Gee, fake dating site profiles...who'd a thunk it?

[Aphro]

Woman hurt typing fake profiles of sexy women for dating site, $20M suit alleges

A dating website for married people who want to cheat on their spouses is being sued by a former employee who says she damaged her wrists typing up hundreds of fake profiles of sexy women.

Doriana Silva is seeking $20 million from Ashley Madison for what she calls the company's "unjust enrichment" at her expense, plus another $1 million in punitive and general damages.

In her statement of claim, Silva — a Brazilian immigrant living in Toronto — says she was hired to help launch a Portuguese-language version of the site and promised a starting salary of $34,000 plus benefits.

She was soon asked to create 1,000 "fake female profiles" meant to lure men to the new Brazilian Ashley Madison site — and given only three weeks to complete the work, the document alleges.

"The purpose of these profiles is to entice paying heterosexual male members to join and spend money on the website," it reads.

"They do not belong to any genuine members of Ashley Madison — or any real human beings at all."

The allegations have not been proven in court and Ashley Madison has yet to file a statement of defence.

The company, which describes itself as a dating service for married people, did not respond to requests for comment.

In her claim, Silva says she didn't question her assignment, and no one at the company suggested there was anything "unlawful or improper" about the alleged phoney profiles.

In fact, she was led to believe "that doing so was some sort of a normal business practice in the industry," it says.

Had she been aware of the "ethical and legal issues arising in relation to online fraud," Silva would have turned down the work, she alleges in the document.

Creating the profiles "required an enormous amount of keyboarding" and Silva developed severe pain in her wrists and forearms, the claim says.

She alleges company brass ignored her complaints and her request for a wrist rest.

The pain soon made it impossible for Silva to do her job and she has been unable to work since 2011, the document reads, adding she "remains seriously disabled in many if not all aspects of her life."

In her claim, Silva says the company has refused to grant her workers' compensation or insurance despite an earlier agreement she would be covered, and the costs of physiotherapy and other treatments are adding up.

"Doriana's injuries are permanent and her prognosis is uncertain," the document says.

The suit was filed last year but stalled while the company petitioned the court to strike references to "ethics" and "unethical practices" from the statement of claim.

But a Superior Court judge found the references necessary to describe "the factual context in which the injuries were sustained," a decision that was upheld on appeal this month.

Silva's lawyer, Paul Dollak, said while compensation for personal injuries is usually calculated based on how much that person has suffered, his client is instead seeking a share of the money earned through the profiles she created.

On its website, Ashley Madison says it does not pre-screen members and can't "guarantee the authenticity of any profile," warning that "anyone who is able to commit identity theft can also falsify a dating profile."

Not even sure where to start with this one.

Keyboarding injuries to her wrists.

I wonder how many other wrist injuries have been obtained via some false dating profiles on the internet, hmmm?

 

[Phelia]

Silva's lawyer, Paul Dollak, said while compensation for personal injuries is usually calculated based on how much that person has suffered, his client is instead seeking a share of the money earned through the profiles she created.

Interesting. Was thinking that $20M sounded pretty out of whack. I can't imagine she'll be able to pull that one off.

Tons of site populate with fake users/user-generated content before they launch. It's really scummy. It is hard to start off, though. Takes a crowd to attract a crowd, but still. If you have to lie, you're doing something wrong.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

there's some here

 

[StrangeLife]

Fake profiles?

On the Internet???

No way!

 

[bronzeage]

A few years ago, I received an email invitation from a high school friend to join a forum named truth.com. The blurb was, "Interesting conversation with interesting people." It sounded like a political forum, so I checked it out. All I needed was my email address, sex and zip code. The next page asked me if I was interested in meeting men or women.

I closed the page and gave it no more thought until the next day I had 6 emails, each from women who "saw my profile and were intrigued." This went on for about a month. The emails got more imaginative and some included profile pics. The only thing we had in common was the first four digits of our zipcode. As the weeks went by, the women lived farther away. There is a 54 year old woman in Dallas who finds me intriguing.

It's not surprising fake profiles are used to draw men onto dating sites. They'll actually pay for the privilege. I know a few women who put real profiles on dating sites. They say they respond to about 1 out of twenty messages.

With those odds, who could tell the difference.

