How to Spot Fake Tinder Profiles
With its recent popularity increase, it’s absolutely necessary for members to be able to spot fake Tinder profiles. Scammers and pretenders are out to get anyone who will fall into their poorly set traps. It’s not difficult to spot these fake Tinder profiles, but when we’re on a dating or hookup app, we often think with the wrong head and get ourselves in a heap of trouble.
Let’s look at five things you should pay attention to in order to easily spot one of these fake Tinder profiles and put a stop to the evil-doer’s intentions.
1. Your potential match replies REALLY fast.
Once you send a message to your potential match, the time they take to respond should be able to send certain signals to you on whether you are dealing with a fake or a real person. There are Tinder robots who reply within microseconds. This super-fast response should give you a hint that you might be dealing with a fraud. It could be however, that the person you are chatting with is simply excited to have met you and is very eager to talk. However, the probability that you might be conversing with a robot is very high. Robots are programmed and don’t have to think before replying to your message like a normal person would.
Their responses are limited to whatever their programmer installed. These Tinder bots reply instantly because they have been scripted. Although this gesture might not be entirely conclusive, it should be enough to get your scam senses tingling.
2. The responses are predictable and generic.
The other tell-tale sign that you might encounter when dealing with fake Tinder profiles is that the responses you get are kind of obvious and predictable. The response is much generalized, more like the other person is not listening to a word you’re saying.
The fake tinder profile owner, who is likely to be a bot, may not be able to respond to your questions directly. This is because the bot is scripted to reply to what most people would say in the beginning of a conversation. A good way to spot these types of bots is to simply be a little creative with your initial questions. Something like “What was the last movie you saw?” or “Please tell me you’re into video games”. Anything other than, “hey, sup!”
3. No mutual Facebook friends / No common interests
Most scammers have to fake Facebook profiles in order to be able to access Tinder. Another clue that gives these spammers away is the fact that you share no mutual friends on Facebook, nor do you have any common goals or interests. This should raise your eyebrows and enable you to take caution since you might be dealing with one of many fake Tinder profiles out there.
4. They send you a link or ask you to use your credit card.
Anytime someone on Tinder asks you to visit a link or enter your credit card details on a site, your scam senses should be blowing up. There is absolutely no reason an actual member of Tinder will ever ask you to do anything outside of Tinder.
Many people have been swindled out of thousands of dollars by making the mistake of falling for one of these fake Tinder profiles. Don’t let this happen to you. Run for the hills anytime a member seems to have intentions other than hooking up. This is quite easy to spot if you’ve got even a little common sense.
5. Her Tinder Profile is too good to be true.
Most fake Tinder profiles have one thing in common, they’re simply too good to be true. Tinder is a VERY shallow way to meet people. See something you like? Swipe right. You might be a great guy and all, but most women on Tinder will never know. Swiping is determined based on looks more often than not. If the person on the other end is way, and I mean way out of your league, you should put your ego aside and ask yourself if she’s real or if you’ve got one of those pesky fake Tinder profiles on your hands. It won’t always be a fake, but you should at least be on guard and look for some of the other signs.
Although Tinder is the most popular hookup app out there right now, it’s far from being a good way to meet people. There are so many great people out there that would be terrific matches based on so many factors, but using Tinder, chances are, you’ll never know.
