Match.Com Fraud

GURPS

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CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT ACCUSES MAJOR WEBSITE OF ‘ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONSPIRACIES EVER EXECUTED ON THE INTERNET’


A $1.5 billion class-action lawsuit filed by a Florida model against dating website Match.com accuses the Internet giant of creating fake profiles to lure single individuals into purchasing a membership.

Match.com, which claims to be the first dating website and “pioneer of the online dating industry,” was sued Friday in Manhattan Federal Court by Yuliana Avalos, a model who says her photos have been used “in hundreds if not thousands of fraudulent profiles” on the website.

“Not a day goes by when someone doesn’t tell me that they saw my pictures posted on Match.com or another web site,” Avalos said, according to the New York Daily News.
 
kwillia

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Hmmm... too bad Town Inn bar burnt down back in the 90s. They lured me in and I ended up married to one of their team's softball players... I could have a lucrative lawsuit filed by now if they wouldn't have been such a hole in the wall and had a sprinkler system...:cussing:
 
Baja28

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Every dating site out there has fake profiles. Match was the worst and got caught. :lol:
 
acommondisaster

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I haven't looked at match.com, so maybe someone could tell me how they would go about verifying that the picture someone puts up is really them?

Wouldn't there be a legal disclaimer somewhere that would release match.com from any responsibility that the information/photos posted by their members was accurate. I mean seriously, how is posting a fake picture of yourself any different than posting a picture that was 80 lbs ago? They're both a misrepresentation. I'd think there's be liability if match.com was posting a picture of a model and using her name and information as an actual match subscriber, looking for a match.
 
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officeguy

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acommondisaster said:
I haven't looked at match.com, so maybe someone could tell me how they would go about verifying that the picture someone puts up is really them?
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The first thing would be to go to google images and run the picture through a search. It compares the picture to every picture google has come across on the internet and looks for a match. The scammers are usually not very smart and just use some random pic off the internet.
 
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officeguy

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acommondisaster said:
Wouldn't there be a legal disclaimer somewhere that would release match.com from any responsibility that the information/photos posted by their members was accurate. I mean seriously, how is posting a fake picture of yourself any different than posting a picture that was 80 lbs ago? They're both a misrepresentation. I'd think there's be liability if match.com was posting a picture of a model and using her name and information as an actual match subscriber, looking for a match.
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The allegation is that the company is the one producing the fake profiles to lure in subscribers.
 
SamSpade

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officeguy said:
The allegation is that the company is the one producing the fake profiles to lure in subscribers.
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You know, I did online dating many years ago - in fact, I met my wife of nearly ten years, online.

But it wasn't really hard to figure out that the interests/winks/flirts I got from women who were exceptionally attractive but otherwise had nothing in common with me were fraudulent, whether or not they came from the web site itself, or came from a bot trying to scam me. I knew very well that gorgeous supermodels half my age and who lived a thousand miles away weren't lining up to meet a fat, middle-aged guy.

And I have to think that anyone else would know that too, unless they're really just too stupid to live.
 
Pete

Pete

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SamSpade said:
You know, I did online dating many years ago - in fact, I met my wife of nearly ten years, online.

But it wasn't really hard to figure out that the interests/winks/flirts I got from women who were exceptionally attractive but otherwise had nothing in common with me were fraudulent, whether or not they came from the web site itself, or came from a bot trying to scam me. I knew very well that gorgeous supermodels half my age and who lived a thousand miles away weren't lining up to meet a fat, middle-aged guy.

And I have to think that anyone else would know that too, unless they're really just too stupid to live.
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You mean all those I got were fake too!
 
vraiblonde

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SamSpade said:
And I have to think that anyone else would know that too, unless they're really just too stupid to live.
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7 out of 10 :shrug:

I had that happen, some super hunk would wink or express interest. Then I'd look at their profile and they're like some independently wealthy uber-buff extreme sports fanatic who likes candlelit dinners and, you guessed it, long walks on the beach. Um, okay... :lol:

But people must fall for it or scammers wouldn't do it.
 
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officeguy

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SamSpade said:
But it wasn't really hard to figure out that the interests/winks/flirts I got from women who were exceptionally attractive but otherwise had nothing in common with me were fraudulent, whether or not they came from the web site itself, or came from a bot trying to scam me. I knew very well that gorgeous supermodels half my age and who lived a thousand miles away weren't lining up to meet a fat, middle-aged guy.
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No kidding.

And I have to think that anyone else would know that too, unless they're really just too stupid to live.
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Of course these people 'knew' that.

This is just another scam perpetrated by the class-action industry. It will end with one of those settlements that you get from the cellphone company once in a while: A coupon for $1.50 off your next order for a cellphone while the lawyer that pushed through the bogus complaint walks home with millions.
 
GURPS

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officeguy said:
The first thing would be to go to google images and run the picture through a search. It compares the picture to every picture google has come across on the internet and looks for a match.
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:buddies:

I just discovered that in chrome ....
... right click ANY Picture - search for it with Google ....
 
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