Remove a fake Coffee Meets Bagel profile using your photos

A Singapore favourite, and a target for fakes

About a quarter of Singapore residents have used a dating app. In a YouGov survey of February 2025, 42% of those users had used Coffee Meets Bagel, second only to Tinder; 34% had used Bumble and 14% Hinge.

Its format makes fakes effective. The app sends a small number of curated matches each day, so each introduction feels selected rather than random. A profile built with a real Singaporean’s photos, employer and university looks credible.

From a fake profile to a scam on someone else

On 3 September 2026 the Singapore Police Force warned of a sextortion wave: at least 52 reports and S$134,000 lost since August. The pattern starts on a dating app, moves quickly to a messaging app, turns into an explicit video call, and ends with threats to send the recording to the victim’s contacts.

When your face is on the profile, two problems follow. Victims may find your real Instagram or LinkedIn and blame you, and your photos keep circulating in the scammers’ sets on other apps. We treat both: the profile on the app, and the trail your images leave.

• Friends or colleagues say they were matched with you under another name or job.
• Strangers message you claiming you asked them for money, crypto or gift cards.
• A reverse image search returns your photo on dating sites or scam-warning pages.

How a fake profile is removed

Coffee Meets Bagel profiles have no public web address, so there is no link to report from outside the app. Reports that fail usually lack proof.

1. Evidence pack. Whoever saw the profile takes dated screenshots of every photo, the first name, age, height, job, school and prompts. We add your original photos with their posting dates and your genuine accounts.
2. Report from inside the app. The person who was matched uses the report option on the profile or in the chat. Coffee Meets Bagel describes its reporting as anonymous, and it also uses a video-selfie profile verification, which a fake cannot normally pass with your face.
3. Report as the person impersonated. Through the app’s help centre we explain that the photos are yours and attach the evidence. If proof of identity is requested, you send it to Coffee Meets Bagel directly; we never need your passwords.
4. Follow-up and other apps. We chase the report, re-file with side-by-side photos if the first answer is negative, and search for the same photo set elsewhere.

Bumble and Hinge

Scammers rarely stop at one app. On Bumble and Hinge, the profile is also reported in the app, by the person who saw it, and backed by a request through each app’s help centre with the same evidence. Tinder has its own page: fake Tinder profiles. For copies on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, see fake account removal.

What the law and the authorities cover

Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble and Hinge are not among the six prescribed platforms under the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025, and online impersonation is a later-phase harm for the Online Safety Commission (OSC) with no start date. A fake profile on its own therefore depends on the app’s rules. If someone shares intimate images of you or your identity details, report it to the OSC: it is free for citizens, PRs and valid pass holders, including Work Permit and Dependant’s Pass holders.

If you were sextorted, do not pay, stop replying, keep the chat and report to the police; threatening to distribute an intimate image is an offence under Penal Code s 377BE, and s 377BE(6) means the prosecution need not prove the image exists. See sextortion help. For money lost, call the ScamShield Helpline on 1799. NetClearer is not a law firm.

Price and next step

Each fake profile counts as one link: S$42, with action within 48 hours. Photo sets used on several apps suit a pack: 3 links S$99, 10 links S$286 with a removal report, 20 links S$501 with monitoring for new copies, or monthly plans from S$113. Fixed prices, no extra fees, card payment via Stripe after the free assessment. We promise actions and timelines, not the app’s decision, and we never contact your employer or family. Send the screenshots through the contact form; Messenger also works. See pricing.