How do you know the photograph is real........ ( Archived) (37)

Jan 29, 2013 6:45 AM CSTHow do you know the photograph is real........
angil07
angil07angil07Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa5 Threads 4 Polls 12 Posts

How do you know the photograph is real........(Vote Below)

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Fraud Photographs
3
9%
Too gorgeous to be true....
7
21%
Sexy yes - but a stolen picture
6
18%
Wants your attention - scammers!
17
52%
Total Votes
33
I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!
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Jan 29, 2013 6:49 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
OkieChic
OkieChicOkieChicOklahoma City, Oklahoma USA11 Threads 4 Polls 649 Posts
angil07: I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!



well mine is real...lol

I know, I've had the same thing, I never googled names, but I can pretty much be able to tell who's real and who's not...

Good luck in your search! wave
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Jan 29, 2013 6:50 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
GUZMAN1
GUZMAN1GUZMAN1Barcelona, Catalonia Spain65 Threads 44 Polls 5,101 Posts
Embedded image from another site
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Jan 29, 2013 6:53 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
check_mate
check_matecheck_mateLondon, Greater London, England UK42 Threads 12 Polls 968 Posts
Love that dude grin
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Jan 29, 2013 6:53 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
angil07: I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!


You don't kinow...just assumed!dunno
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Jan 29, 2013 6:55 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
cherriebabe
cherriebabecherriebabesomewhere over the rainbow, Indonesia49 Posts
there is a programme called tineye! easy upload the pic and voila!but i dont know how accurate it is
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Jan 29, 2013 7:00 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
LuvHurts51
LuvHurts51LuvHurts51Wichita, Kansas USA3 Threads 99 Posts
There are tons of scammers on here. Read the scammer warnings. Also, be aware that scammers steal the identities of real people. I almost got taken by a scammer a few years ago. The info he gave me was about 80% correct for the real person when I did a background check. Fortunately, the 20% that was incorrect made me suspicious. With the ability to do background checks, it is just as easy for scammers to get the information on real people as for you and me to try to check them out. I have learned to only get involved with people who are local who I can meet face to face. I no longer even consider establishing a relationship with someone who I can't meet, especially if they have some bogus reason why they can't get on webcam. Remember, though, that even if they are on webcam talking to you, some scammers really are that good looking, but that doesn't keep them from trying to trick you out of money, personal information, or anything else they think will help them along in their nasty little schemes.
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Jan 29, 2013 7:03 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
chris27292729
chris27292729chris27292729IOS island, South Aegean Greece93 Threads 15,811 Posts
Really????? Am i real or not????
OkieChic: but I can pretty much be able to tell who's real and who's not...
dunno
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Jan 29, 2013 7:06 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
chris27292729: Really????? Am i real or not????
or not rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 29, 2013 7:10 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Migsy
MigsyMigsycandelaria quezon, Calabarzon Philippines16 Threads 1,632 Posts
Look at melaugh
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Jan 29, 2013 7:12 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Migsy: Look at me
Aahh baby ..aahh Takeoff Now












Glasses tongue laugh laugh
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Jan 29, 2013 7:14 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
montemonte
montemontemontemonteunknown, New Jersey USA114 Threads 4 Polls 5,631 Posts
Don't count on the picture. When you read the profile look for repitition of what they say, are they trying to impress you by saing they believe in true love. They say things that they think women want to hear. I'm a good man; I love God; children are the staple of the family; I don't care what you look like.

If the profile is written in perfect English but the email doesn't use verbs and nouns correctly you'll get an idea that they copied the profile from somebody else.

The biggest clue of all is if their CS email has their personal email address in it. If that happens just block them and then delete the email.
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Jan 29, 2013 7:14 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Halv0
Halv0Halv0Marcoola, Queensland Australia19 Threads 766 Posts
angil07: I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!


Yeah, you will find a lot of scammers on here. I have just had a recent spat of about 12 scammers.... all supposedly from the USA, all 29 - 35 wanting a relationship with me. All the photos were drop dead beautiful.

But what gave them away was when they said that they wanted to be in relationship with me or were thinking of "serious" friendship. I have posted on my profile only pen pals, etc because I have started a relationship with a lady that I met on CS. So these emails are now an absolute dead giveaway.

Mind you, when I respond exposing them, they are quite rude and indignant that I should think such a thing of them. Then I report them and delete them.

I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but when not one of them can tell me anything about where they are from, or any other reasonable info that is reasonable to share, then this doubly confirms it for me and I report them and delete them.

It seems the Ghanans have now focussed on this site after usually hitting on another dating site that I was on.

Oh, having said this, some real people actually do post "altered" or "younger" photos of themselves. It is quite disappointing to find out that they have not always been as "honest" and "up front" as they say that they are.
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Jan 29, 2013 7:19 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Migsy
MigsyMigsycandelaria quezon, Calabarzon Philippines16 Threads 1,632 Posts
ali110: Aahh baby ..aahh Takeoff Now
Glasses
im taking off my big smalll meduim banana








