- When giving out your geographical location, limit yourself to region only, rather than the exact name of the town, province or neighborhood.
- NEVER, EVER give out your work or home phone number to unfamiliar people! Establish a LONG, LONG record of trust before agreeing to do this.
- If you must talk on the phone, get the telephone number to a pay telephone near you, and arrange a time when you can be at that phone. Make sure the pay phone you select is able to receive incoming calls. Be Safe!!
- If you're going to put your picture on the internet, you have NO reason to believe it's going to stay where you put it. In fact, anybody can right click on an image and take it from a web site. That person that you send it to just might decide to pass it on to friends, and who would know?
Remember, once you put it up, you have NO idea where it's going.
- Don't brag. You're sending an open invitation to those who would defraud you, if you tell them you own a house or two, a few cars, etc. Limit how much information you give out!
- When you settle on a single relationship, make sure you set up a secondary email account to be used just for this relationship. You can quickly shut it down should things seem not right.
PaulaHOST was a long-time volunteer at About Bipolar Disorder. She hosted Medications Chat and was forum moderator for the Medications folder on our Main Forum.
