Tinder: Dating App or Pizza Delivery Service?

In Chicago, a woman was using the popular Tinder dating app to get some of her favorite meals delivered to her doorstep. Why go out and spend your own money if you can get others to order, deliver, and pay for your food without having to lift a finger? Well…technically, she did have to swipe.

They call it the Tinder Games. Women use the dating app with the intention of having men purchase them their favorite foods.

“Kate was on a mission for pizza, not love, so rather than filtering through matches based on their photos, she would ‘swipe right’ on every profile.”

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/protecting-your-information/tinder-dating-app-or-pizza-delivery-service/

Does Your Valentine’s Day Compare To These Shocking Dating Stories?

NOT EVERYONE ON DATING SITES IS LOOKING FOR LOVE

Ahhh… Valentine’s day. A day typically filled with colorful cards, candy, all types of flowers, last minute shopping for your special someone and blissful moments of romance.

Whether you spent the holiday with loved ones, a first date, or practicing self-love, we hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s day.

Now that the national day of love is behind us, let’s bring you back to the harsh and extraordinary realities of today’s dating world.

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The Most Popular Online Dating Scams That’ll Leave You Heartbroken

Is it possible to find your soulmate somewhere in the online world? Maybe, maybe not. What you’ll more than likely run into —while swiping and sifting through dozens of online dating profiles—are scams, which range from small and petty to downright theft. Here are some of the most common online dating scams and what you can do to avoid them.

Catfish

Like ‘traditional’ or face-to-face dating, singles online try to make themselves as impressionable as possible. But online dating has the advantage as people are able to hide behind a screen, making room for a lot more ‘flexibility’. This flexibility gives birth to Catfishing, which is to lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona. For example, someone has a fake picture, either overly edited to look ‘better’ or completely not of them, as their profile pic. Such an unpleasant surprise can often feel like a scam, and it undoubtedly becomes one when these victims get their money drained from their accounts. As if that wasn’t enough, these poor souls not only lose their money but also get their heart broken! If you’re worried about them looking different in person compared to their online profile, ask for a recent photo.

Note: that “recent” picture they send may not be so recent; it may not even be a picture of them at all. At this point, it’s best to meet in person, but brace yourself, hope for the best and expect the worst.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/protecting-your-information/the-most-popular-online-dating-scams-thatll-leave-you-heartbroken/

4 Ways a Background Check Can Get You Out of Trouble

Access to public records has become much more simple thanks to SpyFly. Now you can be your own personal “spy” and perform background checks. SpyFly is a website that aggregates billions of public records into a single interface to guarantee the most recent, up-to-date information available. It is important to protect yourself and your family from the potential harms that are out there.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/protecting-your-information/4-ways-a-background-check-can-get-you-out-of-trouble/

Why Employers Use Social Media to Screen Potential Workers

About 77 percent of employers took to social media during their hiring process, reports a 2013 survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Most employers that use social media for screening hiring candidates usually do so after conducting a job interview- but before extending a job offer. But, should they even be doing so? This is a controversial question but a fair one; maybe one that you can answer yourself after looking into why employers snoop into our online accounts in the first place.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/protecting-your-information/why-employers-use-social-media-to-screen-potential-workers/

How Copied Social Media Profiles Gave Birth To A New Form of Identity Theft

Devumi, a social media marketing company, has been exposed as a prominent figure in the “fake followers” scandal. As a result, over a million Twitter accounts have vanished, costing well-known users their once big online audience. But don’t let that fool you, social media platforms have yet to get to the bottom of this.

So people are losing followers… big whoop! The real victims here are the people whose personal information has been stolen.

Celebrities, athletes, pundits, and politicians have millions of fake followers.

With promises like, “Devumi boosts your social media campaigns to success”, Devumi has over 200,000 customers. But, the shady company could be partly responsible for a new form of fraud referred to as ‘social media identity theft‘.

