FriendUp.com is committed to bring you a fun and safe online experience, whereby you can meet new friends through common interests. This hopefully fosters genuine relationships as time goes by. Regardless of whether you are building that friendship online or meeting people offline, you should always proceed with caution so as to ensure your own safety. Below are some safety tips and guidelines that you should read. Remember that you are in control of your own experiences.

• Be wary of someone who is eager to take the communication outside of FriendUp.com. We have made it really easy for our users to connect with each other with the multiple free communication tools in place such as online chat function, sending a wall post, and even sending private message to a user's inbox. There is less risk if you use these tools for communication purposes.
• Be wary that there are always going to be people who mis-represent themselves on the internet. This includes lying about their age, location, marital status, gender, sexual orientation and posting a photo of someone else. There is no way to know for certain that a person is who they say they are. It is important to use common sense and good judgement.
• Do not feel obligated to FriendUp someone whom you do not feel comfortable with. If you feel uncomfortable after reading someone's profile, you are free to delete the profile from the list of your connections or friends. There are no prizes for those who have the most number of friends and it's not a competition to see how many friends you have. The quality of your connections can be controlled by you, each user.
• NEVER give out your bank account number, social security number or any other personal information.
• NEVER give out your FriendUp account username and password to someone else.
• Be vigilant and careful when you access FriendUp in an open cafe on a shared computer. Do not save your password on shared computers.
• Be wary of someone who suddenly reports a tragic personal/family crisis and asks you for financial or other forms of assistance, and these requests increasingly gets more demanding.
• Be wary of someone who asks you to wire money to Western Union accounts.
• If you ever decide to meet your new friend, please use common sense to meet at a crowded public place at a decent hour. Always let someone in your family or a friend know about your whereabouts.
• Allow time for the friendship to grow. It does not happen overnight. For those who have listed dating in their profile, be extremely wary of people who confess their undying love and affection to you too early in the relationship.
• There is no free lunch in this world, and if something sounds too good to be true, you should think twice.