Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud

BBCWatcher writes "According to Reuters, Match.com and Yahoo! are the subjects of separate class-action lawsuits from 'frustrated online daters.' Yahoo! Personals is accused of advertising fictitious profiles in order to make the service look more popular. In the Match.com case, 30-something professional Matthew Evans contends that Match.com sent a female employee as 'date bait,' hoping he'd tell others about the attractive women they could meet. 'The relationship went nowhere, according to his suit,' which claims Match.com violated the RICO Act."

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Possible explanation...

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found out about the alleged scam after the woman he dated confessed she was employed by Match

Is it possible that she was employed by Match.com and using the service herself? I don't know what their policy is on that sort of thing, but you would think that with 250 employees, at least one of them would use the service...