Someone's using my data on plenty of fish

I've never had a plenty of fish account, I'm married with two kids, expecting a third and I'm happy about it. The day after Thanksgiving I get two texts saying, "to confirm your plenty of fish account please enter this code: 123456". I'd heard of plenty of fish, and was alarmed that my phone number was being used on a dating site.

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I reached out to plenty of fish's support team but can't get past the customer service robot wall. I want plenty of fish to tell me if other pieces of my identity are being used to create a fake account, and I want the linked account deleted, and if possible I want to find out who is doing this. Or if some idiot just entered the wrong phone number.

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I've got to believe using someone else's contact information to create a fake social media account is against some law, is this even something I can pursue? How would I pursue it?

Posted Dec 9, 2019, 10:28 PM UTC

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Send them a certified letter about your situation, telling them what you just told us. If that doesn't work, consider getting a lawyer and asking them about your options from there.

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Title: Someone's using my data on plenty of fish

Original Post:

I've never had a plenty of fish account, I'm married with two kids, expecting a third and I'm happy about it. The day after Thanksgiving I get two texts saying, "to confirm your plenty of fish account please enter this code: 123456". I'd heard of plenty of fish, and was alarmed that my phone number was being used on a dating site.

I reached out to plenty of fish's support team but can't get past the customer service robot wall. I want plenty of fish to tell me if other pieces of my identity are being used to create a fake account, and I want the linked account deleted, and if possible I want to find out who is doing this. Or if some idiot just entered the wrong phone number.

I've got to believe using someone else's contact information to create a fake social media account is against some law, is this even something I can pursue? How would I pursue it?


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Try Tweeting them. I had my account hacked with a popular ride share company and could not find any contact info to report the problem quickly. I ended up Tweeting them and had a customer service rep on the phone within 10 minutes, as well as an email contact.

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More likely somebody accidentally entered wrong phone number.

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