Just ignoring them is not enough for me.. Because I'm not falling for it does not mean the next person will not catch on so fast... I picture them as Bullies... and I just try to throw them off the square, I want them to know it's not so easy to just pick people at random and take advantage of them... Guess I'm just crazy like that... I should get a check up from the neck up

Depends upon my mood and inclination at said moment...

Yup..Ignore is the way to go.

Life is too short to waste on scammers and the like...

Generally it depends on the person. I tend to factor in the email and the profile and if they exist the person's posts. Good I respond not well why bother? People may find being ignored offensive but even more rarely want to hear why you are not interested. Some will even give you grief if you just say not interested. I don't know why they don't see it as a clear answer and not a personal shot but wasting someone's time .

Or they want and autopsy of why they failed. Sorry I am retired from doing counseling and solving people's skills shortcomings. I have learned long ago rarely if you take the time to tell someone why they are falling on their own sword do they modify their behavior anyway.

But really if it starts off stupid with some kind of rude or vulgar endearment I tend to just ignore them as do I any that do not meet the minimal requirements in my profile. They are there not so much as judgements but as my boundaries and actually more a courtesy so others not wasting there time working toward something that is never going to happen. My criteria are not saying if you do not meet them you are wrong just not a match for me. Otherwise I would do nothing but respond to emails and I have a life besides Mingle to get to. I am not a MOD and I don't have to. lol

And it is not and negotiation so not going to plead or make exceptions. Sure not going to help to argue what is and isn't important criteria which is very common from off shore people: I am not rich not going to spend the money or effort to keep a LTR going.

If I get the idea that someone is a scammer; fairly easy to check, I tend to report and block without bothering to respond.

Hmmmmmmm....You just gave me an idea....I will make this my auto reply from now on...lolzzz, but what if they do send their bank account numbers?? what should be the next thing to do then??

Shoe shopping of course..

I usually respond with incoherent rambling that doesn't go down electronically because I forgot to hit the reply button.

Lol

hlo

I haven't experienced those things, but i believe there's still people serious in finding a real companionship. You need to be more wiser. Happy searching :)

I ignore,

it allows the other to move on to someone else, without having to feel rejected and without asking a bunch of questions

I mean a non response could just be someone choosing not to take part in personal messages, or it could be an active disinterest,,,but you don't really have to care

move on

99 percent of emails i get from mingle are from scammers with mostly pictures of good looking white men...i'm still wondering why i attract only scammers? Be careful folks , scammers don't discriminate , anyone can be their victim.