Safety
Safety
Practical guides for knowing more about who you're meeting and making safer decisions when connecting with someone online.
Start here: is this person real?
Ready to ask someone to prove who they are? Verify someone online with a Trust Request.
Dating & meeting
When a fake dating profile becomes a real-world threat
Documented cases in New Zealand, Australia and the UK where fake dating and hookup app profiles were used to lure people into real-world attacks.
Read the guideHow to verify someone you met online before meeting
What verification can and can't tell you, and how to establish that the person you've been talking to is the person who turns up.
Read the guideHow to tell if you're being catfished
The practical signs that someone isn't who they say they are, from photos that don't add up to reasons they can never appear live.
Read the guideHow to safely meet someone from a dating app
Sensible things to do before and during a first meeting: check the profile, meet in public, tell someone where you're going and keep control of your transport.
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Buying & selling
Home & personal safety
How to find a flatmate or roommate safely
What to check before a viewing, when to share your address and how to work out who you're inviting into your home.
Read the guideIs it safe to give someone you met online your address?
When your address is genuinely needed, when it can wait, and what to think about before someone arrives at your door.
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