Adult Dating Site Sued for Fraudulently Seducing Lonely Men

•  A Los Angeles racketeering lawsuit said the lonely hearts website secretly recruited people to send enticing emails to its customers and to go out on dates with them as a way of getting them to keep up their 30 ... The online dating world has been rocked by claims in Los Angeles that dating companies have been paying women to go on sham dates with male subscribers to make the men think the site is generating results and thus renew their membership fees. ...

• Haha, this is the first time I ever hear about this kind of lawsuit!

• After having been on a lot of dating sites (and I even own one). I agree, this practice is annoying. The fact is that adult dating sites are mostly about 10-1 men. Instead of doing the hard work of building a balanced audience, these sites basically resort to scamming. I'm glad someone is doing something about it. Fiction is fiction. Fantasy is fantasy. This is just deceptive.

• Some dating sites don't provide good security. one of the reason for fraud. http://www.adultxchat.com.au

• Why would them people do those horrible stuff, i think the manufacturer or inventer need to be blame for that

• This is from their terms and conditions: 2. Online Cupid� Communications: You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be fictitious, and are associated with to our "Online Cupids�", ("OC"). Our OC's work for the site in an effort to stimulate conversation with users, in order to encourage further and broader participation in all of our site's services, including the posting of additional information and/or pictures to the users' profiles. The OC's also serve to proactively monitor user activities and communications to ensure compliance with our Terms and Conditions. You understand, acknowledge, and agree that the information, text, and pictures contained in the OC's profiles do not pertain to any actual person, but are included for entertainment purposes only. Nothing contained in any OC profile is intended to describe or resemble any real person - living or dead. Any similarity between OC user profile descriptions and any person is purely coincidental. Please also note that a single OC may be associated with more than one (1) profile on our site. You further understand, acknowledge, and agree that, from time-to-time, OC's may contact both free users and paid users via computer-generated Instant Messages or emails for purposes of encouraging further or broader participation in our site's services and/or to monitor user activity. These messages may be transmitted to multiple recipients at the same or similar time(s). Messages from OC's will contain the uniform designation "OC" to notify the user that a message has been received from an Online Cupid. In the event the user responds to an OC message, either via email or Instant Message, the user may receive one or more additional personal or form responses from the OC. You understand, acknowledge, and agree that no physical meeting will ever take place between you and our OC's, and that the exchange of messages between you and an OC is for entertainment purposes, as well as to encourage further or broader participation in our site's services and/or to monitor user activities. Notwithstanding the above, the user is not guaranteed a response to any message sent to an OC (or another user). We reserve the right to utilize OC's in connection with other features of our site, either now existing, or to be developed in the future (E.g.: Hotlists, Friend Invites, etc.). You understand, acknowledge, and agree that any involvement or communication with OC's shall be subject to the conditions, limitations, and acknowledgements contained in this Section and elsewhere in this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section shall create any right to, or expectation of, interaction between users and OC's. Any question regarding OC participation on our site should be directed to our Customer Service Department.

• I have to say that POF has come through for me SEVERAL times and I am happy although I have been 'hit up' a couple of times from obviously fake 'suggestions' of who I should contact. Not anything like what I experienced on "True" site where I constantly got messages from fake profiles encouraging me to "pay" so I can read their messages. I think that is probably the biggest give away is when they are attaching their contact with you and right away you get hit with an offer to subscribe to read their messages. True did this all the time although if you read the 'from' source you see that it is a True associate sending the message.

• Sure they are fraudulent. And you don't need to be rocket scientist to understand that this is the case, once you spend a few time on their site.

• This will NEVER go through, because if you look at the TERMS OF SERVICE before agreeing and signing up, you will CLEARLY see what you are getting into. Here it is. 2. Online Cupid? Communications: You understand, acknowledge, and agree that some of the user profiles posted on this site may be fictitious, and are associated with to our "Online Cupids?", ("OC"). Our OC's work for the site in an effort to stimulate conversation with users, in order to encourage further and broader participation in all of our site's services, including the posting of additional information and/or pictures to the users' profiles. The OC's also serve to proactively monitor user activities and communications to ensure compliance with our Terms and Conditions. You understand, acknowledge, and agree that the information, text, and pictures contained in the OC's profiles do not pertain to any actual person, but are included for entertainment purposes only. Nothing contained in any OC profile is intended to describe or resemble any real person - living or dead. Any similarity between OC user profile descriptions and any person is purely coincidental. Please also note that a single OC may be associated with more than one (1) profile on our site.

• Right, they did what they had to do. File a class-action lawsuit was the way. There are many fraudulent websites that make money out of nothing, fake mails... It is illegal and is called scam, as soon as money is put in the action. I'm not like LJMoore, but in some way he (she?) is right.

• PlentyOfFish is not fake, I use it all the time and have exchanged several numbers (read, more than 5 dozen) all local numbers, and met at least a dozen of them. I prefer OKCupid though... it just looks more professional. Those of you that can't get people to message you back, maybe you should grow a personality, or hit the gym. Seriously, evaluate yourselves before complaining that sites are fake.

• PlentyOfFish may be guilty of it sometimes, but myself and others i know have hooked up on PoF before.

• I'll keep this brief since I'm not sure whether you're using Akismet as they have taken a liking to blocking me universally. Unfortunately there are many irreputable dating sites out that pull a fast one on consumers using such trickery, especially when you are on free trial. This is in order to get you excited and hopefully get you to become a paid member sooner.

• Impeach Nobamma. This sounds like one of his Kenyanist schemes.

• plentyofish? really? I've used that site a few times for a hookup...and i know quite a few ppl who do all the time. okcupid is the best i've found so far though...at least for the girls i like...

• All the major dating sites do this; AdultFriendFinder, PlentyOfFish and Match.com are all guilty of this scheme. Actually, that last one may be filled with what smells like fake profiles, but those dames are just sexually-repressed stuck-up cunts too good for any piece of dick not attached to that pole-smoker-doctor on Gray's Anatomy.

• exactly.. ewhoring has been going on for years. Never seen the actual dating site use these tactics, but i've seen marketers use these all the time.

• Yes its called "e-whoring"

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