Hi everyone here is something that everyone should read, I saw it in the English newspaper The Guardian and then again online.

Of course always remember that www.easilyfriends.com is free we will never ever ask you for any money and neither will anyone else here at www.easilyfriends.com and so if someone does ask for money ignore them, block them and report them.

We want your experience on www.easilyfriends.com to be fun, safe and above all have a happy ending.

Here is what was in The Guardian and if you want to you can read it here for yourselves.

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Scam watch: Online dating fraudsters are only after one thing …

OFT warns against scammers who build fictitious profiles on dating websites and befriend other users before asking for cash

Con artists on dating websites may ask for money to cover urgent medical treatment for a family member

Romantics should be on their guard against internet dating scams that can not only rip you off financially but also break your heart.

The latest scam alert from the Office of Fair Trading warns that the increased potential to meet people online is being used by criminals to con people out of their money.

“Romance fraudsters” target singles columns and dating websites to search for victims. They create fictitious online profiles and send out unsolicited emails or letters, often with fake photographs, using the trust they build up to persuade their victims to part with large sums of money in frauds that can go on for years.

These typically involve the scamster telling their victim they want to meet them but are stranded without the money to travel or cover visa costs. They may also say that they or a family member require urgent treatment for an illness.

The OFT says in one recent case a British national was kidnapped after travelling to west Africa expecting to be met by someone with whom they had established an online friendship. The individual had no idea that the online ‘friend’ was the fictional creation of a criminal group. The victim was assaulted, imprisoned for four days, and was released only when a ransom was paid.

“All fraud is destructive but dating scammers are particularly ruthless as they abuse the emotional trust and attachments that people invest when looking to meet someone,” says Heather Clayton, senior director of the OFT’s consumer group. The OFT says dating site users should take the following steps to avoid becoming victims:

• Know what you are paying for and what the dating agency promises to provide in return.

• If you receive any requests for money, be suspicious, even if you have known the person for a number of weeks.

• Be sceptical and ask yourself simple questions, for example, “Why am I the only person who can help them, when I have just met them?”

• If you meet somebody unknown to you, always meet in a public place and take a friend with you for support if you are unsure.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) adds that if you do decide to travel to meet an online friend, particularly if you go abroad, tell someone trustworthy where you are going, plan regular contacts and agree what they should do if you miss a contact.

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Ok Ladies and Gentlemen the weather is bad everywhere and I thought that maybe as we are all stuck somewhere and possibly getting a bit down it might be time to have some fun.

Here are ten things that you shouldn’t say on a date, and indeed most of which you should never say to anyone ever.

I hope that the snow disappears and we get back to normal soon, stay safe out there.

You look good, is that one of those wonderbras?

I can’t say I know this restaurant, I have never been here before but I saw that they had a “two for the price of one deal this month.”

Do you have that feeling that they are watching you?

Oh! I am a very spiritual person, in fact I have a native Indian Spirit Guide!

No I won’t thanks, my doctors say I shouldn’t drink while I am on these drugs!

Well I didn’t mean to show everything because when I had dropped my trousers that scared the Jehovah’s Witnesses enough but when my underwear hit the ground, well I have never see anyone run that fast.

You can trust me!

I really liked your brother and the rest of your family, are you adopted?

Call me, your will call me won’t you, you won’t forget to call will you?

It is nice to get out of the house and of course to talk to someone, although I never seem to have anything much to say.

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I have been talking to the good people at www.easilyfriends.com and they have just told me that they have seen a massive increase in the numbers of people registering, free of course, to their service.

Now the reason that is good news is that the more people men and women on a dating website the better and so I strongly suggest that you visit the site and get dating, it is the only way to find a partner and of course it won’t ever cost you a penny, now or at anytime in the future and that is because www.easilyfriends.com is a site that is and always will be free.

Between you and me I don’t think that they would mind if you clicked on an ad here or there while you are doing what you came for but they exist to find you a date, enter a relationship and most of all be happy, what a nice bunch of people they are!

