Effing impersonators, gah! Options

[xquizit]

Well, kids. Here's one good reason not to post your pics on the internet. Lately I've been finding my pics scattered on Xanga, Myspace, Finadapix and the like... even Blackplanet!

The funny thing is some of these people don't even bother to adjust their info to match "their pics". They would post my pics and then say they're 13 years old or that they're vietnamese or something. I mean, if you're going to impersonate someone, you might as well try to be believeable and adjust your info. Like this chick who tries to come off as a total sleaze using my pic!?!?

Oh yeah, and one chick IMed me once accusing ME of being the fake and that she knew some chick who has been posting pics of herself on findapix for a while... and then she found the same pics on my Myspace. She demanded I remove my pics or she would report me to her friend who would take "legal" action. So her friend and her friends actually had the nerve to IM me telling me I was the fake. I was like, 'eff it, i don't have time for this' and had her account shut down. There's no telling how many other accounts on other sites she may have created since then using my pics.

I've had to go through great lengths to get these accounts shut down. I worry that people I may actually know in person will find these accounts thinking they're really me and judge me based on these impersonators.

I've removed a lot of my pictures from the internet since then, and have refrained from posting new ones for this reason. Anyone who doesn't believe that my pictures are real can ask Trish who has met me in person.

I've learned my lesson. I hope that you guys will practice the some precaution when posting your pics.

[JlIaTMK]

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d00d roxanne, thats crazy.... omg

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how do you actually track these people down?

[xquizit]

Yeah, I was flattered at first, but then it started to really bug me when I noticed that these people were portraying themselves as total sluts and cybersex junkies. Especially at MySpace where a lot of people from my school have accounts. My biggest worry was what if they stumbled across this imposter's page and really thought it was me? Some of them have even used my real name, Roxanne. What if my dad, my crush, or someone I know does a Google search on me and finds that page? Then it's no so flattering anymore.

how do you actually track these people down?

Well, being well-known in Xanga has its perks. People IM, email, or comment me about both jockers and impersonators all the time. I never have time anymore to try to track these people down so now other people just do the work for me.