The most basic information is to never give up personal information about you online. this especially includes your address which would be easy for unscrupulous fellows to track. In the news we often hear of people who were attacked, and kidnapped from their own homes. Many individuals often wonder how their personal information became known to these criminals. The truth is actually very simple whereas sharing your personal information on the social media may seem like a good idea by making yourself more available to suitors; it also exposes you to more than enough people who are out to harm you. It is often safe to in fact hide your real identity and instead rely on pseudonyms to identify yourself. This way people who are only in the site to harm you will find it hard to harm you. It is also quite risky to give up your communication means such as home number, office number and cell phone number in the social media sites. Not only will you be exposing yourself to harassment through unwanted calls but there are some people who can use this information to track you down and harm you and your family. Stalkers and other harassers often use the phone numbers to track down victims and make life difficult for them. In order to communicate with suitors on the social media, it is safer for yourself and others in your life to rely on emails or chats on the social media channels.
There are social media sites that actually require you to hand in an entry fee in order to gain access to the hundreds of profiles registered and also the help of the owners in finding suitors. As much as possible, it is important to avoid such sites. Although these sites often market themselves on guaranteed success, the statistics are normally quite exaggerated and the same members on these sites can be found on other non paying sites. For example for every person registered in these sites, it is likely that they are also registered on sites such as Facebook, and Instagram. The paying sites also require you to hand in sensitive information such as credit card numbers and the access information. Such information can be used to access your finances or to steal your identity. There have been individuals who have been accused of crimes committed in their identity, yet they were nowhere within the crime scene. Others have found themselves fleeced of their savings, by people who had access to sensitive information that should have remained confidential. Remember that you actually do not know the owners of these sites who could be in the internet for their own reasons. In addition, tracking such fellows is quite difficult as it is to prove the cases once they get into court. To be safe, avoid any sites that request information such as physical addresses, credit card information and phone numbers for registration. Instead stick to sites that allow you to give as much minimum information as possible.
