Pakistan, Feb. 18 -- Scientists have developed an algorithm that can spot dating scams. A team of researchers trained AI software to 'think like humans' when looking for fake dating profiles.

While the algorithm has only been deployed in a research setting, it could one day be used to protect users on popular dating services like Tinder and Match.com.

The study was conducted by a group of researchers from the University of Warwick and published this week.

Researchers first trained the algorithm by supplying it with profiles that were already deemed fake.

From this, the AI was able to detect recurring elements between the profiles that might indicate it as being fake.

For example, the fake profiles might share the same phone number or...