Consumer Confidential: You may not be as attractive as that dating site would have you believe
Nearly 40% of heterosexual couples meet online nowadays, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. So who am I to cast doubt on the trustworthiness of dating sites?
That said, be careful.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Match Group, owner of Match.com, Tinder, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish and other dating sites.
It alleges that the company duped "hundreds of thousands" of users into subscribing by making them think they were receiving lots of interest from potential soul mates.
In reality, according to
