Whether it's on Tinder, Match, Bumble or another digital dating service, anyone searching for love online likely has a dating horror story or two to tell.

Maybe it was awkward. Maybe your date actually looks nothing like their strategically angled and heavily filtered profile picture. Or worse, maybe you feared for your safety.

As if navigating the online dating scene isn't hard enough, a new study suggests Arizonans may have more to worry about than most in the safety department.

Arizona was named the No. 6 most dangerous state for online dating in 2019, according to a study by HighSpeedInternet.com. Data analysts used violent crime and cybercrime data from the FBI, STD data from the CDC and sex education data to rank all 50 U.S. states.

Alaska is the most dangerous state to online date in, while Vermont was deemed the safest state for the second year in a row, according to the study.

Here's how the final results shook out:

The most dangerous states for online dating

Alaska Louisiana Mississippi Georgia Nevada Arizona New Mexico New York California Illinois

The safest states for online dating

Vermont West Virginia New Hampshire Maine Utah Wyoming Idaho Iowa Connecticut Montana

Though a handful of states ranked more dangerous for online dating than Arizona in the study, the cyber search for love in this state is no walk in the park.

An Arizona woman made national headlines after allegedly sending a man 159,000 texts following an online date, including messages like "I'd make sushi outta ur kidneys n chopsticks outta ur hand bones."

Last year, Attorney General Mark Brnovich warned residents of online romance scams that cost some victims thousands of dollars.

The moral of the story, no matter where you live, "Guard your heart carefully."

"Long story short, it’s okay to be super picky when swiping through messages and profiles on a dating app," the report says. "Tell friends when you’re meeting up with someone you met online, arrange your own transportation, and go to a public place."

Reach reporter Angel Mendoza at amendoza@gannett.com or on Twitter @angelmendozaAZC.