The New York Times Describes Devumi’s business practices as “a vast trade in fake followers” that partake in “fraudulent engagement”. In fact, law officials are investigating websites like Devumi that make a profit off of selling automated bot-generated accounts on Twitter and other sites, taking the form of slightly modified, copied profiles.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/protecting-your-information/how-copied-social-media-profiles-gave-birth-to-a-new-form-of-identity-theft/

Everything You Need To Know About The Equifax Breach

Data security breaches are typical nowadays, unfortunately. There have been over 20 cyber attacks in 2017 so far. Just when we think we can make our way to 2018 without another one, one of the three largest credit reporting agencies, Equifax, reveals that a data breach discovered on July 29 may have impacted as many as 143 million U.S. consumers.

You heard that right. That means YOUR information was leaked to hackers and other criminal users.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/cyber-security/private-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-equifax-breach/

Online Scammers Breaking Hearts and Bank Accounts

Today’s online romance scams are run by organized rings that account for the highest financial losses of all internet crimes in the U.S.

All of these scams follow a similar pattern of building trust with the victim and slowly bleeding money out of them. Scammers often work in teams, with one person acting as the fake lover, and other members assisting with the storyline of why the fake lover needs money.

HuffPost interviewed multiple victims of these online scams. A Texas woman met a man online with whom she bonded with over Christianity. The scammer called himself “Charlie” and they would often pray together online. When he first asked her for money, it seemed like an urgent situation. He promised to pay her back as soon as he was able.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/cyber-security/online-scammers-breaking-hearts-and-bank-accounts/

The Cambridge Analytica Scandal - Protecting yourself from data theft does not have to be complicated

Things are not always what they seem to be so it is important to keep an eye open toward possible threats. Unfortunately, social media platforms and other places that ask for personal information can’t always be trusted.

We’re living in a time when personal data is apparently worth more than gold. Unscrupulous data miners have no problem getting as much data as they can about you and making money with your information. A lot of money.

Millions of people have been affected by shady data schemes that generate big dollars so it can be estimated that millions of dollars are entering the hands of scandalous people.

Unfortunately greed and promises of money test the hearts of men that are supposed to be trustworthy pillars of society. When the desire for riches outweighs the desire to be a person of integrity so-called great men and women fall prey to the lure of a paycheck at the expense of unsuspecting people like you.

On March 17, 2018, it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis firm, had collected the user data of over 50 million Facebook users. However, Facebook has now reported that the number of users affected is actually 87 million. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under heat for the social media platform’s soft data sharing rules that some claim made all of this possible.

SpyFly provides a solution for people who want to stay wise about their own information. It is a simple, easy way to make sure that you are not being duplicated and can help to protect you from costly problems due to data breaches.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/cyber-security/cambridge-analytica-scandal/

Protect Yourself with a Public Records Search

Performing a public records search with SpyFly could ultimately save you a whole world of trouble. Literally, millions of scams are happening each day to unsuspecting people just like you. Most times simply being in the know about a person or a company can make a huge difference when it comes to protecting yourself from criminals and scam artists. Student loan scams are on the rise and if you have an active student loan out, you could be targeted.

Don’t Become a Victim

Sometimes people get into trouble and end up over their heads with student loans. Criminals tend to take advantage of situations like this because stress can make people vulnerable to good-sounding solutions. Scammers often put together phony plans that can entice a person who is down on luck to jump on an opportunity that hypothetically would pull finances out of the slump they are in and make everything good again.

A scam artist can call on the phone, or send an email that sounds like it has the perfect solution for your financial problems. They paint an amazing picture where you get full relief from all the student loans that you have outstanding and even get some money back to put into your pocket when it is all done. Once they get your attention they tell you they need money upfront to get things started. They will ask you for a credit card number and charge the card for all they can get out of it.

Another thing student loan scammers do is convince you that you need their services in order to fix your problem. Student loan relief companies thrive by contacting students and getting them to sign up for their services. They want your personal information, including your social security number, and a lot of time and money. They will also go as far as trying to get control over your account so they can make decisions for you. This is all a ploy to siphon money into their bank accounts. They do not care about your debt, all they really want is to make a profit from your loss.

Read More: https://www.spyfly.com/helpful-articles/public-record-search-and-student-loan-scams/

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