The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has sued Match Group, the owner of almost all the dating apps — including Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, PlentyofFish yet others — for fraudulent business practices.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has sued Match Group, the owner of almost all the dating apps — including Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, PlentyofFish yet others — for fraudulent business practices.

Dating application maker Match sued by FTC for fraud

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They’re not that into you. Or even it in fact was a bot? In line with the FTC, Match tricked thousands of consumers into buying subscriptions, exposed customers towards the risk of fraud and involved in other deceptive and practices that are unfair.

The suit concentrates only on Match and comes down to this Match didn’t simply turn a blind attention to its massive bot and scammer issue, the FTC claims. It knowingly profited from it. Plus it made deceiving users a part that is core of business methods.

The costs against Match are fairly significant.

The FTC says that a lot of customers aren’t aware that 25 to 30percent of Match registrations per come from scammers day. Continue reading “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has sued Match Group, the owner of almost all the dating apps — including Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, PlentyofFish yet others — for fraudulent business practices.”