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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 10/19/2008 2:16:03 AM
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Just logged onto choosecourtship.com. It's a really cool concept! This is exactaly what I've been looking for! thx
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www.choosecourtship.com
For those who know I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris.
Interesting...
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 10/27/2008 1:45:40 PM
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I posted my profile over on http://www.christiandatingforfree.com/ as it seems to be an actual free site, but there is not many people from my area on it. Had to extend the search to about 250 miles 0.0 . Still praying.
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Christian Dating - 11/11/2008 5:51:20 PM
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RE: Christian Dating - 11/16/2008 1:37:16 PM
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In reply to the posted question: NO
First, you need to understand that internet dating sites are a predator's playground.
http://www.lovefraud.com/04_internetThreat/Internet_con_artists.html
Looking to the internet to find dates is extremely dangerous. See point #3:
http://www.lovefraud.com/blog/2007/08/05/7-points-to-remember-about-dating-and-predators/
When you fall in love with someone online, you fall in love with a fantasy:
http://www.lovefraud.com/04_internetThreat/sociopaths_online.html
And please, please, read this post about how many people pretend to be Christians:
http://www.lovefraud.com/blog/2008/07/21/sociopaths-pretending-to-be-religious/
Christian dating sites are even worse because these predators take advantage of the trust that is built into the religious context.
Think you are smart enough to be able to spot it? Think again:
http://www.lovefraud.com/05_areYouAtarget/fraud_victim_quiz.html
How do I know? I married one. I met him on a Christian dating site. He could talk the Bible up and down, had been a pastor, had a Bible site on the web, and knew all the right words to say. And he turned out to be a violent predator.
Please, do not look on the internet to meet people--whether it is for dating, friendship, pen pals, etc. Please--stay away!
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/16/2008 9:47:06 PM
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You should be gratefull that you were rejected . I paid for the priviledge of being abused through Christian Singles . It is about time the truth came out about these sites . There are more predators on these sites than on other sites because Christians tend to be very nieve and gullible . We live in the I believe God is going to magically fix me up with another christian mentality . If I could only go back with the knowledge I have now I would be so much more wiser . And please do not tell me about how many have been blessed and met the right one >statistically they are few and far between . TRUTH -YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO MEET UP WITH A PREDATOR BECAUSE THEY PREY ON THESE WEBSITES .The man I met and married had a hardcore sex-porn and masterbation addiction and also had a Narrcisisstic personality disorder . He was from California I was from Canada . He now has a warrant for his arrest in Canada . He while I was working stole Money, Jewellery and my Gps Unit and pawned everything I owned . I was his wife so I can only charge him with abuse . I was married for 3 months before I had to send him back. I had originally had him move to Canada . I believed all the lies because the internet allows people to create a false intimatcy .He lied about everything> he is a con artist who unfortunately has messed up a lot more women besides me . We waited to have sex before marriage > I am now being tested for venereal disease and aids . This man preys on Christians because he knows that we are more trusting . He has worked through alot of dating sites but the Christian ones are always profitable . That is because we are trusting and have not been educated in Physcopathy . Yes you are more likely to meet somene with a personality disorder on the internet and the Laws need to be changed to protect us from these predators . We need an international data base of marriage registries . We need to see that there are just as many adults as children being victimized on the internet . We need an adult amber alert as sex addicts use the internet as part of there addiciton. Sex addiction in the church is at an all time number so all of you are at risk . Jesus said that in the end times even the most elect would be decieved . The internet is the devil's playground please be- ware it cost me thousands of dollars
( $12,000.00 dollars) for a 3 month marriage. That is not including the stolen jeweleryI am telling you because I hope and pray you will head this warning . This man killed my cat . raped me and hurt me and lied about everything including the fact he owed his first wife $31,000 dollars in child support .( lost his first marriage and 4 kids to sex addiction)
He is still out there on sites conning women . Yes even though he is wanted in Canada he is still out there lying . LEARN TO SPOT THEM BEFORE YOU ARE DECIEVED >Internet dating sites are extreemly dangerous and it should be mantatory to have a Police check as part of your joining a site . It is too easy to decieve people on them . Please be-ware .
