'If a user manually inputs one of the URLs listed on the image overlay into their address bar and visits the site, they will be redirected to an explicit personals website for casual dating and hookups,' explained security response manager Satnam Narang. However, the report claims that the 'overwhelming majority' of Tinder spam is now fake prostitution profiles: images of women with overlaid text giving details of services and rates, as well as website addresses.
The second type of Tinder spammer is also a bot, but this time one that tries to direct people to mobile games and adult websites.Ī campaign to drive downloads of a game called Castle Clash was exposed by technology site TechCrunch in April, but Symantec says the script behind it has since been repurposed to promote a website called Slut Roulette.
The report suggests that adult webcam spammers continue to operate on Tinder: bots that engage people in conversation, then try to persuade them to click on links to webcam sites.
