Remove a fake Tinder profile using your photos

What we remove on Tinder

• Profiles using your photos under another name, often to attract matches for a scam.
• Profiles using your name and photos that pretend to be you (“may poser ako sa Tinder”).
• Catfish profiles built from your Instagram or Facebook pictures.
• Copies of the same fake profile on other dating apps.

Tinder impersonation reports

Tinder’s Community Guidelines do not allow impersonating others or misrepresenting a connection with any person. There are two ways to report a profile:

• In the app: open the profile, tap the three dots, choose Report and pick the reason. This needs a Tinder account and the profile has to appear in your Discovery or your matches.
• Without an account: through the contact form on Tinder’s help center, which lets anyone report a profile, including the person impersonated.

The problem for most victims is that they cannot find the fake profile in the app: Tinder shows profiles by location and preferences. Friends usually spot it first. That is why the second route matters, and it is the one we use for you.

Proof of identity

A Tinder profile has no public link, so the report must describe it precisely. Tinder’s help center asks for the exact name, age, bio and photos shown on the profile, ideally as screenshots, plus any location, phone number, email or social media account linked to it.

We build that file from the screenshots your friends took, add your real photos to show they are yours, and explain clearly that you did not create the profile. Tinder states that reports are confidential. If Tinder asks you to confirm your identity, the proof goes to Tinder only.

Catfish and romance scams

Stolen photos on Tinder are often the first step of a romance scam: the fake profile matches, moves the chat to WhatsApp or Telegram, then asks for money or for intimate photos. The victims may later blame you, because they only know your face.

If someone already threatens to share intimate photos, do not pay and see sextortion help. Scams can be reported to the CICC hotline 1326.

Related dating apps

Scammers rarely use one app. Once your photos are in their collection, the same pictures appear on Bumble, FilipinoCupid, Badoo or PinaLove. During the case we search for them, and report each profile on its own platform: see remove a fake Badoo profile and remove a fake PinaLove profile. For Facebook and Instagram posers, see remove fake accounts.

When Tinder does not act

1. We send a second report with better screenshots or new sightings from friends.
2. We point to your rights under the Data Privacy Act (RA 10173), since your photos are personal information. We are not a law firm and give no legal advice.
3. We go after the source: if your photos come from a public Facebook or Instagram account, we help you lock them down.

Honest limits

• Tinder may not tell you the outcome of a report. We check through friends’ screenshots or another search.
• A banned scammer can open a new profile with the same photos: monitoring catches it.

Prices are on content removal prices, and other networks are listed under platforms we handle.