They say it’s for Verification or Background Check. I never do this, as I’m immediately suspicious of anything that wants me to put in my credit card number (Honestly, I’m suspicious of being asked to sign up on any external site). Why should my interaction with someone on Craigslist involve me registering on any other site? Many of these online dating scammers begin by posting a personal ad on Craigslist or Backpage posing as a cute woman looking for a bf. When the responses starting coming in, a computer program e-mails the guy back and sends a link to sign up for so called verification so that he can see this imaginary cute lady’s profile. If they ask you to join craig-personals.org to talk to them, any website at all, in any way, shape, or form, real or imagined, it’s a scam. Yes, I do mean all of them. Yes, I mean all of the time. The girl is willing to send a photo of herself half-naked but not comfortable sharing a phone number with just anyone because “there are a lot of perverts out there”. If she is so concerned, why not ask the guy for his phone number and block her caller ID information from appearing on his phone? The scammers try to convince people in a legitimate and harmless looking email, to visit a site. The site is suppose to be some kind of Age Verification service for online safety. Scammers will often remove their ads after they get some responses and try to convince people to visit their trap websites. Many of the Women Seeking Men ads are simply bait to get the horny guy to sign up for some dodgy site and put in his credit card number, someone will respond to your ad, and express interest, but will say something like Do me a favor: I’m interested, but I’ve had a bad experience on here before, and am trying to weed out crazies. Sign up on this site, and search for my profile. I got a reply with a picture of a girl holding a sign with my name on it, she said I had to go to this website to find her details because it is made to protect women. I knew it was a con and my suspicions were confirmed once I got a reply from a craigs list girl with an identical picture but a different name on her sign. … read more >