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.

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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“More people than ever will use dating websites this winter to find their perfect partner.” According to the Daily Telegraph and so it has never been a better time to use www.easilyfriends.com.

This is really good news for all dating sites and the members who are there already. So what are you waiting for let’s prove the Daily Telegraph right and join now.

But remember not all dating websites are first of all free unlike www.easilyfriends.com and then secondly some website actually sell your information to other dating sites, especially ones that have just started so read the small print before you join, unless the dating site you are considering joining says in block capitals WE WILL NEVER SELL YOUR MEMBERSHIP DETAILS EVER as those nice people at www.easilyfriends.com do.

Have fun and be safe this Christmas and remember because of sites just like www.easilyfriends.com. you don’t have to be alone at Christmas or indeed the New Year.

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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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So when do we go from being friends to being partners? It is something that I have thought of a lot and I think I have some suggestions to the answer but because I know that we are all human and therefore we are all so very different I wouldn’t begin to boast that I have ‘the’ answer!

Personally I think that the first in a long list of answers to the question “when is it that a relationship begins between two people?” Is that time when you go from being always excited by the person you are dating, when things start to feel comfortable.

It is when things start to feel comfortable that you both can relax and begin to enjoy each other on another level and that level is a relationship.

This is the stage in your relationship when you truly understand your partner and can enjoy the feeling that they understand you and that in turn will make you both relax and the more relaxed you are with someone the more open you are and therefore the more you will trust that person on all levels.

It is at this point that you will discover that you are spending more and more of your spare time together doing things that you both enjoy and surely that is a relationship isn’t it?

It is my hope that you find someone to share your life with and that is why I work with those nice people at www.easilyfriends.com they really help and best of all their service is totally free, even the advice that I give confidentially one to one and that has helped so many people in so many ways I am pleased to say.

Those nice people at www.easilyfriends.com have just added what I think is a lovely feature – the ability to search for a friend, partner and more by using your Zodiac Sign.

This is a great way to discover that special friend who you can have fun with or… well who knows because you can use the compatibility of your Horoscope Sign to match with theirs.

As always when you are searching for a partner of friend you will be safer using www.easilyfriends.com than if you were to use most dating sites and that is because we carefully monitor applications to join the site which happily reduces access to the site for spammers and scammers and most importantly because we are free and will never charge you for any service ever we care about successfully finding you friends and possibly partners and we are not just after you money like pay sites.

One thing that I didn’t expect was that just writing a few tips about dating here has meant that more people are coming to my lovely free dating website www.easilyfriends.com.

You can call me old fashioned if you want to, but you know, for me it is such a pleasure to help people find each other and make friends and when they find love it is just wonderful.

If you haven’t been to www.easilyfriends.com do drop by sometime. It is one of the very few websites that can honestly and truthfully boast that it is free and always well be free.

The only pre-requisite we have here is that you must sincerely want to find friends and of course love if you can.