A Jewish Matchmaker shares the warning signs of an online dating scammer…

There may be no more emotionally vulnerable position than when you are looking for love online. With every profile, every flirt, every poke, you are inwardly hoping this could be “the one”. There is nothing wrong with being optimistic about love, it’s a much better mental place than being discouraged, but it also puts you in a vulnerable position that unfortunately, con artists can smell from a mile away (or 3000 miles away). Though nothing is foolproof, there are ways that you can protect yourself from catfishing casanovas. If you can keep your objectivity and analyze each interaction without getting caught up in the love bombing, you will quickly eliminate those with much less noble objectives than love. Which should bring you to the real thing all that much quicker.