can you trust a person you met on internet?

I think, I may not trust someone so easily, that after hearing so many stories of online frauds and phishing.

Well, that can be a risk you or anyone takes when you start communicating and talking with someone on the internet, or via Chat. You never know when a person is telling the truth or not for sure, and if you really ever get a chance to talk with them on the phone or in person, a lot of times you end up disappointed as well. That is why they always warn people to use caution when getting involved in a Friendship and relationship with someone via the internet. You really never know if that is safe or not for sure. But I do have a close friend in NJ I met via TalkCity.com in a game Chat room, and my husband and I got a chance to meet her in person a little over a yr. ago, and she is exactly like she is via the Internet, Email and phone, but I have met others in person I met via online, and usually am Glad I do not live close or really have to deal with them much again. So in reality, you never know. Just remember to be cautious, and never give out more information than what is really necessary until you feel you can truly trust them with some knowledge and things about you as well.

its very possible to trust but it can be very difficult and tough it will take a lot of guts before this can be done as it involves lots of risks but whatever ,isnt life all about risk?

Hi tousif, I would be very careful about meeting people on the internet. I would never consider dating someone I met on the internet unless I was completely sure that they were honest and it is almost impossible to be sure of someone that you meet through a computer screen. I do know of some people who actually met people and dated and had nice relationships, but I personally am not that trusting. I have met alot of wonderful people here who I know are honest and trust them completely, but for some reason I feel differently about this particular site. Maybe it is because it isn't that sort of situation that is specifically set up for the purpose of dating.I just would not feel comfortable about trusting someone who I met online in one of those sites. It is way too easy to make up a whole "cyber life" as this person found out. It is also extremely dangerous. I would advise anyone that I know to stay far away from this type of dating arrangement.

i dont trust anyone on the internet i handed out my trust like it was candy only to have people scam me and try to steal from me so now i think everyone on the internet is just out to scam or make money from someone else with out working for it.

Hi there. Of cours you can trust people you meet on the internet. It's the same as trusting your parachute or bungee cord. Or hellcord :D If you take enough precautions and prepare everything thoroughly then yes, the scammers and the bozo clowns can be weeded out, and you are left with some good honest people that will give you honest service for months and years. Well I even met my dealer online. Sure he just deals in legal highs, but still he trusted me to send me a free sample (worth a pretty good amount of $$$) and I, in return I trusted him to place a strong order with him, cash in advance, for even more $$$. Everything worked swell from then on, and even now I don't know who he 'really' is, or what he looks like. But things get done :) In affairs of the heart, webcams and microphones are your best friends. Consider pictures as 100% lies, or at least heavily Photoshopped. She won't be that slim in real life, or she'll be HALF as tall as you expected from the picture. This last one actually happened to me. I'm talking close to being a midget, while the pics looked fine. So take precautions, use common sense plenty, and take advantage of the wonders of modern technology, like cheap webcams. Peace :)

I am generally less trusting of people on the internet than in real life. I have encountered more scammers, dishonest and pretentious people on the internet than genuine people, so I've learned to be more guarded when befriending people whom I only interact with but have never seen in real life. Of course, there are exceptions and I have encountered a few very nice people too, and they come across as very sincere, approachable and friendly. For the rest, I'll just have to be more careful and see if trust can be built up with time through more interactions.

Ah, it is easy to betray trust when you don't have to look someone in the eye, I guess. A hard lesson to learn. Can you trust people you met on the internet? That is hard to say and depends a lot of aspects of the person you can't verify. It goes down to if you are a naturally trusting person or not, I guess. If you haven't met someone and are only communicating over the internet, I would just remember that it is possible that they are misrepresenting themselves for one reason or another. For all we know, a guy or girl with a hot picture on the internet is a tranny in real life or just engaging in some fantasy play. On one hand, I would think we have to be sad that someone craves social interaction so greatly that they can't even be themselves and feel that they would be interesting to someone else.

For me, it's very difficult to trust people when I don't meet them in the flesh or see them face to face. It's already so difficult to trust those we see in front of us. But I knoe people who has developed a relationship from meeting on the net. Some have gotten married. If you happen to find an honest person, that is your luck I guess. Otherwise, I'd stay clear. Having said that, I do have developed great friendship with people here in mylot and do appreciate their genuine interest in what's happening to me.

It depends upon to the person you meet on the internet. There are some can be trusted and well it cant be denied that there are some can not. I also have some friends in the internet and they are good..very much.. I know there are a lot who are hurt in the internet but lets not generalized all the people that is in there..I know most of them are just pretending or even lying that is why we need to be alert also and never believe immediately..Specially those ladies who are looking for a husband or boyfriend in the internet. They should have to be alert and careful.

yep!! i can trust

No, if you have just known the person..find something in common between the two of you..maybe common friends or common known people. Yes, if he/she had proved his/her sincerity and honesty. For me meeting and knowing people online is such a huge risk to do if you will let the online relationship go beyond it..all I can say if you will take the risk then just trust your intuition and be careful as well as be prepare for all negative things that might happen.

I don't think I can trust a virtual person 100%. Unless I can meet he/she one day. In virtual world, people can say whatever they like. How are we going to judge if that is true or not? The worst part is that person is lying but you trust him/her so much until you get hurt. Better be cautious.

For me, it is a big NO! Net is virtual. Everyone can be somebody and somebody can be everyone. Unless both parties will meet in person then that would be the exception.

I think i will not be able completely to trust. it is easy to say that words from behind the scene. it is very easy to write romantic ords, but i can';t bbelieve without seeing the person

The internet is a very huge place.. and not everyone are trustworthy. You can never really tell if a person is who he who says he is unless you meet him personally. A lot of people can make up stories about themselves, send photos of themselves that are not really them (just like what happened to your friend) and other stuff that are all lies. It's hard to really trust people in the cyber world. Although, there are also some who are, true enough, trustworthy and are really nice. Especially if their motives are to just make friends and not relationship commitments and all that. We should be careful in sending personal information about ourselves to other people because we'll never know what those people that we talk to do to us. The internet is not a very safe place, let's just be cautious.

Just as it is difficult to trust those whom we meet in our day to day life similarly we should not trust people whom we meet in the virtual world. Even if we do make friends we should be very careful about the information that we share about ourselves. Because what we see on the net even if it is on webcam can be a fake. It is not difficult to keep another person in front of the webcam and chat with someone online.

There is no reason to trust a stranger over internet. Most of the guys are in way to find some to freek out in life. You may end up in trouble. Its better to understand a person over a meeting and keep the relation as a good friends for a long time. The guys who advance over the first meeting over internet are 100% no trustable.

Cyberspace contains a vast of sources to meet new people all over the world. I met one of my friends through the net. At first, when he asked me if we could meet in person I was hesitant because I dont know him that well...so we started talking about trust issues so on and so forth. To shorten things we end up meeting in a fast food chain near my place. We are really good friends until now. What im trying to point out here is trusting someone is a case to case basis. Some would luckily bump into nice people while others would be on the other side so caution should always be observed.

Yes, sometimes the dating websites have good companionship but there are some things I think you should do like say for instance a back round check would be good so you can find out a little bit more about who your dealing with.