This bot promises Tinder verification, but subscribes you to porn instead
There’s a Tinder verification scam going around, and being caught up in it means you may end up spending a lot of cash on porn instead. It’s basically phishing; a bot tries to talk you into migrating awy from Tinder to be verified. Instead, your personal information and payment details (to verify your age, of course) are gathered, and it signs you up for a bunch of subscription porn websites. According to Symantec, the total out-of-pocket for these subscriptions is about $120 each month. The bot carefully dances around Tinder’s own language, too. Tinder calls them “verified profiles,” but the…
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