<div><span style='font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;'>Are you being scammed?</span></div>

If you, like so many people these days, have taken your search for love and companionship online, it's never been more important for you to know how to stay safe.

Of course, there are many people out there who are genuine, but there are others who are using dating sites and social media platforms for personal gain. This quiz will help you to discern whether you need to keep your guard up.

If you, like so many people these days, have taken your search for love and companionship online, it's never been more important for you to know how to stay safe.

How quickly did the relationship develop between you?

Slowly and steadily. We got to know each other over time.

Very quickly - it seems like in no time at all we were chatting every day.

We are still getting to know each other.

What type of words do they use to talk to you, and describe your relationship?

They use very excited language and they tell me how much they love me and can't wait to meet me.

They use hopeful language, but we have not yet said we love each other.

They use neutral language, and it seems like they are still glad to be getting to know me.

Have you noticed any discrepancies in what they have told you about themselves? For example, they have a postgraduate degree but a high number of mistakes in their writing. Perhaps they say they are from a Western country yet have an accent that seems different from that country?

Everything they have told me so far seems to match with the way they write, speak and behave.

I have wondered a couple of times whether what they were telling me made sense. It didn't seem too much of a big deal to make a fuss about.

Come to think of it, there seem to be a few things that don't match up with what they have told me. I wondered about it at the time, and I might have even said something.

Is this person (if a man) in the military? If the person is a woman, is she extremely attractive?

Yes, they are in the military and/or extremely attractive.

No, they seem to be a civilian and a normal level of attractiveness (but I am still attracted to them!)

Do you make plans to meet up with this person that keep falling through?

No, we have not made plans yet.

Yes, we have made plans, but they are in the future so they have not had a chance to fall through.

Yes, we have made plans, and they have fallen through at least once.

If you met them on a dating website or social media platform, did they quickly ask you to move over to email, phone or Skype to continue talking?

Yes, they asked me to switch off the social media platform or dating website very soon after we started talking.

No, we are still talking on the dating website or social media platform.

Yes, we switched from the dating website or social media platform, but it was after some time and mostly because we had built trust and also for the added convenience.

If you have found their profile on a social media platform, do they have fewer than 100 friends?

No, they have more than 100 friends.

They have around 100-150 friends.

They have fewer than 100 friends.

I can't find them on a social media platform. It seems like they don't have a profile.

I haven't looked for them on a social media platform.

Have you used Skype, FaceTime, or another face-to-face meeting software to chat to them in real-time?

No, we have not yet chatted face-to-face, but we have not been talking for that long yet.

No, we have not yet chatted face-to-face, and we have been connecting for a long time.

Yes, we have chatted face-to-face.

Has the person you're talking to ever asked you to help them out financially, or talked about how money is difficult for them lately?

No, they have never asked me for money, or even mentioned finances.

Yes, they have mentioned that money is tight for them these days.

Yes, they have asked me for money, because there is some reason money is tight for them these days.

They have mentioned money, but it has always been about how secure and comfortable they are financially.

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