NY DAILY NEWS - Nov 23 - Yuliana Avalos, is a part-time model who never joined Match.com, but says her pictures have been used in ~200 fake profiles. The phony profiles are often created by scammers in other countries. The suit says that Match.com looks the other way, because it can tell the bogus profiles are being posted with IP addresses in foreign countries. But the company also creates its own bogus profiles, the federal suit says. Match.com has been sued over bogus profiles before, but the suits were tossed because the terms of users agreement doesn’t require it to “police” profiles.
by Dareh Gregorian
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This suit won't win, but poses a fascinating question. How can dating sites protect the images and videos of users?
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Nov 26, 2013 at 05:21 AM
Are customers really who they say they are? One of the main areas of concern with dating sites and apps is authenticating users. Secure video messaging provides authentication with each video message sent and received.
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Tom Oh
Posted by: Tom Oh | Nov 26, 2013 at 02:53 PM
I find about 5 a week always report them but sometimes it takes days before they take them down. Last week I had to actually tell them in the third email to report a fraudulent profile "look, these photo's are of a world renowned mountain climber who's married! Here's a link to his Facebook page and company website" I also emailed the guy direct and let him know. Finally 7-10 days later the profile was down. I know women that email these profiles thinking they're legit! They can do a much better job they just don't want to for obvious reasons $$$.
Posted by: John | Nov 27, 2013 at 05:17 AM