Online Dating in London: More Dating Tips about Emailing

Good advice for when you are dating in London is this: although it’s a good idea to send out lots of emails you shouldn’t go for quantity alone, good quality emails really make a difference. Having 5 good generic emails available and then customising them for each contact works well. Try to look for 5 distinct things in his or her profile and use them in your email. This will make much more difference than 500 words of waffle with no clear customisation.

Try not to make bad spelling typos, check and recheck. Seeing an email with lots of typos indicates someone who can’t be bothered. Some typos can be really embarrassing – one which comes to mind was this: a guy who was pretty good at cooking said in his email: “ I’ve been told I’m a pretty good cock but you’ll have to taste for yourself to find out” ! Hmm, funny but could be a put off.

One thing is not to sound as though you are trying too hard, keep the tone relaxed, spontaneous and informal, just as though you were chatting to someone. If you overdo the long words and include too many descriptive words it will sound as though you are trying to impress, so although you may feel desperate you really mustn’t sound it! Don’t name drop, giving a list of books you’ve read or films you’ve watched is pretty boring. Same goes for describing your work, don’t go into detail just give a general overview. All these things will make you sound relaxed and easy to know. Try hard with your email but don’t sound as though you are! Follow tghis advice and dating in London will be great.

Dating Online : Email Safety, Security and Other Tips

Email systems on dating sites are present for a purpose, they provide safety and security, so you need to use them. Never give your personal email until you are confident in the person you are communicating with. It’s a good idea to keep your surname secret as well so that if internet searches are carried out they will reveal nothing about you. Googling other people? Well you may not do it (as if) but lots of people do. The other to avoid is becoming a friend on Facebook until you are sure. This may also be a good idea if you have some pics on there you’d rather he or she didn’t see just yet!

Email? You need to send out lots, just the same way as you need to add lots of people to your Favourites. This way you’ll get lots back. Don’t be old fashioned on this with the view that the man must make the first move. That view will get you nowhere! It’s an outdated idea. If you don’t make first contact someone else will and it could have been the person of your dreams. So get emailing!

Just cause he/she hasn’t contacted you yet means nothing, he or she may just be about to do so, so give them a push and send them an invite. He/she will appreciate it and make them feel wanted and attractive. There’s nothing worse than ploughing through lots of profiles and never getting en email form anyone.

How to Write a Dating Profile

Two of the commonest questions on dating site forums is “ How to Write a Dating Profile” or How to Create a Dating Profile”.

The time you spend on writing a great profile will pay off many times over, it’s what will make the difference between people reading through to the edn or giving up halfway through and moving on to someone else’s profile.

The first thing to say is that you don’t need to be an expert writer or a great salesperson to be able to start a dating profile. There are ten main steps to writing or creating a really good dating profile, we’ll list the main steps then go into some of them in more depth in future articles:

1. Be honest
2. Be extra honest
3. be honest but not too much information
4. avoid writing clichés
5. do a draft with a random list of things about yourself
6. don’t put down online dating
7. don’t over try – it will be apparent you are trying too hard
8. be as specific as possible about the type of person you want
9. try to add a little humour
10. try to show you are a positive type of person

On top of this check and double check your spelling and grammar, some people who you may really like could be easily put off if there are loads of typos and poor grammar.

Don’t panic, stay calm and tell yourself – “Just be me and relaxed” and that will come across in your profile.

One of the worst things in profiles is where a person has left loads of blanks or just one word answers. It puts across a feeling of “couldn’t be bothered” and people will just move on to profiles which are more informative and interesting.

So as you can see, the question: “How to Write a Dating Profile” isn’t too hard to answer!

Dating Scams – Beware!

Dating scams reach new heights (or lows), and it is happening internationally. A large number of women from the USA have arrived in London due to dating scams originating from internet scammers located in Africa – often Nigeria and Ghana. The frauds are costing victims millions of pounds.

This is what happens: scammers from Nigeria and Ghana and other African countries create fictitious characters on dating sites all over the world. They use completely false information and photographs. These photos are usually of attractive men. Once they get replies to their profiles, they build up a relationship online until the victim completely trusts them.

They then report some made up situations where they have been in an accident and can’t pay the hospital bills, or they are stranded at some major airport. They then email the victim asking for help with money they require, this can often be up to $2,500. They ask for this to be wired to a bank account where they can withdraw the cash immediately. They then disappear from the dating site and the victim hears no more from them

This form of scam has become very common indeed and the embassy for the USA has put up a video on various video sites giving notice and warning of the scams. The staff at the embassy say they are receiving up to sixty telephone calls a week asking them to help their fictitious new loved one and complaining that they are doing nothing!

There are now reports of women from the UK being targeted by the scammers. Listen to this story of woe:

A woman living in London reported to the Evening Standard that she lost over £10,000 when she was scammed by male on a dating site which specialised in Jewish Dating. The scammer made up a story that he was serving in the US army in the Afghanistan arena and was trying to help one of his compatriot soldiers who had been wounded in battle. After sending the money she never heard another thing despite sending numerous emails. She said she felt embarrassed at being so easily fooled.

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