Dating site spoof

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Being, to a certain extent, the traditional and romantically nostalgic kind of person, I was never much into dating sites and apps. That I learned the other night while attending an underground techno party in Athens. I was introduced by a friend to a French expat. We had a talk which became especially interesting when I asked him what he does for a living. He said he has an online job in a company providing chat moderation services.

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It is becoming more and more common and more and more difficult to spot fake profiles as they are becoming more and more carefully crafted to deceive those who are targeted. Scammers will use any tool that they have available to trick you into sharing sensitive information or giving them money. Some say that Match used to hire ringers to contact individuals, usually men, by a beautiful woman right around the time their membership was expiring. But the timing was such that they could only talk to the guy a few days after his membership was due to expire…guess what, most guys renewed their subscription. What you get But there are other ways that some unscrupulous sites have tricked paying customers. The most basic and simplest is simply not deleting profiles of members that have canceled their membership or let their membership lapse.

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Incognia announced today the results of a new study on the state of location spoofing in dating apps in a new report entitled the Incognia Location Spoofing - Dating Edition. The percentage of apps susceptible to even the easiest form of location spoofing, via the use of a free GPS spoofing app, is cause for alarm. The U. In , the most popular dating app was Tinder in the U. At the same time that users are looking for love using dating apps, fraudsters also have their eye on this growing opportunity.

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Online dating scams and how to avoid them

By Rikki Loftus, PA. Just recently, Desperate Housewives actress Teri Hatcher revealed her dating profile had been deleted after it was thought to be fake. And then they kicked me off…. Luckily for Hatcher, her account was reinstated. The common tactics they have that lure people in are false identities, and scammers create elaborate backstories and use stolen photos to establish trust.

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