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People use dating app to advertise prostitution

Created: 07/10/2014 9:44 PM
By: Erica Zucco, KOB Eyewitness News 4

It’s supposed to be a 21st century way to find love, but some people are using it inappropriately.

Tinder is a one of several new mobile dating applications. Tinder, specifically, shows singles in a given area and allows the user to swipe right if they like them and left if they don’t. If there’s a match, the two people can chat. But some people have more than chatting on their minds – and are using Tinder for an unintended purpose.

Some profiles begin with an innocuous photo of an attractive women but are followed with explicit ads offering sex acts for sale, and directions to illicit Web sites selling sex.

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