The Taichung City Government has advised caution when using dating services, after consumer complaints rose 40 percent annually last year.
The city’s Legal Affairs Bureau last year received 122 complaints involving dating service companies, up 34 from the 88 reported in 2020.
My Turn was the subject of the most complaints with 62, followed by iDating with 14, bureau Director-General Lee Shan-chih (李善植) said last week.
The average amount of money lost by complainants was more than NT$40,000, while five people allegedly lost NT$300,000 each on iDating, he said.
A common tactic involves having female company employees contact men who had signed up
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