Online dating scams are perpetrated mainly by foreign subjects primarily from Eastern European countries, Asia, and parts of Africa. These scams are so pervasive and perfected, that even smart people get taken often. The scammers know the vulnerabilities of the average user, and take advantage of those vulnerabilities.
These criminals use personal ads sites as a haven for their operation. Victims are often people from North America. As it turns out, the public is beginning to catch on to the methods and tricks used by the perpetrators. Merely being from the foreign countries where these scams originate raises a red flag. Hence, the scammers are now beginning to lie about their true location. Most now claim to be located in the USA, or Canada when they sign up on dating sites just to deflect suspicion, and get more people to click on their profile.
An up and coming singles website, Oasisoflove.com has studied these problems, and is doing something about it. The first solution offered is to programmatically detect a user's location during sign-up. So, if someone is signing up from Russia, or from say Ivory Coast, he/she cannot simply claim to be located in the USA.
It does not end there. If a user sends a message from a location other than his registered location, the recipient is alerted upon opening the mail. That is an excellent feature, which is basically a security system that is always on guard.
Mainly, these scammers want an easy target. So, with the actions that Oasisoflove is taking, most of them simply move on to less discriminating dating sites.
Furthermore, oasisoflove.com isolates spammy mail and prevents their delivery. The account of the spammer in question is also immediately removed.
Taking this tough stand against online parasites leaves honest users less vulnerable on www.oasisoflove.com.