{"id":869,"date":"2017-10-17T02:31:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T02:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/?p=869"},"modified":"2017-10-17T02:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T02:31:56","slug":"police-say-thieves-using-tinder-pof-dating-apps-to-target-victims-in-robberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/869\/police-say-thieves-using-tinder-pof-dating-apps-to-target-victims-in-robberies\/","title":{"rendered":"Police say thieves using Tinder &#038; POF dating apps to target victims in robberies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Safety-Tips.jpg\" alt=\"Safety Tips\" width=\"200\" height=\"202\" \/>A reminder to not be in a hurry to meet in person, and when you are ready, to meet in public, crowded places:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least half a dozen armed robberies in Nebraska over the course of two weeks are linked to dating apps Tinder and Plenty of Fish.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Police say the suspects use the apps to lure men to secluded spots and rob them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Men aren&#8217;t taught to be as cautious and leery as women are,&#8221; said Ericka Souter, editor of Mom.Me.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There have been similar incidents in several other states.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tinder says it&#8217;s supporting police in the investigation into these incidents, while Plenty of Fish is reminding users to never meet at a home, hotel, or secluded location.<br \/>\n(via ABC, &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abc7ny.com\/police-say-thieves-using-dating-apps-to-target-victims-in-robberies\/2537978\/\">Police say thieves using dating apps to target victims in robberies<\/a>&#8220;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Member safety is a top priority on the Friends Match Me dating app, and that&#8217;s why we don&#8217;t do geolocating &#8211; when adding the app to your phone, you don&#8217;t give\u00a0the location permission to keep pinging your phone for just where you&#8217;re at, unlike apps such as Tinder.\u00a0 But, in any case, it is important for members to take safety measures and precautions.\u00a0 You can check out our Safety Tips <a title=\"online dating safety tips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/safety-tips\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reminder to not be in a hurry to meet in person, and when you are ready, to meet in public, crowded places: At least half a dozen armed robberies in Nebraska over the course of two weeks are linked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/869\/police-say-thieves-using-tinder-pof-dating-apps-to-target-victims-in-robberies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,22],"tags":[67,68,120,462],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}