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EmelineRose -> RE: fake photos (5/23/2009 4:06:31 PM)
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Generally if it looks like a so-called "perfect" person (according to the usual social conditioning of what that supposedly constitutes) and a professional photo (especially one which looks very staged or like it's been taken in a studio) I would tend to be suspicious. I do see lots of "perfect" nubile young women posing photos here doing the "right" smile, posture etc and they tend to scream to me "fake profile" (and often it is older MEN who make those profiles or someone wanting to do some kind of scam on gullible men).
On the other hand I've known several men who stole their photographs too, so it's not just the women doing this. I've found men lie a lot about their height and women lie a lot about their weight. Also I've noticed men tend to think they're a lot more attractive that they really are (of course attractive is a subjective term anyway, but on the other hand some seem to lack completely any objectivity).
I think the best thing is to use your intuition, common sense and sensitivity.
The obvious answer is a cam but even they are far from infallible. People can look pretty different on cam and there is a lot you can't see. Also I've known instances where the real scam artists put someone ELSE on cam. Some have told me they even found someone who played a VIDEO of someone else through their cam.
I think when it all boils down to it, it comes down to the honesty of the other person (bearing in mind too they may honestly see themselves as different to how many others might see them) but you really never known till you meet them.
If a real life meet is a lot of trouble, I'd also definitely talk to them by phone or on voice first, not just to check they are the gender they claim to be, but I've found people can seem a LOT different on voice than in text, almost like different personalities, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
Good luck!
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