Online love rat nabbed after swindling millions

• Source: Global Times
• [08:43 July 20 2010]
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However, he said the website marks users with a star if they have uploaded their credentials, and subsequently been validated. "We recommended that users only set up relationships with starred users and show their ID cards when they first meet," Qu said.

A woman surnamed Leng from Henan Province, who was cheated out of 20,000 yuan ($2,952) by a different man she met on Jiayuan.com, told the Global Times Monday that the website's identification system was not effective.

"The website showed that he was a star member and his ID card was true, so I trusted him," Leng said.

An Xin, a marriage counselor at dating website Baihe.com, said people should be wary of people they meet through dating websites. "Do not trust strangers too easily and don't be blinded to the possible dangers by the prospect of starting a relationship," he said.