Sunglassestongue
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Jan 29, 2013 7:21 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Migsy: im taking off my big smalll meduim bananaSunglasses
Migy wigy tongue laugh laugh hug
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Jan 29, 2013 7:39 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
serena123
serena123serena123durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa44 Threads 2 Polls 2,821 Posts
If they standing in front of a mirror and you can see their cell phone... Chances are thats a real photo :-) otherwise you just have to assume
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Jan 29, 2013 8:25 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
clearly many of the photos are fake in the PM. I tend to read the message also and if it hints of scam language I just block it. Of course if the photo is George Clooney or Joey McIntire it obviously not real. But it doesn't always mean the person isn't real. I have a good friend on another site who used a music stars picture as his own. We chatted on hte forums and got along well even tho I knew his main photo wasn't real he had real ones on his profile
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Jan 29, 2013 8:26 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
serena123: If they standing in front of a mirror and you can see their cell phone... Chances are thats a real photo :-) otherwise you just have to assume


where's your cell???laugh hug
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Jan 29, 2013 8:29 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Migsy
MigsyMigsycandelaria quezon, Calabarzon Philippines16 Threads 1,632 Posts
serena123: If they standing in front of a mirror and you can see their cell phone... Chances are thats a real photo :-) otherwise you just have to assume
they are the models of mobile companiesrolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 29, 2013 8:57 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Delatude
DelatudeDelatudeParis, Ile-de-France France649 Posts
serena123: If they standing in front of a mirror and you can see their cell phone... Chances are thats a real photo :-) otherwise you just have to assume



Embedded image from another site

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Jan 29, 2013 9:26 AM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
abcWOMAN
abcWOMANabcWOMANLuleå, Norrbotten Sweden20 Threads 2 Polls 1,583 Posts
angil07: I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!


Welcome to CS!
What you described happen all the time here at CS!

I always check if the profile and the picture match!

I got a message once from a Black/African and brown eyes, 50 yr of age according to his profile; his pic was a blonde blue eyed young man around 25.
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Jan 29, 2013 3:42 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Glatlol
GlatlolGlatlolDublin, Ireland2 Threads 5,358 Posts
I think it is really easy to tell if a picture or profile are real and to be honest dont understand why everyone cant, its so obvious. Have never bothered using google, dont waste more than a second on the obvious fake profile.

Someone mentioned cams. I dont have one and have no interest in one if a person does not want to meet face to face then its a waste, so cya.
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Jan 29, 2013 4:47 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
barebum61
barebum61barebum61adelaide, South Australia Australia2 Threads 292 Posts
a cam be used for many reasonsconversing
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Jan 29, 2013 5:05 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
montemonte
montemontemontemonteunknown, New Jersey USA114 Threads 4 Polls 5,631 Posts
The author of a book called "Investidate" was on tv today explaining all the websites you can go to to prevent yourself from being scammed.

She was the product of an internet scam and thus wrote the book giving you suggestions and websites to use for investigating if the person is real; do they have a criminal history; are they a child abuser; ways to hear if their voice is different from the voice on the dating site. She gives so many sites on how to do your homework to keep from getting scammed.

If I was interested in dating I would definitely buy it.


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Jan 29, 2013 5:38 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Glatlol
GlatlolGlatlolDublin, Ireland2 Threads 5,358 Posts
montemonte: The author of a book called "Investidate" was on tv today explaining all the websites you can go to to prevent yourself from being scammed.

She was the product of an internet scam and thus wrote the book giving you suggestions and websites to use for investigating if the person is real; do they have a criminal history; are they a child abuser; ways to hear if their voice is different from the voice on the dating site. She gives so many sites on how to do your homework to keep from getting scammed.

If I was interested in dating I would definitely buy it.http://www.amazon.com/InvestiDate-Investigate-Cheaters-Artists-Convicts/dp/146816242X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359500428&sr=1-1&keywords=investidate+how+to+investigate+your+date


TBH Monte I think anyone who allows themselves to be scammed deserves it.
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Jan 29, 2013 6:11 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
EVERGREENS
EVERGREENSEVERGREENSEGOLI, Gauteng South Africa3 Threads 1 Polls 42 Posts
OkieChic: well mine is real...lol

I know, I've had the same thing, I never googled names, but I can pretty much be able to tell who's real and who's not...

Good luck in your search!
I can show where i took mine..
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Jan 29, 2013 6:15 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
EVERGREENS
EVERGREENSEVERGREENSEGOLI, Gauteng South Africa3 Threads 1 Polls 42 Posts
OkieChic: well mine is real...lol

I know, I've had the same thing, I never googled names, but I can pretty much be able to tell who's real and who's not...

Good luck in your search!
I can show where i took mine..
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Jan 29, 2013 6:15 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
Cyn_Real
Cyn_RealCyn_RealHappily Taken,, New Territories Hong Kong3 Threads 515 Posts
angil07: I joined CS recently.
I get gorgeous hunks wanting to be my "friends"
But the photographs are too good to be true!
A 65 year old looking like a young George Clooney?
Or an Admiral in the Navy.
A General? In the US army - I googled the name and found a real general with the same picture this guy had posted on his profile!
And the gorgeous girls? I dont think half of them are using their own pictures or even look as gorgeous as the pictures show!


Cam to cam or face to face in real !!! Never fall in love to the 'picture'...!!! My friend became a victim of somebody he met on facebook. That person use his friend's pictures...

Me, myself not into irrational electronic relationship. I don't like kissing monitor screen.
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Jan 29, 2013 6:31 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
barebum61
barebum61barebum61adelaide, South Australia Australia2 Threads 292 Posts
theres a woman who just looked at my profile and by her pic she is not real
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Feb 3, 2013 9:54 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
KoolMacKool
KoolMacKoolKoolMacKoolPerth, Western Australia Australia45 Posts
99% are scammers or have mental problems or both.
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Feb 3, 2013 10:16 PM CST How do you know the photograph is real........
justjim63
justjim63justjim63port macquarie, New South Wales Australia14 Threads 2,592 Posts
What I'd like to know is why don't people put up a profile pic in the first place? Why use the generic outline of a male or a female,I beleive that if it's good enough for me to put up a photo, then why can't others do the same? Are people afraid of being judged by their appearance? I mean this is a dating site after all, if you become realistically involved with someone then you're going to eventually meet face to face anyway, you may as well be up front right from the word go.
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