BRISBANE TIMES – Oct 16 – Cupid Media is rejecting 3000 personal profiles each day suspected
of being created by fraudsters preying on singles. The figure
represents one fifth of profiles created each day on Cupid Media's
dating sites, the company's managing director Andrew Bolton said. Ways
to spot a fake dating profile include poor use of English on a profile
of a person purporting to be from an English-speaking background such
as America, or use of profile photos which looked unrealistic, he said. FULL ARTICLE @ BRISBANE TIMES
Mark Brooks: Manual methods are good for catching the most obvious scammers. But don't go it alone. iovation, a sponsor of OPW, helps the internet dating industry to work together to beat scammers. Over the last three years iovation has wrapped their arms around the dating business and work with several of the top 15 dating sites.
It is interesting how I have mentioned this like a million times, but since I am a small website owner, and unfortunately not sponsoring OPW, my comments were never heard. I have been manually rejecting profiles for the past 10 years based on the above mentioned criteria
It is interesting how I have mentioned this like a million times, but since I am a small website owner, and unfortunately not sponsoring OPW, my comments were never heard. I have been manually rejecting profiles for the past 10 years based on the above mentioned criteria