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Whether you are in a relationship or looking for one, I suggest that you make 2010 a new beginning and that is because there is nothing more exciting for couples than to do different things and surprise each other, with flowers, treats and of course in the bedroom.

If you aren’t in a relationship and sadly I know that a lot of my readers both men and women have yet to find that special partner who is out there waiting to complete their life, it is time to look at yourself.

Think about the people you meet, on dates, casually and in general, try and analyse what you like about them and then compare that to your ‘ideal’ person.

We all have ‘idea’ people and of course because they are imaginary we endow them with all sorts of attributes and talents, but sometimes we might be guilty of imagining that our perfect partner who we have carefully constructed exists, they don’t, they never have and frankly they never will.

We all have deficiencies, are capable of annoying ourselves with our little ways let alone our partners so no one can be perfect can they.

So think about what you liked in the people you have met recently and try to create a ‘perfect’ partner who is a little more realistic and you never know you may actually have met him or her already, you just didn’t know it yet.

Write to me with your thoughts you can find me here most days www.easilyfriends.com.

Let’s make 2010 a new beginning for everyone and then we’ll all be happier at the end of the year!

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Actually that is probably the wrong headline for today’s article because I was going to start this article by saying that I thought I would give you a day off from percentages and suggestions and I mean, to I promise!

On a Tuesday I usually spend some time looking at dating sites, dating blogs and indeed all things dating, to see what my competition is doing and I have to say that I think that most of them have missed the fact that this is the season of goodwill to all, including ‘men.’

What is wrong with my fellow female dating ‘experts?’ Why do they seem to hate men so much? Really the number of dating blogs with the word ‘bastard’ in is just frankly astonishing and to make matters worse the word that follows ‘bastard’ is men!

Come on ladies please give men a break, unless you are considering either living as a celibate or as a lesbian, we sort of need men, and if you don’t, then the rest of us do and that means that we have to stop putting men down and worse calling them names. Please try to remember we are grown women and not in the second or third grade.

Men are not all bad you know! If you have had a bad one then I am sorry for you, but you are/were unlucky because for every bad man you have known there is a bad woman as well.

Which leads me to the real point of this blog. Try to remember why we seek the company of a partner, we do it because it makes us feel better basically, no other reason. If someone is not very nice they will demonstrate that side of their character and you should get rid of him or of course her. But never give up hope there is someone out there for you, you just haven’t found them yet.

And remember that labelling all men or indeed women as bitches or bastards does no one any good, all men and women aren’t bitches or bastards, they are simply your potential partners.

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For most of this year the good people at www.easilyfriends.com have been looking very closely at the way in which their members have been using their web site and dating trends in general together with the way that people use www.easilyfriends.com and the internet in general to find friends and partners.

Now the people at www.easilyfriends.com have started to use that information to improve their already excellent web site and offer some of the non-confidential research to members and of course readers of my blog.

My last blog covered the interesting fact that a large number of people around 50% log on to web sites such as www.easilyfriends.com specifically to find love, an encouraging fact if you are looking for someone to love yourself and probably the best reason to join www.easilyfriends.com which of course unlike other web sites doesn’t ask you to pay for the privilege.

As part of our research we looked at the demographic of our website and discovered that although just over 50% of our members are men 53% to be precise the number of female members has significantly increased during 2009 and the trend continues.

This of course means that as we enter 2010 and the increase in the number of woman joining www.easilyfriends.com rises they may well soon out number men and that will I am pretty confident make using www.easilyfriends.com a lot nicer for women and men alike.

All of which means whether you are male or female you are going to really enjoy visiting www.easilyfriends.com even more especially because they are the best free web dating service and that means that you don’t have to be alone.

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Recent studies in America have shown that the way society works is changing and nearly 50% of all people who use the internet for dating log on to find love!

That of course is no surprise really, every decade or so the way that we human beings do things changes and the last two decades have probably been the ones where there have been the most significant changes in the way society works especially when you look at the way we today go about looking for someone to love.

