Spam from internet dating sites is pervasive.

That, along with a variety of spam promoting a litany of dubious offers from different industries.

Many people receive spam messages that have nothing to do with their online history.

Think about spam messages you receive or have received in the past.

Do all of them fit what you do online?

Unlikely.

That spam email about erectile dysfunction and a miracle cure that you received in your email folder not so long ago had nothing to do with you and your interests online.

The same can be easily applied to your boyfriend.

He doesn’t have to have to be on online dating sites to receive spam from dating sites.

These spammers find personal information about people through a variety of factors.

Many find this personal information about people they want to target through social media.

Other times, they are sold personal information by legitimate companies.

A legitimate company such as the one that provides electricity to your boyfriend’s apartment.

The company sells a customer’s personal information, such as an email address or phone number, to a spammer so as to make extra money.

Legitimate companies such as those that provide electricity, cable, internet, and phone services are massive culprits of this.

Spam messages don’t just magically appear in your email inbox or through text messages on your phone.

These spammers gained your personal contact information somehow.

If they don’t find it through social media, they purchase it from legitimate companies that have your personal information, thanks to a service they currently provide for you, or have provided in the past.

Everyone is susceptible to spam, and the type of spam doesn’t have to correlate with anything you do online.

Some spammers are equal opportunity in how they disperse spam messages.

They send spam messages indiscriminately, regardless of who they are sending it to.

Others are more discreet.

They use information gleaned from your social media to determine what type of spam would be the most effective on a person with your online profile.

Basically, should they glean you to be of a certain age range, gender, occupation, and educational background, they send spam to you that fits what people with a similar profile often respond to.

A discerning spammer like this, examines your boyfriend’s information, and determines the type of spam to send him based on his qualifiers.

They choose to send him spam that promotes dating sites.

Not because your boyfriend is currently using matchmaking dating sites, but because they deem him to be someone that would respond positively to spam email or text messages from dating sites.

The same applies for the spammer that gains your boyfriend’s personal information from a legitimate company.

They use that personal information to determine the type of spam that works best on a person with your boyfriend’s profile.

All of this being said, if your boyfriend has used dating sites in the past, it is possible that he is receiving spam from dating sites on account of this.

It doesn’t mean that he is currently using dating sites.

Nevertheless, if you are worried that he is currently using dating sites, take some time out to do some detective work.

Create fake profiles on several of these dating sites, using photos of an attractive woman that is your boyfriend’s type, but isn’t you.

Women receive lots of views, matches, and messages on dating apps, especially attractive women.

Give it a few weeks.

If you don’t receive a view, match, or message from your boyfriend, he isn’t using dating sites.