to help you detect
fraudulent profiles on social networking and dating sites.
The ACCC have also created a guide about online dating scams, and how to recognise
fraudulent profiles on their site.
Not exact matches
While Match purports to have «millions» of active subscribers, well over half of the
profiles on its site belong to inactive members who have cancelled their membership or allowed their subscriptions to lapse and / or are fake and
fraudulent profiles posted...
For example, the
fraudulent profile might claim to have a paid account
on the alternative site, and suggest chatting there instead of
on the host site.
Read our advice
on dating scams to help identify member
profiles that appear
fraudulent and learn the best methods for avoiding scammers
on lesbian online dating sites.
According to the indictment, the accused exhibited
fraudulent intent when they created several
profiles on online dating sites... and often, romance».
They also want sites to start issuing alerts to any member who has been in contact with someone using a
fraudulent profile, and help better educate members with tips
on how to avoid romance scammers.
A lawsuit filed in Dec and seeking class - action status alleges more than half the
profiles on Match.com are «inactive, fake or
fraudulent.»
Members could also post
fraudulent profiles or create false or unauthorized
profiles on behalf of other, non-consenting parties.
Mr. Whitesides»
profile on Adams Auto Group's website is full of
fraudulent / fake reviews to hide the one legitimate review corroborating our experience.
Many consumers have also chosen to place security freezes
on their children's credit reports — young children do not always have credit
profiles, but their information can still be stolen and
fraudulent accounts can be opened.
Polly's experience includes advising a number of national firms of surveyors in relation to commercial and residential over-valuations and fraud (including development sites, industrial warehouses, hotels, property portfolios and agricultural land and residential property), advising D&O insurers
on a large criminal claim against the directors of a high
profile international company in India, and advising London market insurers
on coverage in relation to a number of related claims involving
fraudulent solicitors.
King pointed out that «the disincentive to put
fraudulent stuff
on an Avvo
profile is pretty high.»