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/17/2008 12:13:54 PM
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I would suggest Christianmingle.com. Yet, i think that it may have a different name now. I think it may be christiansingles.com?? Anyways, I met my now husband on there 3 1/2 years ago. We just celebrated our 2 year anniversary.  So, you could always check that one out. Just 'be careful' on ANY site that you choose to use. Even christian ones. Alot of sites, even christian ones, have 'dishonest' 'fake christian' people on there. Yet, there are certainly very good and decent people on there as well. Just have to take your time, and go very slowly. It is easy to be 'decieving' on those sites, so, not everyone is going to be what they say. I would recommend that site, due to my positive experience. Perhaps it may work for you too. Just be aware, that with any site, you may end up falling for someone 2000 miles away, just like I did Im from CA and my husband is from NE. Hope you find your perfect girl.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/17/2008 12:18:17 PM
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ptz
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oh, and one more thing, i see that you are from Omaha, NE, that is where my husband is from. He LOVES NE. We currently dont live there right now. Live in AL, because he is in the military. Ill be going to Omaha, NE for christmas!. Yay!
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/18/2008 1:50:15 AM
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Ptz >I can not believe how insensitive you are to what happened to me . Do you think that I didn't take time . Of course I did , I also had Pastors and very real Spiritual men of God praying over this and also for disernment. You people just don't get it . When you are dealing with sociopaths they are experts in conning . The first thing they do is hoodwink you with scripture and trying to be very Godly people . Do you think Satan can't quote scripture and appear as an Angel of light ? If you study the characteristics of sociapathy it is the perfect presentation of Evil . There are millions of psyhcopaths out there right now on the internet . It is there playground . You are far safer to meet someone at your church or through friends . My story is one of thousands right now as the truth is finally starting to get out about how unsafe these sites are .
Just because someone says they are Christians does not make them one . You need to physically be around someone and watch them THE INTERNET PROVIDES A FALSE PRESENTATION . If you don't believe me just go onto any site and give a false description of yourself and lie about your age . You will have droves of people responding IT IS REALLY SCARY .Dr. Robert Hare from the University of BritishColumbia in Canada who is the first man to ever publish a list of Sociopathic behavior said that they are so good at lying and decieving that even he was decieved and conned by one . If he an expert was decieved what chance do you and I have when confronted by one . Unless you are educated in the signs YOU WILL BE DECIEVED . I just read about a poor woman here who met a man on the internet and it turned out to be a group of Nigerian scammers . They conned her out of thousands of dollars . She really loved who she thought was him and believed she was helping . If the site had made it mandatory to have police checks it would have never happened . I am excited about NE too . Mine is Not- Enrolling on a dating site I am excited to spend Christmas there . At least I have my life a girl at work just lost her best friend to a guy from the States who she met on the internet . He killed her with a baseball bat . Yes> that is how serious it is > it is a matter of life and death please choose life. Be safe and beware . And if you think I am being too unforgiving ask yourself this . Why would Jesus warn us about the end times and make it very clear about this very subject . Maybe God knows mans character better than we do . Yes ask yourself WWJD.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/18/2008 1:54:57 PM
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ptz
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Meeloo,
I didnt mean to be 'insensitive' to you at all. My post was geared towards the person who originally posted it. I guess i didnt read your previous post closely enough to realize you were talking specifically about the site I used. Sorry about it. I was just posting my own experience on the site. Im truly sorry to what happened to you, and i find it truly horrible what happened to you. Im not saying that you didnt take your time, or wasnt careful etc. There are certainly very bad people on christian sites, non-christian sites etc. I know that terrible things happen, and that it is a very serious threat. i was blessed enough to have a good experience, and i was just posting it. Thats all. Just a general post to the question.sorry if it came across as insensitive to you.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/19/2008 12:54:44 AM
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I just recieved this on my private e-mail . What kind of Christian site are you running . This is a Nigerian 411 scam . Wow I cannot believe you alow this on this site
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From: sarah4jesus
