Tinder Verify Safe Code Scam
Users of Tinder, the massively popular location-based dating app, are being targeted with a clever scam that may make them lose over a $100 per month.
The Tinder safe dating scam
The scam is perpetrated by spam bots impersonating lovely women, initiating chats with users, then asking them to make Tinder verify their account.
“While online dating has gone mainstream, safety concerns still remain when using these applications. The spammers use this legitimate concern to convince users to verify themselves and trick them into thinking verification will lead to a date,” says Symantec’s Satnam Narang.
“After asking if the user is verified, the spam bot tries to disarm the user by saying ‘it’s a free service tinder put up, to verify the person you wanna meet isn’t a serial killer lol’.'”
- Oct 11, 2020 Safe Tinder Verify Scam. October 11, 2020. Tinder is a notorious dating app. Heard, hear, it’s only for casual hookups. A dating app could lead to a serious.
- Jul 22, 2016 It’s a free service, the spam bot will claim, and done “to verify the person you wanna meet isn’t a serial killer lol.” The spam bot will then send a link to a site called “Tinder Safe Dating.” But.
Tinder Verify Safe Code Scam Phone Number
Users who fall for the scheme are directed to a site that looks like it might be associated with Tinder – a copy-cat logo is displayed, and the font is the same one used by the app. (Symantec found 13 distinct “Tinder Safe Dating” scam sites so far.)
To verify the account, they are asked to fill out a form with their username, password, email address, and credit card details:
Tinder Verify Number
The Code Verification Scam. We are all aware of verification codes. We need them every day for various purposes. From verification on websites to buying things, we are always using verification codes. But in the code verification scam, scammers are using verification codes to fool customers and steal from them. A Tinder phone number scam begins with a user or a profile starting an actual conversation with you. Very quickly, the person will try to make you call or text a particular number, or also ask you for your phone number. The scammer will urge you using messages with urgency and mystery, leaving the victim to want to find out more. Aug 17, 2017 Beware: Tinder users are being lured into a scam called “Verifyandmeet.” Details: In recent weeks, automated bots masquerading as Tinder profiles have been telling real users to get “verified,” as part of a clever scam to sell them porn, security firm Symantec said on Thursday.
The claim that this service is “$0.00 No Charge!” is repeated prominently a couple of times, but as is usual with these scams, the devil is in the details: the fine print at the bottom tells users that they get free trial memberships to three adult services, but also that if they don’t cancel them in time, they will be billed automatically each month for the memberships.
Tinder Verify Safe Code Scam List
All in all, the victims stand to lose $118.76 per month – quite a hefty sum. The scammers, of course, get a commission for each user they trick into signing up.
Aside from that, victims have also shared their Tinder username and password, as well as complete credit card details with the scammers – it’s a sure bet that this information will eventually be misused.
How to protect yourself and others
Anything that’s extremely popular – a game, an online service, a social network – will attract its fair share of scammers trying to cash in on a wide audience of possible targets.
To keep yourself safe while using them you should keep yourself informed on what the services do and do not offer, various related scams, and always read the fine print.
To keep other users safe, report scammy accounts.