A Facebook scam that dates back years is making another round of appearances in posts and messages. Law enforcement agencies are alerting Facebook users of what’s being referred to as the “Look who died scam”. This Facebook scam is easy to recognize and easy to avoid. Still, people fall for…
Messi speaks Chinese in funny video from Argentina’s Asian tour | #lovescams | #datingapps
Argentina’s tour in China unleashed “Messimania” in the Asian country and it culminated in a 2-0 victory over Australia, with Leo Messi scoring the fastest goal of his career, opening the scoring after 79 seconds, while Pezzella closed the account in the 68th minute. The four previous days were crazy,…
‘It’s incredibly painful to leave him; there’s still love there’ [Exclusive Video Interview] | #lovescams | #datingapps
“It’s thoughtful and it’s as intelligent and nuanced as those two characters are,” reflects Rhea Seehorn about the ending of “Better Call Saul” playing Kim opposite Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). For our recent webchat, she also says, “It’s incredibly painful to leave him, but I think she thinks they have…
Hinge Will Try to Thwart Scammers With Video Verification | #lovescams | #datingapps
Match Group, which operates one of the world’s largest portfolios of dating apps, will soon add a new profile verification feature to its popular dating app Hinge. The feature is part of a larger effort to crack down on scammers who use fake photos and purport to be people they’re…
TikToker shares her ‘scam’ of a wedding video: ‘I’m crying for you’ | #lovescams | #datingapps
A newly married bride was stunned when she watched the fully edited wedding video she received from her DJ — and not in a good way. According to TikTok user Brooke (@brookekcovey), the DJ promised a 4K, high-resolution video with professional editing. Instead, she got a highly pixelated video with…
THE POSTSCRIPT: A letter to Krissy | Open | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine posted something written by a friend of his on Facebook. This is what she had to say: “I’ve been contemplating what I really miss in life. Why do I feel this empty space? I have not felt completely full in a…
Hinge to Fight Romance Scammers With Video Profile Verification | #lovescams | #datingapps
Dating app Hinge is cracking down on romance scammers with a new profile-verification feature. Rolling out next month, the optional Selfie Verification function will allow users to take an in-app video confirming they’re a real person and not a deepfake. Parent company Match Group plans to use a combination of…
Scam ALERT: Do NOT take video calls from contacts you just met on dating apps, Serious trouble ahead | #lovescams | #datingapps
A new kind of scam is engaging people into a video call and using sextortion to loot money. Know all details. If you engage in a lot of online dating, you need to beware of this. A new kind of scam is going around, wherein people fall prey to sextortion….
Hinge app rolling out video verification feature to confirm user authenticity | #lovescams | #datingapps
The popular dating app Hinge is rolling out “Selfie Verification” in an effort to help confirm the authenticity of its users. The tool uses a combination of technology and human moderators to compare profile photos with a video selfie taken in real time within the app. After the selfie is…
Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video Right Now (May 2022) | #lovescams | #datingapps
Bob Odenkirk, Undone Amazon Studios Amazon recently rebranded IMDb TV, its ad-supported free streaming tier accessible through the Amazon Prime Video app, to Amazon Freevee. It’s a silly-sounding name, but it tells you what the product is in an immediately graspable way, which is more than we can say for Tubi or…