There are lots of online dating sites that are far too lax with how they police their users.

Just about anyone with access to a phone or computer signs up and uploads as many fake photos as they want without repercussions.

Many scammers are familiar with the dating sites that have little to no form of policing and take full advantage.

Although it seems as though every dating site you visit is filled with these fake profiles, there are exceptions.

There are dating sites that police their platform and do a much better job at keeping scammers away.

This said, there is no dating site that is completely free of scammers.

Scammers always find a way.

And given that dating sites are online-based, it is far too easy for anyone from any part of the world to figure out a method to gain access to just about any dating site, irrespective of their safety measures.

Basically, there is no dating website that is foolproof.

If this is your expectation, you are better off staying off of dating sites and meeting people the old-fashioned way, face to face.

When you meet people face to face, there is no concern about dealing with a fake profile any longer.

The person is real.

She is right in front of you in a bar, nightclub, or on the street.

When you talk to her, you are no longer concerned about whether this is a fake person behind a fake profile who is talking to you from a hole in the wall somewhere in the world, as opposed to a real person who lives in the same city as you.

No.

The woman is right there in front of you and you see the words coming right out of her mouth.

Since the advent of dating apps, a prevailing idea that in today’s world people only meet each other online has risen in popularity.

That isn’t true.

There are plenty of women who are totally open to being approached in the real world, whether it be on a train or bus, in a bookstore, deli, mall, coffeehouse, etc.

It isn’t necessary to relegate yourself to meeting women solely on dating sites if you believe them all to be scams.

It’s nonsensical to keep wasting your energy being upset at all the scam dating sites, when you probably have an attractive female neighbor that you see everyday, and haven’t opened a conversation with, nor asked out.

Yes, she won’t bite your head off if you stepped up to her and opened a conversation one of these days.

This doesn’t mean that she says yes to being asked out though.

In fact, the same is true of any woman you find attractive in the real world.

The attractive girl on the train, bus, street, or in the coffeehouse, won’t hinder you from opening a conversation with her, but isn’t certain to say yes to you asking her out.

The reality is, many of these women in the real world, especially the attractive ones, already have boyfriends.

That’s where dating sites have such an advantage.

When you see the profile of a girl on a dating site that isn’t a fake profile, you already know she is single.

She is on a dating site to find a date.

By mere virtue of her being on a dating site, you aren’t debating whether she is single or not, as you would a random girl you approach in the real world.

This increases the chances you score a date with her.

This begs the question.

Would you rather sign up on a dating site that polices itself but isn’t completely free of scam profiles, and increase the chances of finding a date, or approach women in real life and keep hearing the words, “I have a boyfriend?”

Maybe these dating sites aren’t so bad after all.