In light of complaints from readers about certain nightclubs colluding with young women to fleece male s, mid-day went undercover to expose how these establishments are allegedly offering the women free accommodation and coverage of daily expenses in return for setting up dates, getting customers to their assigned pub and racking up hefty bills in just half an hour. Within a day of the reporters creating dating profiles, matches began pouring in, with several women asking them out almost instantly. Certain nightclubs have allegedly been using women to bleed male dating app users dry financially.
According to sources, these clubs hire public relations (PR) personnel to attract business, but owing to tough competition, the latter are adopting this modus operandi. ADVERTISEMENT A group of who had been assigned PR duty by some clubs in the city have allegedly been getting young women from their hometown to engage with men on apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Happn and QuackQuack. The women, who are offered free accommodation and coverage of daily expenses, are allegedly tasked with immediately setting up dates, getting customers to their assigned pubs and racking up hefty bills in just half an hour.
The women are to then ditch their dates while the staff pressure the men into settling their dues. The women usually get 15 to 20 per cent of the total bill, sources said. An industry insider who had been involved in a similar operation claimed the network includes an IT cell that constant.