Its a common danger when you are looking online for a Mistress (I've not heard of any Masters doing this before) that you risk encountering someone who really is just in it for the money. You have to be on your guard and look out for danger signals. Recently I have encountered two who claimed to be Mistresses from America looking for online slaves. However, when you talk to them in chat, both of them independently said they were in Ghana. This hit off a major warning signal for me, especially as money was being asked for and a number of other lies also came apparent in one of them.

I have no problem with a woman setting herself up as a professional Mistress online and selling 'services' for money - even if those services seem nebulous compared to a r/l Mistress. These women are usually blatantly obvious about thier intentions - their sites say exactly what is paid and exactly what a sub can expect for that payment. Some of them even offer online cam sessions and/or e-mail tasks in exchange for the tribute.

Some r/l professionals (and even some lifestylers) also tend to have wishlists and tribute paypal buttons which you can use to buy them appropriate gifts and give them money.

What I do have a problem with are women who claim to be lifestyle and who post profiles on sites like alt.com saying they are looking for 'genuine lifestyle subs' then start asking for money almost as soon as you contact them without even the barest minimum of pretense at being a true lifestyle domme.