Last night I noticed two new members. Each purported to represent a couple and each had a description roughly similar to the other. This morning I note that one has disappeared, but one remains.

 

The description reads -

 

We are two HIV+ prostitutes also infected with some other STDs. We cheat, we steal, we do drugs, we lie, we do bareback, pissing and fisting, yeah we will basically do anything to rip you off and make sure you will always regret the experience with us. Come on you suckers we are waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS HAVE A GOOD TIME CALL US!!!!!! 0877000299 or 0874942430 PROUDLY INDONESIAN!!!!!!!! LOOK OUT FOR US WHEREVER YOU SEE US, WE HAVE MANY PROFILES

 

This morning, I decided to call the numbers. A guy with what I believe was an Indonesian accent answered the first number and said "Good morning". Instead of checking the veracity of the description, I just hung up.

 

Just as we had what was claimed to be a rogue post at the head of another recent thread on this Board, the Gay Romeo description could have been maliciously posted. We'll probably never know.

 

The point of raising the issue here, however, is not to point a finger at one or two possibly 'joke' members of Gay Romeo. It is to re-stress the important message the description provides - that absolutely anyone one meets on a gay dating site, in a sauna, in a bar or anywhere else could have one or more of the diseases, could do drugs or could be ready to steal from you.

 

So the message needs to be re-stressed: always practice safe sex and always be very careful when meeting guys you have never seen before.

They could have added "we may not turn up for the appointment and if we do, we may appear completely different to the photos on the profile & have a highly suspicious ID card".

 

However, I do agree the main points are to take the necessary precautions for your own health & safety.