NY Man Sues Match.com, Claims Many Profiles Are Fraudulent
Brooklyn, N.Y., relationship seeker Sean McGinn has filed suit against the dating site Match.com, complaining that the company misleads members by posting profiles of individuals who aren’t paid members of the site.
Match.com’s practices lead to “humiliation and disappointment” for some who feel rejected when their attempts to contact individuals for a date are met with silence, Reuters reports.
Match.com told Reuters that it is still reviewing the suit, but it believes McGinn’s claims lack merit.
Reuters notes that Internet users can create a Match.com profile for others to see and search the database of prospective dates for free. But in order to contact someone or respond to a query, users must pay fees ranging from $39.99 for one month to $19.99 a month for six months.
In his suit, McGinn claims that “despite the emotional vulnerability inherent in the dating process, fraught as it is with fear of rejection and anxiety, Match defrauds the consumer of his/her time, labor, and emotional investment” by not revealing that the individuals being contacted aren’t paid users.
“They are left feeling they’ve been completely ignored and rejected,” McGinn’s lawyer Norah Hart tells the New York Daily News. “For some people, it could affect their romantic future.”
