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Dating app Tinder will warn users about scammers operating on the platform. Messages also appear in other dating apps from parent company Match Group that alert users to the types of scams that often occur. Apps like Tinder, which allows you to select a possible date while swiping, have overgrown. This makes the apps a popular area for criminals who try to steal their 'match' money. In the United States alone, the damage from this type of fraud amounts to an average of $ 300 million per year, the Federal Trade Commission calculated based on data from 2020. Match Group advises people looking for dates on Tinder or other apps never to send money to people they've never met. You should also be extra suspicious if someone who presents himself as a wealthy or successful person comes ...

Dating app Tinder takes a new measure to combat fake accounts. Users will have their identity verified so that others can be sure that their account is genuine. The service will initially be voluntary, Tinder announced.   Tinder already tested the account verification in Japan in 2019 and will roll out the service worldwide in the coming months. "We know that one of the most valued things Tinder can do to help members feel harmless is to give them more sureness that their matches are real and to give them more controller over who they interact with", it reads on Tinder. According to the British channel Sky News, the accounts will be controlled by computers and humans. For example, algorithms will check the user's photos, while the user may also be asked to take some selfies in real...