{"id":2057,"date":"2023-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtchdevimport.wpenginepowered.com\/single-news\/963\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/single-news\/963\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinder Partners With Mean Girls Actor Jonathan Bennett To Help Users Avoid Online Fraudsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"left\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<p>\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>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<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 2, 2023<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Today Tinder and its parent company, Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), are collaborating with <i>Mean Girls<\/i> actor <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Bennett<\/span> to help remind users how to avoid online financial scams and toxic behaviors \u2013 from the man who knows a thing or two about toxic behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Tinder is launching a new campaign that finally confirms Bennett&rsquo;s question: What day is it today? Today is <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 3rd<\/span>, 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&rsquo;ve never met.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Fans have a lot of fun celebrating all their favorite memes and quotes every <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 3<\/span>, but it&rsquo;s also important that we can take this day to acknowledge some important lessons about how we interact with others online,\u00a0\u00bb said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Bennett<\/span>. \u00ab\u00a0We 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.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1707\">\n<p title=\"Tinder and Jonathan Bennett's Romance Scam Video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEwh7KSMavU\" width=\"560\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the FBI, <span>crypto<\/span> scams, such as \u00ab\u00a0Pig Butchering,\u00a0\u00bb now serve as the largest financial scam in the US, totaling over <span class=\"xn-money\">$3 billion<\/span>. Additionally, while older adults have the highest percentage of romance scams reported, investigators say reports made by younger adults are increasing each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0At 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,\u00a0\u00bb <b>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Stephanie Danzi<\/span>, SVP of Global Marketing at Tinder. <\/b>\u00ab\u00a0On 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.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Along with the rollout of Tinder&rsquo;s campaign, Hinge is also sending in-app messages to users encouraging them to never send money or take investment advice from someone they&rsquo;ve never met or don&rsquo;t know.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder8732\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2236042\/MG_Global_Romance_Scam_Prevention_Day_UPDATED.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Safe Dating Tips in Hinge\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2236042\/MG_Global_Romance_Scam_Prevention_Day_UPDATED.jpg\" title=\"Safe Dating Tips in Hinge\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0World Romance Scam Prevention Day aims to squash stigmas that prevent approximately 97% of victims from reporting and obtaining justice,\u00a0\u00bb <b>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Kathy Waters<\/span>, Executive Director, Advocating Against Romance Scammers. <\/b>\u00ab\u00a0Advocating Against Romance Scammers created this day to help bring together every global entity affected by the scams to increase awareness and help others understand the severity of the controlled manipulation in order for the <span>fraud<\/span> to succeed. We appreciate that Match Group and Tinder have joined our efforts and are doing their part to help raise awareness for their users on their platforms.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>This campaign follows the public awareness campaign Match Group launched in January to help remind users of ways everyone can protect themselves from online scams. Over the last few years, brands across Match Group have taken proactive steps to help prevent and warn users of potential scams or <span>fraud<\/span>, from the introduction of new product features like selfie verification and video chat, to sending popup messages with safety tips if certain language is detected in conversations between users.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Advocating Against Romance Scammers, click <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3984909-1&amp;h=1203107676&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fadvocatingforu.com%2F&amp;a=HERE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Match Group:<br \/><\/b>Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), through its portfolio companies, is a leading provider of digital technologies designed to help people make meaningful connections. Our global portfolio of brands includes Tinder\u00ae, Match\u00ae, Hinge\u00ae, Meetic\u00ae, OkCupid\u00ae, Pairs\u2122, PlentyOfFish\u00ae, OurTime\u00ae, Azar\u00ae, Hakuna\u00ae Live, and more, each built to increase our users&rsquo; likelihood of connecting with others. Through our trusted brands, we provide tailored services to meet the varying preferences of our users. Our services are available in over 40 languages to our users all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Tinder:<br \/><\/b>Launched in 2012, Tinder is the world&rsquo;s most popular app for meeting new people and has been downloaded more than 530 million times. The app is available in 190 countries and 45+ languages. More than half of all users are 18-25 years old. In 2022, Tinder was named one of the World&rsquo;s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder0\">\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2236054\/MG_and_Tinder_Logo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2236054\/MG_and_Tinder_Logo.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/img><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE  Match Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2, 2023 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Today Tinder and its parent company, Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), are collaborating with Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-single-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/match-group.dd-nyc.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}