'I was booted off dating app because jealous weirdos were pretending to be me to bag men'

A glamorous mum from Greater Manchester claims she has been kicked off Tinder as 'jealous weirdos' keep stealing her pictures in a bid to 'catfish'' men.

Carly Johnson, 40, from Stockport, says she's been bombared with messages from mystery men and women who say they've been flirting with her on Tinder, Bumble and Badoo.

When in fact she's been alerted to around 20 profiles using images she's posted on social media. Some are using her name, age and location whilst others are using completely different names and ages, some claiming to be over 10 years younger.

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Carly says she has now even been banned from having her own Tinder account and believes it's because the platform thinks it's one of the many fakes.

She's branded the 'weirdos' behind the fake accounts 'jealous' of how young she looks but admits she's flattered her images are being used by singletons to try and lure men.

One screenshot from Badoo shows a brazen person using her name and age while another from Bumble even has a supposedly 'verified' profile logo.

Bumble's website claims a profile is only verified once a selfie has been taken to determine the person using the profile is the same person in the images.

Despite finding the bizarre situation amusing she's been left 'embarrassed' to think what the people claiming to be her are saying to their matches. Carly's tweet about the profiles labelled the use of her photos and details a 'violation' and users rushed to agree with her.

In response to her calls for increased photo verification on dating apps, Tinder insisted they encourage every user to get a blue tick on their account by verifying it with a 'selfie video'.