Safety
Travelling to meet someone
Your own room, your own return ticket, a check-in schedule and an exit plan you decided before landing — how to make a first trip safe without making it grim.
Two Timezones Editorial9 min read
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Dating Safety
The least glamorous section on the site and the most important one. Romance fraud is a multi-billion-dollar industry that targets exactly the readers who come here. These guides teach the patterns, the verification steps that take ten minutes, and what to do if it has already happened to you — without treating every person abroad as a suspect.
Safety
Online dating safety checklist
What your photos give away, why a second phone number is worth it, what to hold back and for how long, the sextortion playbook, and how to meet a stranger sensibly.
Two Timezones Editorial7 min read
Safety
Verifying someone is real
A verification routine you can run in about ten minutes, from reverse image search to one live video call — plus an honest account of what it cannot rule out.
Daniel Okonjo7 min read
Safety
Romance scam warning signs
Romance fraud runs on a script with eight recognisable stages. Here is what each one looks like, why it works, and what to do — including if you have already sent money.
Daniel Okonjo10 min read