Topic: Should such profiles be reported ? | |
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I have seen at least 3 patterns of potentially abusive profiles/posts which may not be obvious to all.
1. Those inviting contact through email outside the site : typically used by the "Nigerian" 419 scammers. I saw two "matches" today from profiles I had never seen. Both turned out to have very similar text in them. So I did a web search for part of the text ("no one that likes anything more than a social drink or two") and, surprise, found all results only on mingle2.com. 2, Those providing a phone number, urging to call directly: typically used to harass the real owner of that phone number. I saw a post in the forums today by a (new) member urging others to look at their profile to find their phone number. While a quick reverse search matched the phone number with the name in the profile, there is no way to tell that the user of the profile is indeed the same person . If this suspicion turns out to be true, naively contacting the number could result in police being called. I have heard of many cases where girls/women are subjected to such harassment - the original culprit publishes their number and then only the men who call the number get involved in further complications. 3. Those offering "escort"/"massage"/call-girl etc services : I'm guessing this is not what the site is intended for. So, my question is, should such profiles be reported? |
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I do report.
Often a day or two later...Profile account no longer active. This place is full of scammers and they need to be run off to allow the 5 or so real people here a chance. Best police are ourselves. Keep our yards clean and the trash has to move on. |
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Mingles had, and still have a lot of scammers, report them all and at once so the site to get clear a little....
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