To: DrIjames,shaneencl,meeloo,mashman,bartak
Date: 11/18/2008 5:40:43 PM
Subject: From Sister(Mrs).Sarah Debah
From Sister(Mrs).Sarah Debah
Abidjan Cote d Ivoire West Africa
Dearest in the lord,
I am Mrs Sarah A. Debah ,from Kuwait.I am married to late Dr Samuel Debah, who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast for Twenty-Six years before he died in the year 2003,after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. We were married for Eighteen years with a duaghter (Natasha) who later died in a motor accident.Before the untimely death of my husband,we were both born again Christians(from Moslem to Christianity). And since after his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (US$2.5M )Two Million,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a General Trust Account with a prime bank in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire. Presently,this money is still with the bank. Following my ill health, being a victim to cancer , I have decided to donate this fund to a Christain organizations (Church)
that will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein,according to the desire of my late husband. I want this fund to be used in Christain Activities like,Orphanages, Christain schools, and Churches for propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth". I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as well the presence of
my husband's relatives around me .I don't want them to know about this development. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life as well commit me into your daily prayers. Contact me on this e-mail address :
( sarahdebah@hosanna.net ), any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply immediately . Remain blessed in the Lord.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/19/2008 2:14:15 PM
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THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ THIS . tHE WAY THESE GUYS GET YOU IS BY PROMISING MONEY BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE TRANSFERED . THIS WOMAN WAS A REVEREND AND A RN NURSE . IT IS EASY TO BE CONNED BY THESE SCAMMERS IT IS A FULL TIME JOB FOR THEM . IT IS THE SAME FOR CONN ARTISTS ON DATING SITES
Weird News Woman out $400K to 'Nigerian scam' con artists
YouNews™Story Published: Nov 11, 2008 at 2:01 PM PST
Story Updated: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:43 PM PST
By Anna Song KATU News and KATU.com Web Staff Video SWEET HOME, Ore. – Janella Spears doesn’t think she’s a sucker or an easy mark.
Besides her work as a registered nurse, Spears – no relation to the well-known pop star – also teaches CPR and is a reverend who has married many couples. She also communicates with lightning-fast sign language with her hearing-impaired husband.
So how did this otherwise lucid, intelligent woman end up sending nearly half a million dollars to a bunch of con artists running what has to be one of the best-known Internet scams in the world?
Spears fell victim to the "Nigerian scam," which is familiar to almost anyone who has ever had an e-mail account.
The e-mail pitch is familiar to most people by now: a long-lost relative or desperate government official in a war-torn country needs to shuffle some funds around, say $10 million or $20 million, and if you could just help them out for a bit, you get to keep 10 (or 20 or 30) percent for your trouble.
All you need to do is send X-amount of dollars to pay some fees and all that cash will suddenly land in your checking account, putting you on Easy Street. By the way, please send the funds though an untraceable wire service.
By this time, not many people will fall for such an outrageous pitch, and the scam is very well-known. But it persists, and for a reason: every now and then, it works.
For Spears, it started, as it almost always does, with an e-mail. It promised $20 million and in this case, the money was supposedly left behind by her grandfather (J.B. Spears), with whom the family had lost contact over the years.
"So that's what got me to believe it," she said.
Spears didn't know how the sender knew J.B. Spears' name and her relation to him, but her curiosity was piqued.
It turned out to be a lot of money up front, but it started with just $100.
The scammers ran Spears through the whole program. They said President Bush and FBI Director "Robert Muller" (their spelling) were in on the deal and needed her help.
They sent official-looking documents and certificates from the Bank of Nigeria and even from the United Nations. Her payment was "guaranteed."
Then the amount she would get jumped up to $26.6 million – if she would just send $8,300. Spears sent the money.
More promises and teases of multi-millions followed, with each one dependent on her sending yet more money. Most of the missives were rife with misspellings.
When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bush’s letter said. Spears continued to send funds. All the letters were fake, of course.
She wiped out her husband’s retirement account, mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car. Both were already paid for.
For more than two years, Spears sent tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Everyone she knew, including law enforcement officials, her family and bank officials, told her to stop, that it was all a scam. She persisted.
