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Mitek's Mobile Verify® Creates User Trust for Online Dating SiteSAN DIEGO and LONDON, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitek (NASDAQ:MITK) (www.miteksystems.com), a global leader in mobile capture and identity verification software solutions, today announced that a popular dating website will use Mobile Verify® for ID document authentication and facial comparison to establish trust among its users. By verifying the identity of users during the on-boarding process, this dating website will be able to provide a safe experience for its customers. In 2016, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received close to 15,000 reports of “romance scams,” amounting to more than $230 million in losses. The issues of online dating scams have grown so significant that the FBI released a warning to help users better identify and protect themselves against scams. “When someone is using a computer to hide behind, the hardest thing to find out is who they are,” sai Special Agent Christine Beining, a veteran financial fraud investigator in the FBI’s Houston Division in an agency report on the recent spike in romance scams. “The Internet makes this type of crime easy because you can pretend to be anybody you want to be. You can be anywhere in the world and victimize people. Behind the veil of romance, it’s a criminal enterprise like any other.” “Trust is paramount for building relationships in any business and dating websites especially require credibility to operate successfully in the digital channel,” said Kalle Marsal, Chief Operating Officer, Mitek. “Users need to be sure that the individuals they are interacting with are who they claim to be, and that is exactly the assurance that Mitek’s digital identity verification solutions provide.” About Mitek Follow Mitek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mitek-systems-inc- Mitek Contact: Ann Reichert Senior Director of Marketing [email protected] Katherine Verducci MIX Public Relations [email protected] Mitek Investor Contacts: Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers MKR Group, Inc. [email protected] |