This is the fake message I got on myspace.com:<\/p>\n
Subject: Hello!
\nHi \ud83d\ude42 Just so you know, this account doesn’t belong to me…I’m borrowing a friend’s. I’m not to smart about computers, so I haven’t set up my own account. But my friend has been so lucky on here I just had to try it out! Your profile really stood out, so I decided to say hi. If I seem like your kind of girl at all, maybe you could take a chance and email me at kristen_jules552 at yahoo. Another friend said she would show me how to email pics, so I can send some of those along, too…<\/p>\nI’ll be looking forward to hearing from you:)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So I sent the message:<\/p>\n
I received a message from you on myspace.com, or so I think. Just checking to see if that’s not a mistake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And I got the reply:<\/p>\n
Hi ! Hey you found me! I was a little worried you
\nwouldn’t be able to \ud83d\ude1b so, how are you? I am ok.. Im
\nsneaking a email in at work before my boss comes in,
\nso sorry if it’s a little short! I promise to write
\nmore later \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nSo I promised you some pics huh? \ud83d\ude1b well I will have
\nto send you some of me when I get home (don’t have the
\npics here at work). In the meantime you can check out
\nmy personal homepage. It is kind of playground while I
\nam taking this intro to HTML class, kind of like my
\nblog page. Here is the link:
\nhttp:\/\/www.wishfulwebhost.com\/kristenswebpage
\nIts not much yet but its getting there. hehe<\/p>\nSo tell me more about yourself, are you a work to live
\nor live to work kinda person? What are you looking for
\nin a girl? Do you like myspace? I think I will make a
\nprofile soon, its free right? and you can add your own
\nHTML? That would be cool..<\/p>\nAnyways, enough with the 20 questions right? oh, I
\nprefer to chat on IM, its more personal you know? Do
\nyou have AIM? im natkat224 on there, msg me sometime
\nok?<\/p>\nWell I should log off and get some work done.. Write
\nback soon! and take care!<\/p>\nxoxo ~ Kristen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Doesn’t that sound odd? No details like “I’m in Portland” or “I like the Trailblazers” or anything. Googling for the username “natkat224” gave me one hit on the fark.com web site<\/a> where, if you page down, you’ll see an EXACT copy of the email!<\/p>\n
So, for those of you who said I should email her, thanks a boatload! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the fake message I got on myspace.com: Subject: Hello! Hi \ud83d\ude42 Just so you know, this account doesn’t belong to me…I’m borrowing a friend’s. I’m not to smart about computers, so I haven’t set up my own account. But my friend has been so lucky on here I just had to try it out! Your profile really stood out, so I decided to say hi. If I seem like your kind of girl at all, maybe you could take a chance and email me at kristen_jules552 at yahoo. Another friend said she would show me how to email pics, so I can send some of those along, too… … Continue reading For people curious what a scam looks like.<\/span>