US Congress report: scammers on Tinder and Hinge matched with 1.5M users

Senators Maggie Hassan and Marsha Blackburn released a report on romance scams across Match Group apps. Internal data showed that by Q3 2025 nearly 1.5 million scammers on Tinder and Hinge had matched with at least one user, and 500,000 exchanged contact details; such fraud costs Americans at least $1.3bn a year.

• Nearly 1.5M scammers on Tinder and Hinge matched with users by Q3 2025
• About 500,000 of those accounts exchanged contact information with victims
• Romance scams cost Americans at least $1.3bn annually
• One victim lost almost $100,000 in cryptocurrency via Plenty of Fish