Tinder Aims to Strengthen Verification with Video Selfies Dating apps have spent a lot of time in recent years taking steps to improve security. Many apps attempt this via a verification process, which typically involves the user submitting a photo. Tinder recently announced that efforts to verify users would expand from traditional selfie verification to …
Safety has been one of the most significant aspects in online dating for decades. Its importance is increasingly rising. While an online date is likely to be fine, there are many stories about people who experience sketchy situations or even become victims of a crime as a result of meeting someone online. Safety is important …
Man Steals Millions through Online Dating Scam; Sentenced to Prison A recent sentencing hearing in Boston federal court saw a Massachusetts man sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his role in coordinating an online dating scam that led to stealing over $8 million from hundreds of different victims. A look into …
Salus App Aims to Use Tech to Promote Child Online Safety While the world wide web provides people with many great opportunities, there are also many concerns when it comes to online safety. While there are many negative aspects of the internet that need to be addressed, one of the most critical involves the online …
Bumble Partners to Fight Against Sexual Abuse Online Many users of online dating apps have increasingly called on companies to be more transparent in their efforts to promote online safety. This has led many companies to unveil new features and initiatives aimed at helping users. A new partnership between Bumble and Panorama seeks to help …
Long Island Woman Searches for Love Online; Finds Scammer We often hear stories about people falling victim to online dating scams. Most people likely think it isn’t something that can happen to them. This was likely the case with a woman in Long Island recently. Unfortunately, searching for love online led her to a fraudster …
Romance Scammer Playbook Made Public When we think about online dating dangers, we typically envision romance scammers as singular individuals attempting to take advantage of someone’s trust. While this is certainly the case in some situations, most cases of internet fraud originate from romance scammer mills where dozens of people work to try to scam …
Online dating can be a wonderful experience. Many people who have met online have found their forever love. Others have made great friendships. Whether you are hoping to find love, flirt, or have a fling, one thing no one wants is to fall victim to romance scams. Match Group recently took steps to help users …
Like many things, scams fall in and out of fashion. A current trend is to scam people through dating apps, including Tinder and Bumble. A lot of people started signing up for sites at the start of the pandemic and there was a resulting boom in online romance scams – although the numbers had been …
Online romance scams have been around for as long as online dating itself. People see an opportunity to exploit someone and promptly take it. But we’re now discovering that there’s a new type of online dating scam, specifically involving cryptocurrency. Various forms of cryptocurrency have been around for years. Tech bros, entrepreneurs and other people have …