Topic: Catfishing- a person impersonating someone- a scam | |
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Red flags:
Asking you to go to another site Asking for your number early Solution: Request they send a pix holding an item you choose. Like a brush, shampoo bottle ect If they cant- they are likely using someone elses pix Comments...? |
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Comments...?
Yea.. some catfish can actually read. Sometimes they actually make threads. Once in awhile they make scammer threads. I am not about to teach any criminals how to be a better criminal. And welcome |
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All members should have received an automatic e-mail concerning this issue and how to deal with it.
We are really sorry that you are running into this issue. The Site has a Report/Abuse System in place that all members are required to use to report such issue. If you do not know how to report you can use the e-mail they sent you look to the bottom right click on Report/Abuse/Spam and follow the directions. These reports go straight to Admin. Mods do not handle Scammers only Admin does. Another way you can report them is on their profile to the right you will see Report This User click on that and follow the instructions. We rely on members to help us by reporting them. Many do slip by us and we need members to help by reporting. We ask that the Forums not to be used for this problem due to we have a Report System which is noted in the Forum Rules. With that said this thread is being locked. We ask that all Members use the Forums strictly for getting to know those that post within the forums. If you have a problem with the site or a question then please post that in either the Help section http://mingle2.com/forum/forum/7 Or Bug Reports http://mingle2.com/forum/forum/8 These are both located at the very bottom when you scroll down on the Community Forums. Hope this helps. Rosie Site Moderator |
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