Fake Members of PW's

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Comment by Stephen Mitchell on December 11, 2009 at 7:47pm

Thanks for the comment and the good ideas:
You've said: "As I've seen, a great looking avatar followed by copious responses and gifts sent is enough to suspect this is a troller" --- That's the same reason I was concerned that this was not a real person. PW's has had a few of these over the last few months, yet it takes a while for people to realise. Makes you wonder how many users over on Facebook are also Trolls!

Interestingly I have noticed you are connected with two other members of PW's whom I also suspect are also Trolls:
Abigail Harman
Lindsey Adam

Comment by ChopChop on December 10, 2009 at 9:19am

Thanks Stephen,

Yeah such are the vagaries of this thing called the net that these time wasters delight in annoying the living daylights out ofus. Have found a good way of weeding out these legitimate requests. Firstly don't just out and out accept these invitations. Secondly check out their profile and look for something a bit more than a photo. Check for how much info if any they've provided. And finaly before accepting, send out a request for friendship yourself. If you get a response all well and good otherwise its bye bye and delete. I was suspicious about one request myself thinking this is indeed a spammer; in this case they were legit. But guys particularly take note, and as I've seen, a great looking avatar followed by copious responses and gifts sent is enough to suspect this is a troller. Any comments replies following the initial request? You could lay a safe bet that it is indeed a troller. Honestly some of these need a life. Cheers! Chop Chop!