Lever & Stolzenberg, LLP Files Class Action on Behalf of Match.com Subscribers

White Plains, New York, January 3, 2011 - The law firm of Lever & Stolzenberg, LLP (www.LeverStolzLaw.com) today announced that it filed a class action lawsuit against Match.com, L.L.C. (a subsidiary of IAC/Interactive Corp.), for its deceptive practices aimed at inducing individuals to join and/or renew their subscriptions to its dating website through various unscrupulous means. 

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, entitled Robinson, et al. v. Match.com, LLC, Index No. 3:10-cv-02651-L, alleges that Match.com systematically breaches its Terms of Use Agreement by representing that it has millions of "active" subscribers when, in fact, a great majority of the purportedly active profiles on its site belong to inactive members and/or are fake and fraudulent profiles posted by scammers and others.  The Complaint alleges that Match.com is not only perpetuating the misperception of a robust and legitimate site for singles but is putting its subscribers in danger by failing to take any reasonable steps to remove and prohibit the abundance of scamming activity that pervades it site.

According to the Complaint, Match.com lures individuals to pay subscription fees by creating a false perception that it has millions of active members that can be contacted throught its site.  Some of the tactics used by Match.com, include: (a) representing that it vets and approves new profiles when, in actuality, it fails to do so and thereby allows a deluge of fake and fraudulent profiles to be posted; (b) failing to remove inactive profiles and labeling such profiles "active" despite, in many cases, inactivity and non-payment of subscription fees for many months; and (c) failing to take any reasonable steps to police its site from the proliferation of false and fraudulent profiles and thereby subjecting its members to frauds and scams.

If you believe you were a victim of Match.com's scheme to lure and maintain paying subscribers, you may be part of the proposed class.  For more information contact Lever & Stolzenberg, LLP toll free at (888) 348-1049.

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