A young woman is being both praised and criticized online for a Tinder scam that has seen her make money by tricking her matches.

Maggie Archer, 20, from St. Louis, Missouri, has gained online fame for finding a use for Tinder going beyond looking for love, writing the intriguing request in her profile: 'Send me $5, see what happens.'

When Maggie matches with a guy, she then provides him with her email associated with her PayPal account and waits for the $5 to turn up there.

Sneaky: Maggie Archer of St. Louis, Missouri, has seen more than 20 men send her cash thanks to this enticing line in her Tinder profile

A success: She revealed that one in five men that asked about the line in her profile went on to send her the money

She doesn't promise the men anything, but several men have already turned over their hard-earned money with hopes that they will be rewarded.

As soon as the hopeful men take the bait and send her the cash, she unmatches them.

The trick started as a joke as a friend of Maggie's suggested she give it a try, but after it started working, she decided to keep it going for a little while.

'It's really a foolproof plan, because I'm not actually promising anything, I just say "see what happens,"' she told BuzzFeed News.

In just one week she has received 'donations' from more than 20 men, and claims that one in five men who ask about the comment in her bio send money.

The process: She would provide the matches with her email address associated with her PayPal account and wait for the money to arrive

Bye bye: After receiving the money, she would proceed to unmatch the hopeful man

Too far: She revealed that some men would try to offer her more money hoping for something to 'actually happen'

The most she has received from a single match is $10, but claims that some matches have offered to send her even more.

'Some men get creepy and assume if they offer a lot more, like hundreds, something will actually happen, which of course it doesn't,' she said.

Amused by the success of her simple ruse, she posted images of the process on Twitter, including screenshots of her profile, a conversation with a match, the money appearing in her Paypal, and her unmatching the user.

Taking it further: She posted the scam on Twitter, where it quickly went viral, being shared more than 8,000 times

Quite a statement: She declared on Twitter that the scam was 'the best possible use for tinder'

'The best possible use for tinder,' she declared in her Twitter post.

The tweet has been shared more than 8,000 times in less than a week and attracted a large range of responses,' including some women who have tried the prank out themselves.

While Maggie claims that the majority of responses have been positive, plenty of people have also accused her of being 'cruel' - though Maggie says that her critics have been 'mostly men.'