True but hopefully after an initial meeting with someone, you should be able to get a sense of the person.
Reading all these makes me think I've been lucky so far on Seeking with the girls I've met.
I've never had a problem with any girl from Seeking but I always use a combination of the following tactics to help prevent drama:
1 - I always use Pimeyes (or similar) to figure out who they are. You will sometimes find newspaper articles detailing court cases, or figure out if they are an escort, camgirl or whatever.
2 - Always do a video call first to establish the vibe. You can also determine a lot of other stuff from the video call especially as to whether they live in a shit hole. Any reluctance to do a video call is normally a bad sign, trust me on this one.
3 - Look at their address on Google Maps. Is it in a leafy suburb or some high rise crack den?
4 - Pop their number into Google in a few different formats "07777 xxxxxx", "07777xxxxxx" or "+447777xxxxxxx" to see what comes up.
5 - Always be very clear about expectations. My mantra is always no intimacy=no money and never under any circumstance money up front.
6 - Don't think with your dick, 99% of the time it'll work out just fine but it's the 1% that gets you into a bind. Girls know we think with our dicks and they use it to their advantage.
Rule of thumb is meet in public for any kind of online situations.
My preferred solution is to hole up in a hotel, use the bar as a meeting point and bounce to the room if things go to plan. I will normally plan to see a number of girls in a day to spread the cost of the room across multiple girls. If you're not willing to commit to a hotel up front then use Sundays - hotels are almost always under occupied and as a result cheap compared with other nights. If things are going well then just book a room on the app and use a bathroom break to go check in and get the keycard. Even better if they have digital keys so you don't need to go to the check in desk.