Online dating frauds: Why they do it
Worried that the 27-year-old man making $70,000 as profiled on an online dating service isn't so young or taking home that much cash? Chances are he's telling the truth if the site is geared toward long-term relationships. But if he's lying, he's probably a people pleaser -- the type of person who'd try to put himself in the best light even if you'd found him offline first
Studies show men and women who belong to an undisclosed Internet dating site, most respondents indicated they wouldn't lie. But those saying they were most likely to lie generally gave answers to other questions indicating they were people pleasers, or "high self-monitors."
Such people have an acute sense of what others like and control their own behavior accordingly for social ends. Because they want to be liked and fit in, these people, whether online or off, may lie about weight, age, income and interests. "The type of people who misrepresented themselves online is the same type of people who do so face-to-face,"
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