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Tinder Partners With Mean Girls Actor Jonathan Bennett To Help Users Avoid Online Fraudsters
In collaboration with Advocating Against Romance Scammers, together we are calling out all the mean people that online users may encounter attempting to love
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[{"type":"text","content":"In collaboration with Advocating Against Romance Scammers, together we are calling out all the mean people that online users may encounter attempting to love bomb or ask for money\nLOS ANGELES, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Tinder and its parent company, Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), are collaborating with Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett to help remind users how to avoid online financial scams and toxic behaviors – from the man who knows a thing or two about toxic behavior.\nTinder is launching a new campaign that finally confirms Bennett's question: What day is it today? Today is October 3rd, which is now known as World Romance Scam Prevention Day. This commemorative day was created to help fuel more education and awareness around an issue that impacts millions of people of all ages around the world to remind them to never send money or invest with people they've never met.\n\"Fans have a lot of fun celebrating all their favorite memes and quotes every October 3, but it's also important that we can take this day to acknowledge some important lessons about how we interact with others online,\" said Jonathan Bennett. \"We want everyone to continue to recognize this day, while also being more aware of the types of common behaviors of online scammers to watch out for.\"\n \nAccording to the FBI, crypto scams, such as \"Pig Butchering,\" now serve as the largest financial scam in the US, totaling over $3 billion. Additionally, while older adults have the highest percentage of romance scams reported, investigators say reports made by younger adults are increasing each year.\n\"At Tinder, we are proud to lead on safety efforts and create campaigns that are both beneficial and culturally relevant that can help drive more awareness and make dating safer on our app and across online platforms,\" said Stephanie Danzi, SVP of Global Marketing at Tinder. \"On World Romance Scam Prevention Day, we are educating our users of all ages on ways to protect themselves so they do not fall victim to online fraudulent scams.\"\nAlong with the rollout of Tinder's campaign, Hinge is also sending in-app messages to users encouraging them to never send money or take investment advice from someone they've never met or don't know.\n\n\"World Romance Scam Prevention Day aims to squash stigmas that prevent approximately 97% of victims from reporting and...