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. The problem is that some of those profiles aren't what they seem. The app has built a large audience of single people browsing one another's profiles, then swiping them right to indicate interest, or left to reject.
Dating app Tinder is suffering from an 'influx of spam bots and fake profiles' according to online security firm Symantec, which has published a report identifying three different examples.