By By Layne Weiss Nov 23, 2013 in Internet New York - A Florida model is suing Match.com for $1.5 billion accusing the popular dating site and other websites of posting thousands of fake profiles. Avalos is a mother and part-time model who claims to have never joined Match.com, the “Not a day goes by when someone doesn’t tell me that they saw my pictures posted on Match.com or another website,” she said in a statement. The suit goes on to say that "thousands" of others including celebrities, soldiers, and adult actresses have their pictures taken off social media sites like Facebook and used for fake profiles even though they were never actually members of Match's dating sites. None of the "celebrities" are only named by user names for accounts that are no longer active, the The suit alleges that an "extensive investigation" of complaints by hundreds of potential class action members showed that Match.com subscribers are being scammed out of user fees by "criminals" working in Nigeria, Ghana, and Russia. “The tragedy of this case is two-fold as the American victims of internet fraud on defendants’ sites, (estimated to be at least thousands), mostly widows, widowers, and divorcees age 50 and over, have been defrauded out of as much as hundreds of millions of dollars over the past six-plus years through fraudulent dating profiles on the defendants’ sites, and those of its competitors," the suit says. “In addition to the financial and emotional toll, these scams destroy relationships, families, and result in suicides, abductions and murder of victims in foreign countries.” The suit seeks $1 billion in punitive damages and $500 million for non-members of Match.com whose photographs were used erroneously. The fake profiles are often created in other countries for "criminal purposes" such as "romance scams" which "entice victims to send money to people outside of the country," said Evan Spencer according to the The suit alleges that Match.com is "looking the other way" as it can tell the fake profiles are being posted with IP addresses in foreign countries. The IP addresses and the cities listed on the profiles don't match. The suit is calling for a court order advocating that the sites keep international IP addresses from posting domestic profiles in the US, the Representatives from IAC and Match.com have not responded to messages regarding the suit. The company has been sued for similar reasons before, but the lawsuits were thrown out due to the fact that Match.com's Yuliana Avalos filed the suit in Manhattan federal court claiming photos of her have been used without her consent in at least 200 fake profiles posted on Match.com and other websites run by co-defendant InterActiveCorp Manhattan, the New York Post reports.Avalos is a mother and part-time model who claims to have never joined Match.com, the New York Daily News reports.“Not a day goes by when someone doesn’t tell me that they saw my pictures posted on Match.com or another website,” she said in a statement.The suit goes on to say that "thousands" of others including celebrities, soldiers, and adult actresses have their pictures taken off social media sites like Facebook and used for fake profiles even though they were never actually members of Match's dating sites.None of the "celebrities" are only named by user names for accounts that are no longer active, the New York Post reports. Yuliana Avalos' lawyer, Evan Spencer, wouldn't name the celebs, but did confirm he hasn't reached out to any of them to about joining the lawsuit.The suit alleges that an "extensive investigation" of complaints by hundreds of potential class action members showed that Match.com subscribers are being scammed out of user fees by "criminals" working in Nigeria, Ghana, and Russia.“The tragedy of this case is two-fold as the American victims of internet fraud on defendants’ sites, (estimated to be at least thousands), mostly widows, widowers, and divorcees age 50 and over, have been defrauded out of as much as hundreds of millions of dollars over the past six-plus years through fraudulent dating profiles on the defendants’ sites, and those of its competitors," the suit says.“In addition to the financial and emotional toll, these scams destroy relationships, families, and result in suicides, abductions and murder of victims in foreign countries.”The suit seeks $1 billion in punitive damages and $500 million for non-members of Match.com whose photographs were used erroneously.The fake profiles are often created in other countries for "criminal purposes" such as "romance scams" which "entice victims to send money to people outside of the country," said Evan Spencer according to the New York Daily News The suit alleges that Match.com is "looking the other way" as it can tell the fake profiles are being posted with IP addresses in foreign countries. The IP addresses and the cities listed on the profiles don't match. The suit is calling for a court order advocating that the sites keep international IP addresses from posting domestic profiles in the US, the New York Post reports.Representatives from IAC and Match.com have not responded to messages regarding the suit.The company has been sued for similar reasons before, but the lawsuits were thrown out due to the fact that Match.com's user agreement doesn't require it to "police" profiles, the New York Daily News reports. More about matchcom, Fake profiles, florida model, Lawsuit, Internet More news from matchcom Fake profiles florida model Lawsuit Internet