Spears said she kept sending money because the scammers kept telling her that the next payment would be the last one, that the big money was inbound. Spears said she became obsessed with getting paid.
An undercover investigator who worked on the case said greed helped blind Spears to the reality of the situation, which he called the worst example of the scam he’s ever seen.
He also said he has seen people become obsessed with the scam before. They are so desperate to recoup their losses with the big payout, they descend into a vicious cycle of sending money in hopes the false promises will turn out to be real.
Now, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim.
She hopes her story will warn others to listen to reason and avoid going down the dark tunnel of obsession that ended up costing her so much.
Spears said it would take her at least three to four years to dig out of the debt she ran up in pursuit of the non-existent pot of Nigerian gold.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/19/2008 8:02:41 PM
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Both meeloo and I are new members and we both received the same Nigerian scam letter as a PM. THIS PROVES THAT SCAM ARTISTS ARE TROLLING THIS SITE FOR NEW MEMBERS AND THAT YOU ARE NOT SAFE ON ANY SITE--EVEN A CHRISTIAN ONE.
Now, the Nigerian scam has been around long enough that most of us have probably already received dozens of them in our regular e-mail accounts and we know what it is. But a predator on a Christian dating site--do you think you would really be able to spot it? Do you know what a predator is? Think about it.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/20/2008 11:01:17 AM
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I believed all the lies because the internet allows people to create a false intimatcy.
the majority of people using online dating sites are using them to find local matches. the false sense of intimacy is why i think it's important for two people especially local to move toward a face to face meeting as soon as possible. who says one needs to find people in other countries or thousands of miles away? there is porn on the internet, should the whole internet be shut down? i am sorry you ended up in a terrible situation and we must be careful. this same situation has happened to people even before the internet but unfortunately the internet gives them another angle.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/20/2008 5:53:11 PM
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i met my husband on www.christiancafe.com
they give you a 10-day free trial.
i had a cancellation at work, so i went online, saw the ad, and filled out the profile just for fun. my husband had done the same 10-day free profile thing 2 months before. then, at the time i was in my free trial, christiancafe emailed my husband another free-3-day-trial offer ... and that's when we met. we've been now married for almost 5 months ... and ... my life has always been full of incredible things/events, but my life with him has surpassed them all.
by the way, i never saw myself as the "online dating" type ... but ... i'm sure glad i checked out christiancafe!
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/25/2008 3:22:43 PM
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I personally would never use on line dating service if I was single for the simple reason that the person your interested in could be lying. Just because it is a christian dating service does not mean everyone who posts their profile is as pure as the driven snow. That being said I know of many success stories but just as many horror stories. To avoid being trapped in a bad situation, I would avoid these services. Meet someone at a singles group in church, but get to know them first. Even away from church, do the same. You'll come out ahead. There are a ton of decent people looking for a decent person to go out with and maybe marry someday.
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RE: Any good Christian dating sites out there? - 11/26/2008 8:22:13 PM
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I am not single and was married before the internet.
I was reading this and thought what would I look for to see if someone was trying to con me?
John 13:34,35 The way we see if someone is a Christian is not if they go to church or if they know or study the Bible. It is not how many verses they can quote or what songs they can sing. It is not how many times they go to church a week. It is not if they know good Bible doctrine and can refute wrong doctrine, but do they show love. Do they love others. This could be varified by references. Are they laying their lives down for others? Do they talk about themselves or do they talk about Jesus? Romans 8:6,7
A person can't con his way into being a Christian. Money is a red flag if they are trying to get it from you. How someone handles money is a good indication of their character. 1 Tim 6 Are they giving money to Christian work and are they tithing? How you spend money will show where your heart is.
Matthew 4:19 a true follower of Jesus is attempting to bring others to Christ. If there is no attempt to bring others to Christ they are not fishing and if they are not fishing they are not following Jesus.
When I was looking for my wife one of the requirements was for her to have mission experience. She also went to prayer meetings. You won't find many con artists in a prayer meeting. They may go for a while but I could not imagine them sticking with it.
Would a con give his money and life to help others? Would a con pray for an hour for the lost in Chicago? Would a con be humble and let others take the glory for hard work?
I hope this helps.
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