Month: September 2016

Match.com Not Immune To Stabbing Victim’s Suit

Posted on September 5, 2016

Lawsuit newLAW.COM – Sep 2 – A woman who was brutally attacked by a man she met on Match.com can sue the dating site for failure to warn under a Nevada state law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday. The decision raised concerns for dating sites about what they should be doing to warn its customers. Mary Beckman met Wade Ridley on Match.com in 2010. In Jan 2011, Ridley repeatedly stabbed Beckman, causing injuries that resulted in multiple surgeries. Beckman, whose suit seeks $10M, alleged that Ridley had met and attacked other women using Match.com prior to her attack and that Match.com knew that Ridley was a threat to site users.

by Ross Todd
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Matchmaking App Inclov Raised $149k

Posted on September 2, 2016

Inclov logoTECH CIRCLE – Aug 30 – Indian dating app Inclov has raised Rs 1 crore (~$149k) in a seed round of funding. The startup aims to use the funds for redesigning the Android app and launching the iOS version. It also aims to go global with the app. Inclov focuses on people with disability and health disorders to find love.

by Disha Sharma & Nishant Sharma
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Dating Website Users Fall Prey To Fake Profiles

Posted on September 1, 2016

Match fake profile barbieWSJ – Aug 31 – Victims lost ~$120M to "romance scams" in the first six months of 2016, up 23% YOY, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, which collects data on crimes primarily reported in the U.S. The $203M in losses from romance scams in 2015 exceeded most other Internet crimes tracked by the center. Mandy Ginsberg, CEO of Match Group North America, said scams affect a tiny percentage of 3.3M paid members in North America, and that antifraud efforts block "tens of thousands of people" from getting onto the site. The company said it also blocks users from certain countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. But it doesn't cross-reference photos with a reverse-image search because it believes that would flag too many legitimate customers.

by Jennifer Levitz
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