Spam and Scam Update

Spammy and scammy posts are increasing in frequency and have been getting past automod lately. Sorry about that, trying to keep up the best we can with removing posts. If a post is suspicious, please report it! If you see a woman post and they aren't interested in meeting you or don't reply to your DM, DO NOT REPORT IT. Mod queue has been full of reports of any post with a woman in it, even ones we know are real long-time posters.

Knowing Fake Posters

I've been seeing a lot of men here fall for obvious fakes, so here are a few tips to avoid that! Check their profile for these common giveaways!

1. A "free O-F" link that brings you to a trial signup. These profiles are always fake and are from people not in this area. A lot of these are using photos from various leaks...

2. "Traveling to MA soon" or "visiting MA" type posts and profile bios. These are also always fake. Don't fall for them.

3. "Student at x high school or college". These are always fake as well and are from posters who make a different account for each geographical area they want to post in!

4. Accounts that have posts to a ton of MA subreddits that include "MassachusettsTGirls" when they obviously shouldn't be posting in that one. Spammers use bots to post to a ton of subreddits at once and I've noticed a ton of fake posters post to that one when they don't even match that subreddit's theme.

5. Profiles with a long account age, a lot of karma, and very few posts are a red flag.

Safety

1. This is just general advice, but don't give personal details to anyone right away, no matter how much you want to meet them. I shouldn't have to say this, but there are a ton of scams going around right now.

2. 90% of the posts from "women" here aren't real. They're stolen photos. They don't want to meet you. They may not even be the women in the photos. When in doubt, use a service like tineye or pimeyes to check out the photo posted. If you get a lot of hits from leak sites, or from reddit under various account names, it's fake! Report the post and we'll remove it!

Verified Users

To help with knowing who is real or not, I've added a few flairs for if someone is a verified couple or single. Those are users that either have submitted some sort of verification to the mods or have proven they live in the area. If you would like that flair, please send a message.

In addition to this, there is a karma and account age requirement for posts and comments to stop the spammers using new accounts. These are very low to try to make sure actual users can post and only harm the accounts that exist for a day max before reddit admins remove them!

Rule Reminders

1. Selling is NOT allowed in the title or comments. Having a link on your profile is fine.

2. Selling of in-person services is strictly against Reddit TOS. If anyone is trying to sell in person services for money in DMs, let a mod know immediately.

3. Reposts to here from other subreddits just to spam an image everywhere will get your post removed.

4. Big one. DOXXING IS NOT ALLOWED. Posts that are asking for information about a user to find out who they are will get you banned immediately.

Try to stay safe! Reddit has been plagued by bots lately and the problem only continues to get worse and require more time to combat.