Not suitable for younger viewers. This series contains discussion and imagery of vicious and sexual crimes which viewers may find distressing.

In 2012, when Nadine Aburas from Cardiff met New Yorker Sammy Almahri on a Muslim dating site, he seemed charismatic and glamourous. He said he was a successful businessman and showered her with gifts. Their online relationship became intense, communicating at all hours of the day and night. 

Episode 1, Nadine Aburas

Factual

Documentary

91 million of us worldwide search for love online, but internet dating can be a dangerous game.  Nowadays, there's nothing unusual about meeting a stranger for a date, and most of us never think about the dark side of the web and the predators who lurk there.  

Deadly Dates

Series 1

91 million of us worldwide search for love online, but internet dating can be a dangerous

29 year old Ballarat mum Sharon Siermans was looking for love when she began chatting online to a man named Jason Godfrey, in January 2013. They arranged their first date but when Sharon met him at Ballarat train station, he looked nothing like he did online. 

Episode 2, Sharon Siermans

28 year old Ashley Pegram was a mum to three young children. Her world fell apart when her partner, and the father to her youngest son, was killed in a car accident returning home from work. Lonely and depressed, Ashley began to use dating apps to meet guys. 

Episode 3, Ashley Pegram

Kayleigh Haywood was 15 years old when 27 year old Luke Harlow contacted her out of the blue online. He bombarded her with messages, saying she was pretty, special, and that he should be her boyfriend. From this intense grooming Luke Harlow persuaded Kayleigh to lie to her parents in order to meet him.

Episode 4, Kayleigh Haywood

Finding herself alone for the first time in many years following the death of her husband, 62 year old Lorraine Long decided to try online dating. In 2009, she met Robert Wiesner on an online dating site. Lorraine and Robert quickly hit it off and the relationship flourished. But friends and family had misgivings about Lorraine's new man.

Episode 5, Lorraine Long

In April 2007, lonely and looking for love, Clare Wood met 40 year old fairground worker George Appleton online. At first, it seemed to be the perfect relationship. George seemed to be a man whom Clare could rely on, who would look after her and spend the rest of his life with her. But neither Clare's father nor her brother warmed to Appleton, and her relationship started to cause friction. 

Episode 6, Clare Wood

When young mother Nicole White met Jonathan Harris online, he seemed to be just the rugged type of man she found attractive. Their first date at Jeepers Bar went well and they decided to meet for a second time, a couple of weeks later. CCTV footage from their second date at Jeepers Bar showed their evening getting off to a great start, but over the course of the next few hours Harris' mood changed

Episode 7, Nicole White

When teenager Carly Ryan went online to meet new friends, she thought she'd met the boy of her dreams in 18 year old musician, Brandon Kane. She lived in Adelaide and he lived in Melbourne, so their relationship developed over the internet. 