Female suing Match.com after date tried to kill her.

Moral lesson: Never shop online for anything. It is better to see the goods in real life and not just rely on what these people say online.

I can not see why the website can be blamed, as it is up to a person if they are going to meet a person and also when people join these sites they do not state all the things that they have done in the past. I feel sorry for the woman, but I feel sorry for the site, as there will be people out there that will give the site a bad name.

I don't know if I believe this story BUT some of these women are taking a big chance meeting guys online. Even if they have known them for awhile you never know when someone is going to do something to harm you. She probably didn't know him long enough. How did the guy die in jail?

Somehow this is also her fault because when you join sites like that you are at your own risks..there might be people there pretending to be what they are not...and some might be serial killers out for their prey. scary.

I don't think that she can blame the site for the things that happened. It is written on their site that they check every profile, but I think that means that they read the things that people have written and not that they do background checks on every person who joins. It would be unrealistic to expect that. When you register at a dating site I think that it is your own responsibility to be careful. They provide you with the chance to meet a new partner, but it up to the members how they handle the meetings with other people. Many dating sites have a list of safety tips. They can warn the members and give them advice about safety, but the members make their own decisions and they are responsible for their own actions.

Personal opinion ,not published

I think this happens quite often. And I recall the Craigslist stories too. If it were these sites fault there would be ALOT of lidigation going on. I would think that the sites have this type of thing listed in their term of service. Probably it is a situation where you enter in to using the site at your own risk. I think these women should be more careful about baoundaries and how they conduct themselves. Not that it is their fault but people need to be careful now days.

I don't think that it is entirely the websites fault. Because when she joined the site she put herself at risk of meeting people like that guy. So she can't place the blame on the website. I think websites though like match.com before allowing anyone to join their sites they should do a background check, I think that this would stop stuff like this from happening. But it is possible for people to meet and fall in love with a murderer in person as well as someone would meet a murderer online and fall in love with them. I think when people join these sites though they should just be more cautious and careful.

I always believe that it's not the website's fault but the person itself. I have read a lot of blaming about social sites and dating sites. Social sites and dating sites never force anyone to register and joined them-it's our prerogative whether we want to join those sites or not. Therefore- what's our basis of blaming the site (due to his/her own negligence)

Which is why I wont use any online dating sites. I don't think it's the websites fault, did they honest know what he had done in the past, or would do? Probably not. I have had a few friends do online dating( not this site ), but some other one. The guy had taken her out in the backroads, tried to rape her and left her out in the middle of nowhere. Another old coworker use to invite these men to her house, cook for them. I told her you never know what type of people they are and at the time she was the only person living on the 3rd floor, and the doorswere locked you needed a key.

I think those dating sites do what they can, which is only so much, to prevent this. But there's no way they can find out everything about a potentially dangerous criminal. At least I don't think there is. At any rate, using an online dating site is putting yourself at risk, just the same as meeting some guy in a bar and going home with him. Match.com, eharmony and Sparks Networks all claim they screen their clients for past offenses. But still, things like this are bound to happen. There are criminals who've never been arrested before and first time offenders as well. It's not the first time and it (unfortunately) won't be the last for this type of incident.

In my opinion, it is better to find date outside online world. It could be more fine having the old-fashion by meeting someone in social functions and find the perfect match out there. Have a great day!

oh no... thats bad news. Another reason why i hate online dating sites. Id never, ever use one of those..

The website has nothing to do with that unscrupulous act, the intent of the website is for the good of the user but along the line criminal minded people used it to their advantage. The best way to do is to be observant and alert. Things like that is enivetable to happened because of human wants and desire. The web is only an instrument in general, designed not for that purposed but to served all people from all walks of life who wants to explore the world through the web.

While it may not be the site's fault entirely, Match.com should do a better job of looking into people before letting them join the site. While this doesn't happen often, it's still very scary when it does.

I agree with another responder I don't think its the websites fault but maybe they should do background checks or something to make sure no serial killers are on there? I'm thinking maybe this would protect people a little more...

It isn;t the website's fault. It is her, us... who actually buy on things/person online. When we trust someone we meet online, we put ourselves at risk already. It's hard to know the real person unless we know any of their friends or family.

I guess there was also a fault on the side of the girl. Because at first, she shouldn't have joined to that kind of website. It's her fault that she gave her trust easily on a person that she just met online. :)