Monday, August 28, 2006

Match.com has no identity verification security of any kind.

If you want to sign up with match.com, then you can at any time change your sign-up information. I am sure the scammers from Nigeria and everywhere else love this. You can change your username, password, e-mail address, sex, birthdate, location, and who you are seeking.

So it would seem match.com is turning a blind eye to this practice, which I am sure happens frequently on their website. This is a scammer's dream.

If you insist on using an online dating website, then I would recommend a site that uses identity verification, such as True.com.

Be safe and happy surfing guys and gals.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

My letter to match.com regarding their practices.

I sent the following letter to match.com regarding the scammers that have infestedtheir website.

Hello,

When I try to "Report A Concern", I am sent to a page where I can fill out a form that can detail why a profile is either fake or inappropriate. When I do this, the form does not work. It needs to be fixed.

This is the error I get:

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://www.match.com/blocking/pu_abuse_blocking.aspx?mrf=loveperfected371&lid=0
Line Number 1, Column 1:
^

Also, loveperfected371 is a fake profile. I have been conversing with this person outside of match.com and they have told me that they are from the United States, but are in Africa at the moment. I believe that they are trying to perpetrate what is commonly known as the "419 scam". Have a look here if you want to know what I am referring to.

http://www.419eater.com

I am quite sure that it is only a matter of time before they ask me for money in some way.

Please fix your code on your website so I can report fake profiles or scammers and please eliminate all fake profiles on your web site. When my subscription ends in about a month, I do not intend to renew my subscription for the aforementioned reasons. You do not take my security seriously and it seems you have made it intentionally difficult to contact you regarding the proliferation of fake profiles on your website. I think I will try your competition True.com as they do identity verification on their membership.

Your future former customer,
datingsucks



We will see if they take this seriously. I personally believe that they are laughing all the way to the bank. I guess I should have known they were amoral when they got Dr. Phil to do their advertising for them. My mistake

The scams of online dating.

Match.com is doing well these days. A little too well. They can afford to pay for radio advertising with Dr. Phil. If any of you listen to AM stations in a major city in the United States, then you have probably heard the ads all over the radio advertising match.com. For anyone who is considering using match.com to find a "life partner", you need to know something. Match.com is infested with perpetrators of a scam known as the "419 scam". If you would like to know more about the 419 scams, then you should visit this website: http://419eater.com/ Once there, click on the 419 FAQ at the top of the page.

Match.com seems uninterested in any kind of identity verification so I have no reason to believe that they are not complicit in the activities of such scammers. I am a member of match.com and have attempted to report such scammers, but the code in their site doesn't work at the moment. How curious.

One such known scammer on match.com goes by the handle loveperfected371. They claim to be from the United States, but are in Africa at the moment. The reality is that this person is probably from Nigeria trying to scam male members of match.com. There are numerous scammers on many other online dating websites. Be sure to visit the forums on 419eater.com and get information on where the scammers are.