Before you match

  1. Use an app that verifies people. On Paire everyone confirms their email and passes a live selfie check before they can like or chat.
  2. Keep personal details off your profile: no surname, workplace, college roll number, phone number or Instagram handle.
  3. Choose photos that don't reveal where you live or work. Avoid photos in front of your building, office badge or car number plate.
  4. Use privacy controls. Incognito and private-until-match photos keep your profile away from people you don't want to see it.

While you chat

  1. Stay on the app at first. Moving to WhatsApp early hands over your number. Paire's report, block and scam warnings only work inside Paire.
  2. Never send money, gift cards, crypto or OTPs, whatever the story. Read common dating scams in India.
  3. Be wary of instant intensity: declarations of love in days, pressure to move fast, or refusing a video call.
  4. Video call before you meet if you're unsure. A short call confirms they match their photos.
  5. Don't share intimate photos. Sextortion is a real and growing crime in India.

On the first date

  1. Meet in a busy public place like a café or mall, ideally in daylight. See first-date ideas.
  2. Get there and back on your own. Don't accept a pick-up from home on a first date.
  3. Tell a friend who you're meeting, where and when, and share your live location.
  4. Watch your drink and stay within your limits.
  5. Leave whenever you want. You don't owe anyone a full evening.

If something goes wrong

  1. Report and block the person in the app. For threats, extortion or fraud, call the national cybercrime helpline 1930 or report at cybercrime.gov.in. In an emergency, call 112.

Paire's full safety guide and community guidelines explain what we do when something is reported.