is meet people who have meet other people. Meet people who have a few verifications. If the person has only met one person they could be fake. They may have found a way to verify themselves.

If your gut feeling tells you something is not right go with your gut feeling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Men write differently to women "

This!

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!


"Men write differently to women

This! "

gizza shag

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We are reasonably new to online swinging. We have also been caught out by fakes a couple of times, thankfully never meeting but a bit of time wasted.

We didn't know about that tin eye thing though, what is it?

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me."

A few messages then phone chat. Sorts out the men from the boys (women) lol.

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield


"Men write differently to women

This! gizza shag"

Very true they do. Also women or couples asking very straight questions about size or wanting cock pics is normally a big give away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"They have instant photos on here now. Can ask for one that way. As I don't hand out phone numbers or chat on the phone. This is a good alternative x"

This

We dont give out our phone numbers until we've actually met and are happy to give them out, no phone chat / chatting to the female half doesnt mean they are not a genuine couple x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Direct photos dont work. If Its in your photo album you can use it... it should say camera beneath if it were taken through the camera. But accounts get verified wrongly from time to time so i would say ask them to jot something down on a pice of paper similar to how you get verified initially then you can't really go wrong. It's the fake people you need to watch out for more than the profiles lol. People behave so differently in person.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"If you only chat to the man from the couple "

You won't chat to my mrs on here, but we are real.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me."

I'm not chatting to anyone after 3 or 4 messages.

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By *ade_of_StarsCouple
over a year ago

Whitburn

No photo verifications

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By *fternoondelightsCouple
over a year ago

Rainham

Laugh plug sockets in pictures not being UK ones, ok they may have take the pic while on holiday but most of the time a pic they found on the web.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me.

I'm not chatting to anyone after 3 or 4 messages. "

Us either, we both hate talking on the phone for a start. I'm always wary of people in a rush to move the chat off-site.

We do use Kik for simplicity once we've got a bit of a feel for people though if we think we're likely to want to meet them, and think used with caution the fact it differentiates gallery pics from ones just taken is useful.

Any pics that look too good to be true I reverse image search. I look at veris - interesting how many are from a profile started at the same time with only one veri from the first profile with virtually no text or suspiciously similar. Could be legit but makes me cautious.

If they start asking for more pics (other than a face pic) I don't take that as a good sign when we have plenty on the profile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me.

I'm not chatting to anyone after 3 or 4 messages.

Us either, we both hate talking on the phone for a start. I'm always wary of people in a rush to move the chat off-site.

We do use Kik for simplicity once we've got a bit of a feel for people though if we think we're likely to want to meet them, and think used with caution the fact it differentiates gallery pics from ones just taken is useful.

Any pics that look too good to be true I reverse image search. I look at veris - interesting how many are from a profile started at the same time with only one veri from the first profile with virtually no text or suspiciously similar. Could be legit but makes me cautious.

If they start asking for more pics (other than a face pic) I don't take that as a good sign when we have plenty on the profile. "

Not sure if you have both experienced this too but if it's a single woman and she's new but has a lot of veri's would you check to see if any of those were from other women? As I know guys are a little easier to just leave one and say she's the best thing since sliced bread. Women leaving other women verifications are always a good sign for me as even in vanilla life women like to have someone to shop with and in particular seek advice from etc. A lot of women on here have some kind of friend in another female so female to female veri's are always a good sign for me.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

People with black and white profile pics are always fake

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By *inkyLondonpairCouple
over a year ago

London


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me.

I'm not chatting to anyone after 3 or 4 messages. "

Genuine question. Why not? If you are looking to have sex with someone what is the objection to speaking to them on the phone? We are not talking a long intimate conversation. Just a minute or so so that both sides can be satisfied there are actual real life women involved. Given the number of fakes around that seems entirely reasonable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some pics are fake so if fake I guess the person is also .I do pic reverse so it tells you how many sites it's on if it's fake .if it's there pic should be none found .Been a few lately on profiles .I'm also suspicious if person been on a while and hasn't been verified .

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By *relanddirectMan
over a year ago

cheshire


"Some pics are fake so if fake I guess the person is also .I do pic reverse so it tells you how many sites it's on if it's fake .if it's there pic should be none found .Been a few lately on profiles .I'm also suspicious if person been on a while and hasn't been verified . "
excuse my ignorance but how do you do a picture reverse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some pics are fake so if fake I guess the person is also .I do pic reverse so it tells you how many sites it's on if it's fake .if it's there pic should be none found .Been a few lately on profiles .I'm also suspicious if person been on a while and hasn't been verified . excuse my ignorance but how do you do a picture reverse "

We'd like to know that too.

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

Google "Tin Eye Reverse Image Search". I can't post the link on here, I got a spell on the naughty step last time I did that!

Then right click on the picture concerned, then click "copy" where it says "copy image address", paste it into TinEye. If it's a pic from the net, a number of sites will pop up. I usually copy the link to admin and report them as a fake - they're usually blocked in minutes.

I hope this helps.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"People with black and white profile pics are always fake "

Ooohh slander lmao

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think if you exchange 3 or 4 messages and they don't want to chat directly on the phone or make excuses alarm bells start ringing for me.

I'm not chatting to anyone after 3 or 4 messages.

Genuine question. Why not? If you are looking to have sex with someone what is the objection to speaking to them on the phone? We are not talking a long intimate conversation. Just a minute or so so that both sides can be satisfied there are actual real life women involved. Given the number of fakes around that seems entirely reasonable. "

I've found no real need to speak on the phone, especially after 3/4 messages (never get off it!). Women dont generally pretend to be men so I'll get a genuine man. Plus a lot (not all) of men want phone sex and start wanking the minute you're on the phone, then you end up getting annoyed and not meet anyway or you try and talk normally, they get off, then you never hear from them again. Guys who want the real thing are what I'm after. Plus I don't have time or inclination to talk on the phone I do enough of that at work

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"People with black and white profile pics are always fake

Ooohh slander lmao "

People claiming to be women - FAKE!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"Any tips/advice on spotting the fake or dodgy profiles....? "

If it seems to good to be true.its probably fake.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

no pics of the woman on profile, but says couple. We had this happen to us once! He kept saying takes too long to add pics lol.takes minutes haha! When asked to talk on phone to female which I like to do, kept making excuses like she's just gone to work lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Verification.

Even if they are verified, look at the people who verified them, to make sure it's not just several profiles verifying each other. "

Exactly this ....... just because a profile is verified doesn't mean they're genuine!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go with your gut instinct, if it looks too good to be true then ........

Hate to say it but very few couples on here are genuine most are single men or worse married/attached men sneaking around!

I've been accused of being fake in the past and as soon as work/family life allow me some free time I've cammed or spoke on phone, if someone can't cam or phone call within a week or so of chatting then I'd say they weren't genuine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If they have been on a while and have no veries... fake.

If the picture you put through Tineye come back as having multiple hits form porn sites... fake.

If its only ever the guy online, and when questioned the female is "at her mums/at work/visiting sick relatives/in the kitchen/painting the humber bridge/piloting the space shuttle"...fake.

If they dodge requests for both to be on cam/phone together...fake.

If the messages tend to go rapidly to "so.. what would you like to do to/with us?"... fake.

"

I disagree, just because someone has been a member for a while, certainly doesn't make them fake!

I've been a member on and off since 2005 as part of a (very verified) couple and as a minion, to ostracize on that basis alone is very sad in my humble opinion....but hey, each to their own way n all!

Personally I think fakes make themselves apparent very quickly....a specific face pic works a treat

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