Fake profiles have been discussed in the past, there are a number of
mods available on Expertzzz that offer member profile databases, or
generators.
If you are using these or intend to in the future you may want to read this, before trying to mislead anyone on how many real members a site may have.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has started Federal Court proceedings against the operator of a dating website.
Not sure what the issue here is unless the site was charging a membership fee (annually), though it could be a huge issue if they we're charging per contact e-mail/IM... Then well, that could get see more
I think the issue was the way in they used fake profiles to force members to upgrade, in order to read what mail was sent to them from these fake profiles.
There are really only two groups these people would be trying to fool. 1. - advertisers - "look at all these see more