 

[Aphro]

A few years ago, I received an email invitation from a high school friend to join a forum named truth.com. The blurb was, "Interesting conversation with interesting people." It sounded like a political forum, so I checked it out. All I needed was my email address, sex and zip code. The next page asked me if I was interested in meeting men or women.

I closed the page and gave it no more thought until the next day I had 6 emails, each from women who "saw my profile and were intrigued." This went on for about a month. The emails got more imaginative and some included profile pics. The only thing we had in common was the first four digits of our zipcode. As the weeks went by, the women lived farther away. There is a 54 year old woman in Dallas who finds me intriguing.

It's not surprising fake profiles are used to draw men onto dating sites. They'll actually pay for the privilege. I know a few women who put real profiles on dating sites. They say they respond to about 1 out of twenty messages.

With those odds, who could tell the difference.

Did any of them want to know your credit card number? Bank account and social security number? I wonder how many scams are purpotrated via dating sites.

 

[StrangeLife]

I'm surprised that dating sites still exist in this day and age where we have Facebook and other social sites that offer the same functionality for free. It's a little like paying for for snow on Greenland...

 

[Aphro]

there's some here

Really? So there is some truth to the rumours then? Fake profiles on Lit...wonders never cease.

 

[StrangeLife]

Well, I guess this is a good time to admit the truth about my own profile: I'm not actually a bird.

Sorry for deceiving y'all...

 

[Wings]

Well, I guess this is a good time to admit the truth about my own profile: I'm not actually a bird.

Sorry for deceiving y'all...

Well hell, I confess that I'm not actually headless either.

 

[bronzeage]

Did any of them want to know your credit card number? Bank account and social security number? I wonder how many scams are purpotrated via dating sites.

I think they wait until the third email before getting to that stage of the relationship. I get that kind of thing in Lit pm's. Every Saturday night for the past month, I've gotten a pm from a 19 year old woman(different name each time, but I know it's her) and she wants to "make an older man hard."

I send her a link to my smashwords page and tell her to buy my book and then we can discus the parts she liked best.

Well hell, I confess that I'm not actually headless either.

That's a relief. I have to confess, that would have been a deal breaker.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Well hell, I confess that I'm not actually headless either.

Sigh, if she only had a brain!

 

[pointless]

me. i would've thought it.

'cuz i'm smarts.

 

[Aphro]

I think they wait until the third email before getting to that stage of the relationship. I get that kind of thing in Lit pm's. Every Saturday night for the past month, I've gotten a pm from a 19 year old woman(different name each time, but I know it's her) and she wants to "make an older man hard."

I send her a link to my smashwords page and tell her to buy my book and then we can discus the parts she liked best.

Oh, good...at least I know you're getting my PM's then...

*cough*

You have a book???

 

[Aphro]

Sigh, if she only had a brain!

Wee bitty harsh there...

I thought when the choice was between brains or tits, tits won out every time.

 

[tingerwoods]

oh, is she really thinking about the money?! can anybody give $20M who is not even a millionaire?



effortless dating

 

[Pairaclities]

oh, is she really thinking about the money?! can anybody give $20M who is not even a millionaire?



effortless dating

"Had she been aware of the "ethical and legal issues arising in relation to online fraud," Silva would have turned down the work, she alleges in the document."

And now she is suing for a cut of the business.
That's rich.

 

[aye_H8_ewe]

A few years ago, I received an email invitation from a high school friend to join a forum named truth.com. The blurb was, "Interesting conversation with interesting people." It sounded like a political forum, so I checked it out. All I needed was my email address, sex and zip code. The next page asked me if I was interested in meeting men or women.

I closed the page and gave it no more thought until the next day I had 6 emails, each from women who "saw my profile and were intrigued." This went on for about a month. The emails got more imaginative and some included profile pics. The only thing we had in common was the first four digits of our zipcode. As the weeks went by, the women lived farther away. There is a 54 year old woman in Dallas who finds me intriguing.

It's not surprising fake profiles are used to draw men onto dating sites. They'll actually pay for the privilege. I know a few women who put real profiles on dating sites. They say they respond to about 1 out of twenty messages.

With those odds, who could tell the difference.

I don't understand why there would so much more demand by men for women than by women for men. Aren't men and women both about 50% of the population (and roughly equal numbers are gay)?

These odds are disturbing. Maybe I should go back with ex who did porn when we were together.