Be kind to yourself. Be careful with strangers.

Before you meet

• Look for the photo-verified badge, or turn on Photo-verified only in Settings. It means a live selfie matched their photos, not that they are who they say.
• Chat on Amoetta for a while. A video call before you meet confirms they're the person in the photos.
• Keep your surname, workplace, address and social handles back until you trust them.
• Search their photos. If they appear under other names, report the profile.

Scam warning signs

• They ask for money, gift cards, a bank transfer, or a payment-app request (Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Interac, virement).
• They push you to a crypto, trading or "investment" platform, or to share your seed phrase or a security code.
• They want to move to WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal very quickly.
• A dramatic story: military overseas, an oil rig, a sick relative, stuck at customs.
• They refuse a video call, or threaten to share your photos.

Amoetta's Scam Shield warns you when a message matches these patterns. A warning is a prompt to slow down, not a verdict, and it can miss things.

On the date

• Meet somewhere public, in daylight if you can. Date Duet helps you agree on one.
• Tell a friend where you're going and share your live location with them.
• Arrange your own travel. Keep your drink in sight.
• Leave if you feel uneasy. You don't owe anyone an explanation.

If something goes wrong

Block and report in the app: it takes one tap and reports are reviewed by a person. In an emergency, call 911 (US/Canada), 999 (UK) or 17/112 (France). To report fraud: the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) in the US, Action Fraud in the UK, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, or Perceval / 17Cyber in France.