>>> CRIMINALS AND CAT FISHING >>> NOW THERE'S A APP PROMISING TO DO THE VETTING FOR YOU
MIKE DEFOREST EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS HE'S REVEALING THREE DATING RULES SINGLE PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW >> Reporter: IT'S THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF ONLINE DATING MILLIONS OF SINGLE WOMEN AND MEN SWIPING LEFT AND RIGHT ON DATING APPS NEVER KNOWING FOR SURE IF WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET
>> HE'S 25 HE'S IN THE BAY CITY HE'S LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP >> Reporter: LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUR LOVE LIVE >> I'M JUST HOPING TO FIND SOMEONE THAT'S HONEST AND TRUE AND MATCH THEIR PROFILE (AT 24-YEAR-OLD, SINGLE AND RAISING A TWO-YEAR-OLD SON ON HER OWN, ZARI HAS BEEN BURNED SEVERAL TIMES
>> HE WAS A CRIMINAL >> Reporter: THERE WAS A JAIL INMATE THAT WAS MESSING HER ASKING HER FOR CASH AND THE 60-YEAR-OLD MAN PASSING HIMSELF OFF AS A 25-YEAR-OLD SON >> HE USES HIS SON HE PREFERS WOMEN THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN HIM
>> Reporter: MAY TENTH, THE, TEXAS, FOUR MEN USING THE DATING APP GRINDER ARE INDICTING ON HATE CRIME CHARGES FOR LURING GAY MEN AND DRAGGING AND BEATING THEM >> Reporter: MAY TWVENT, GAINSVILL FLORIDA THRIX MAN IS CHARGED WITH STALKING TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN HE MET THROUGH THE DATING APP TENDER >> WITH ONLINE DATING SITES, YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO EVERY ONE >> Reporter: WITH AN ESTIMATED 38 MILLION AMERICANS AND SINGLES CURRENTLY INVOLVED, THERE'S A BRAND NEW ONLINE DATING APP AN APP THAT PROMISE ED TO PROTECT YOU FROM REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND CRIMINALS
IT'S CALLED GATTS BY IT SCANS MILLIONS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RECORDS BEFORE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO POST YOUR PROFILE >> IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD, WHETHER IT'S A SEX OFFENDER, THEFT, ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE, YOU CANNOT USE OUR DATING APP AT ALL >> Reporter: NATIONALLY KNOWN DIGITAL DATING EXPERT LIKES GATTPY SHE'S WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED THE PARTICLES OF CYBER DATING
AND HAS THREE RULES USERS SHOULD FOLLOW RULE NUMBER ONE, ALWAYS MEET IN A BUSY PLACE >> WALK OR BRING YOUR OWN CAR AND TAKE A RIDE SHARING SERVICE >> Reporter: RULE NUMBER TWO, SAY NO TO LATE NIGHT MEET UPS >> DO NOT ACCEPT ANY DATES AFTER 9:00 P
M AT NIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WAS THE HAPPY HOUR AND THE DINNER AND THE DESERT >> Reporter: RULE NUMBER THREE, CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA >> CHECK THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA
>> Reporter: AS FOR HER, SHE'S BEEN ON FOR THREE WEEKS NOW WITH ZERO DRAMA >> I FEEL LIKE I CAN OPEN UP MORE >> Reporter: IT'S A FREE DATING APP EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST LAUNCHED, THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL THOUSAND MEMBERS USING IT FOR MORE TIPS ON SAFER CYBER DATING, GO TO OUR WEB PAGE
