Match.com and Yahoo Dating sued for fraud - who's next?
 

"Two major online dating agencies are being sued for alleged fraud and malpractice in the United States.

Match.com has been accused of sending bogus emails to clients and using their own staff to attend some dates - the practice known as "date bait".

A separate lawsuit involves Yahoo's personal service.

Match.com denies the allegations but is not commenting on the pending litigation. Yahoo has not made any comment on its case.

Fifteen million people have apparently sought companionship or love through Match.com.

They pay almost $30 (£17) a month to be put in touch with potential partners and the whole dating industry in the US is now worth about $250m (£146m) a year.

It is a competitive field in more ways than one.

A lawsuit recently filed in Los Angeles claims that Match.com's staff have turned up for dates with clients in order to keep them interested when no one else seems to be interested in them.

A separate lawsuit filed in San Jose accuses the online dating service of internet giant Yahoo of breach of contract, fraud and unfair trade practices.

It has been brought by a Florida man who accuses the company of posting profiles of fictitious potential clients on its website to give the impression, he says, that it has more single people on its books than is really the case."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4451606.stm

Interesting thread....

If this thing catches on every dating site on the planet (especially adult) will be in for a ride. :1orglaugh

lol yeah no shit!

BS. Move along.

That will be interesting.

Sorry, but this time I'm rooting for the feds against Yahoo. They deserve what's comin' to them.

The biggest violator of posting fake ads is all over this board.

This fucking thread has been on all the adult webmaster forums all day .........

Hmm, I doubt anything will come from it. But what do I know :)

I bet match.com has alot of hot female staff. I'd date 'em (and by date I mean hit then ask for my membership fee back)

I don't think you can run a siccessful dating site without cutting corners, even if you let females register for free you ratio m/f will still be 10 to 1

unless someone proves me wrong

Man, I know a guy who's old job was - no joke - posting ads as fake chicks on a dating site. That's all the details I'll go into, but it was his full time job.

Personally, if they do this, I'm 100% behind this suit. It's downright felonious to pass off your service as providing a product (companionship) as likely, when it's more like a lottery :D

a few dating sponsors pop into mind. speaking of which time to go check stats

The number one site on the net take a hit? I doubt it.

Not shocking at all.

Using own staff to set up dates? Lol that's stupid

Is it even possible to run a hetero dating site without making up 99% of the female profiles?

I think I know exactly which one you mean...... and I agree :thumbsup

AdultFriendFinder?

Uh oh Sounds like maybe some drama coming up in the near future