A major shortfall in many apps is a overwhelming amount of fake profiles. These are profiles created by a few different types of players:
- Romance scammers – who are trying to trick you into sending money or steal private information
- Dating app companies – who create beautiful profiles and send automated messages to you with the hopes of snaring you into paying to send messages back
- Employees and agents of dating app companies for the same reason as above
- Other scammers or daters who want to present themselves differently to reality