Memories and what's to come

This applies to men searching for a dominant partner but some principles might apply to the opposite gender.

Before contacting / replying to an ad or personal message from a dominant I recommend taking note of the following:

• When was her account created? If she just made an account recently and she is messaging you/ posting ads, this might seem fishy.
• Are the pictures on her profile real? You should try to reverse image search if they seem off. Yandex image search is a good engine for that. It seems to work better than google image search.
• If she tells you to contact her outside thecage and provides you an username or phone number, google that info and see if it leads you somewhere.
• Check the writing skills used in her profile, ad or message you received. Some of those ads/ about me page are really well written and often in a sensual way. Copy 1 or 2 sentences from there and google to see if that text appeared somewhere else such as a pro domme website. 
• If she asks you in her ad to refer to her as "Mistress" keep it mind this might be suspicious. Majority would not want a  stranger call them like this at first.  
• Which blogs does she follow? Does she blog? Does she follow anyone else in here?

After getting in contact:

• Try having a casual conversation and avoid providing too many details about yourself early on. If she starts to refer to you as slave and has some demands then walk out.
• How articulate are they in the conversations? If they claim to live in an English speaking country but their English is poor , that person is likely not even living in that country.

If somebody has some other suggestions feel free to enter them below.