Of course the fact that nearly 50% of all people who use the internet for dating log on to find love, using online dating sites such as www.easilyfriends.com is really good news and not just for dating sites like www.easilyfriends.com.

The good news is that with so many people logging on to the internet to find love then it is easier for everyone to do the same, assuming that you are using a safe, reputable and of course free dating website such as www.easilyfriends.com.

If you want to find love then there are an enormous number of benefits that come from using the internet. You can get to know the person you are interested in rather well before you actually meet them. When you write to each other or use instant messaging it is surprising just how much you get to hear about the person you are writing to. There is less to worry about when you are not face to face and so you can build quite a rapport before that crucial first date.

When you communicate with each other on a dating site like www.easilyfriends.com no matter for how long, you begin to build a little ‘history’ that is just ‘yours’ and that is something that you have in common just between the two of you and with no one else.

So if you are looking for love, then it is true to say that there are few better places to look than on line at specialist dating sites such as www.easilyfriends.com.

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In all honesty I do tend, as you know, to shy away from specific offering dating tips, and that is because we are all different and what would for me might not work for you, so i try just to offer advice which you dear reader can interpret and use in a way that suits you and your personality best.

But I was asked the same question recently by a number of people recently and so I thought I would share my answer with you all.

The question was simple but it would seem the subject bothers a lot of people on a date for the first or second time, and that questions is “how do you keep the conversation going?”

Talking to someone who you don’t know very well is difficult for some people and so the best way to overcome any awkward silence is to have a few topics or indeed questions of your own stored away in your memory.

I am not suggesting that you begin an interrogation and I am not suggesting that all silences are awkward, remember a peaceful moment in a date is something you remember, they often tend to lead to kissing.

So the sort of questions to ask are ones that have pretty obvious answers. What would you do with a million pounds? Is a good one and will let you know a little more about the person you are talking to.

Holidays are great topics of conversation, tell the person you are on a date with where you went last, where you would like to go next and you will find that all sorts of conversational directions flow from a simple sentence.

If you use general subjects you will be amazed just how much the conversation will flow. Just try to relax and if you can’t remember any of the questions you thought about, sincere compliments always break the ice I have found.

At the end of the evening if you have anything in common you will have discovered some of it by chatting, and asking questions and that way you will both know if there is going to be a follow up date.

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Before you start dating seriously it is worth having a think about who you are, what you like to do, what your ambitions are and where you would like to be in say five years time.

If you do this then you will have a really good idea of who you are, because not many of us know exactly who we are. If you sit down now with paper and a pen and list ten things about you and what you want I expect like most people you would get stuck at number five or six.

There is a reason for getting stuck at number five or six and that is simply that we don’t really know ourselves very well, what it is that we want and indeed where we want to go, and if we don’t know those key elements of our lives how on earth are we going to be happy with a stranger who is trying to get to know us?

We are not are we?

At least we have a head start on the poor unfortunate person trying to get to know us, we have had the whole of our lives so far to get to know ourselves.

So the time you take to really understand yourself, what you want, who you are and so on is a very important few minutes in our lives.

The questions that you should ask yourself to discover who you are, are not unlike the ones an employer would ask oddly enough when you think about it and so if you do this little exercise you will also have the answers to what might occasionally be some difficult to answer questions at a job interview.

When you have these answers you will know a little more about yourself and the direction that you should be heading in, and then you will be able first to talk or write freely about who you are and what you want and of course you will have a much better idea about the type of partner you should be looking for, and don’t let anyone confuse you we all have our ‘types’ people who will make the perfect partner or as close to perfection as us humans can get.

You may also enjoy the journey that bring you to self awareness and self understanding, it is an interesting one because of course it is all about you.

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If you are using a dating website such as the www.easilyfriends.com, then it is a really good idea to spruce up and spring clean your profile.

The people at the www.easilyfriends.com have discovered, in some research they have been doing recently, that if you want to improve your chances of finding a partner on their site all you have to do is just add a new photograph and that will increase your chance of being contacted by 62%.

So if you have a moment then you can spend it wisely, if that is, you are looking for a new partner.

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