Latest news about Online Dating
Scammers target NZ dating sites (TVNZ)
Nigerian scammers have been targeting online New Zealand dating services, by picking out lonely and vulnerable women, and promising them marriage. In one case, an Auckland lady lost $70,000 and a Porirua lady lost $10,000.
27 Aug 2008, 4:05 pm | click here for more
Chace Crawford Is Not Into Online Dating (Hollyscoop)
Chace Crawford has his panties in a bunch after an online dating site has used his mug to promote themselves. WooMe.com features Chace's face on their main page alongside a tagline that reads, "Find guys and girls close ...
27 Aug 2008, 4:45 pm | click here for more
Police: Man Drugged, Raped Dates He Met Online (WBZ Boston)
A 34-year-old man is accused of drugging and raping women he met through online dating services, police in New Hampshire say.
27 Aug 2008, 6:26 pm | click here for more
Online dating fizzled, but he won't go away (Chicago Tribune)
D ear Amy: Several years ago, I ventured into online dating for a few weeks before realizing that it wasn't for me. During this time, I went out with a man a couple of times. He seemed very nice, but when I realized there wasn't a spark, I was honest with him and politely told him that I did not look a future for us.
25 Aug 2008, 12:07 pm | click here for more
Surfers beware: Online dating can be lead to troubled waters (Contra Costa Times)
DEAR AMY: Several years ago, I ventured into online dating for a few weeks before realizing that it wasn't for me. During this time, I went out with a man a couple of times.
25 Aug 2008, 2:36 am | click here for more
ASK ADVICE CHICK: Answers to YOUR Dating, Sex, Life, & Love Questions! (Eurweb)
*I met this guy on an online dating site and we did a lot of Q&A stuff about our goals, life, etc. and seemed to receive along well. We then exchanged nice emails where he was really chatty and complimentary.
26 Aug 2008, 2:05 am | click here for more
Online dating sites turn matchmaking into profit (The Record)
Becca Klinger was always outgoing, and she had more friends than she could count. But when it came to dating, she felt awkward. "I was not very confident," Klinger, a 21-year-old Ramapo College student, says of the way she was only two years ago. "I was just very nervous about talking to guys."
28 Aug 2008, 12:45 am | click here for more
True confessions of an online dating addict #4: Ben sounds cool and he lives nearby (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
What is the dream of the future president of the United States? For the answer, check out your e-mail or a pocket-sized, 36-page booklet called "Jewels of Elul IV," which is subtitled "29 Dreamers and Their Dreams."
27 Aug 2008, 9:58 pm | click here for more
Police warn of Nigerian online dating scam (The New Zealand Herald)
A Porirua lady gave $10,000 to a Nigerian scammer after she met him on an online dating site, say police. Wellington police metro crime unit's Detective Senior Sergeant Darrin Thomson said Nigerian scammers were targeting online dating agencies to extort money from people.
27 Aug 2008, 12:07 am | click here for more
Warning for online love seekers (NZCity)
27 August 2008 A warning to people using online dating agencies. Police say Nigerian scammers are targeting lonely vulnerable people, then requesting money with untrue promises of marriage.
27 Aug 2008, 1:14 am | click here for more