Cyber dating safety tips

In today's busy world, people from all walks of life recognise the clear advantages Internet Dating can provide (in fact NZDating has provided many thousands of relationships and even marriages!

), however just as in the 'offline' world there are certain precautions that should be taken when dealing with people that are not known well to you.

“You should always do a background check on the person that you are dating,” Anderson told Fox

“It's easy to focus on the online dating aspect here, but really this could have happened to the victim if she had met Charlton at a bar or anywhere else," Carmichael said.Unlike singles in the '70s, who cruised bars and discos and risked looking for love in all the wrong places, tens of millions of singles each day join and log on to online dating sites with the belief that their efforts to find love and companionship are safe and secure.But the apparent murder and dismemberment of Ingrid Lyne, a 40-year-old Seattle-area mother of three, has sent shockwaves throughout the cyber-romance world, with many begging the question: Is anyone safe?Dating online is part of life for millions of people.When you are looking for love you will be thinking a lot about what you want from a relationship…