Going long here because the quick answer really doesn't cover it.
Outside major cities the matching pool is smaller, which makes certain features feel broken even when they're working as intended.
Things that have genuinely helped me work through issues like this:
- Safety: never share your phone number in the first few messages
- Use a secondary email for any platform you're not sure about
- Reverse image search profile photos if something feels off
- Report first, block second — the report creates a record on the platform
Ended up on Ezhookups after testing a few others. Less flashy but more consistent than what I was using before.
Hope that gives you something concrete to work with.