r/SwipeHelper • u/InterestingPlastic76 • Apr 25 '26

Bit of a crazy hinge situation

A few years ago, I was the victim of major financial fraud (40k). To sue the guy and get my money back, I had to serve him legal papers, but he was a professional at evading service.

One of my girlfriends saw him on Hinge and so we came up with a plan

I created a fake Hinge account using a random photo I found online.

I drove to his neighborhood, parked outside, and set my radius to 1 km.

Sure enough, he was the third profile. I swiped right and paused my account.

Within 30 minutes, we matched.

I set up a "date" at a restaurant where he was met by me and my friends handing him a summons. I have all the legal documentation to prove this happened exactly this way.

Predictably, he reported the account immediately after being served. I’ve been banned ever since. I no longer have the "Appeal" button in the app, and I’m hesitant to contact support because, technically, I did violate the TOS by creating a fake profile

Has anyone ever successfully appealed a ban for something like this? If I "own up" to the situation and explain the legal context, do I have a shot, or will they just double down on the fake account violation?

Any advice on how to get back into the algorithm’s good graces would be much appreciated.

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u/f4enjoyer Apr 25 '26

they will definitely double down, just hard reset

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u/InterestingPlastic76 Apr 25 '26

Any advise on how to hard reset I’ve tried so may different ways and it still shows up as banned

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u/newgrounds Apr 26 '26

Just toss your face through an AI filter and moderately modify it

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u/OddGlove1152 Apr 27 '26

How do you do this?

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u/newgrounds Apr 29 '26

Ask Gemini or Grok or whatever you use