Four in five online daters suspect fake profile pictures; service launches to verify pics
Online photo verification site, CheckedProfile.com, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., reports more than 80 percent of online daters have suspected the profile images being used online are fakes and more than one-third have actually discovered a person’s identity does not match that of their online persona.
Respondents described experiences including online daters using a model’s picture and passing it off as their own, lying about their age, job and marital status.
CheckedProfile.com launched last week as service to verify online photos used in online dating sites and social media. It is free for women and $1.99 for men for the basic package.
CheckedProfile.com uses these five steps:
1. Users upload the profile picture to be verified
2. The site gives a unique code
3. The user takes another picture of themselves holding the unique code
4. CheckedProfile.com checks both images are the same person
5. If successful, the user is given a unique stamp to upload to any website.
