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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

So hearing that there’s more and more fake profiles on here.

How many of you have been tricked into sending face pics etc to an account that then disappears ??

What can be done to change this ??

Makes for a very frustrated individual here lol

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

I don't know what the answer is op, all id say is only send pics if and when you feel comfortable to do so.

Stay chatting on fab, in my experience people who rush you away from it, generally want pics sent.

Also you can tick the box when you send a pic for it to be deleted, if you're a site supporter.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported."

How do you do a reverse image search? TIA

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Yeah but still end up taking a chance because if it does pay off then could be the start of something amazing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Difficult topic really. From a couples point of view you need to chat and see face pics before agreeing to meet. Just because you do this isn’t a guarantee it will happen.

I’ve also known occasions when pictures are sent out and then the other person disappears. Either swiped the pic or didn’t like what they saw.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I very rarely add as a friend or share pics unless I’m 100% happy the other person is real

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I very rarely add as a friend or share pics unless I’m 100% happy the other person is real "

this

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

It how can u ever be sure ??

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By *arty84Man
over a year ago

Orpington


"I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported.

How do you do a reverse image search? TIA"

You can screenshot a pic or save it to your device, then you can go to Google image search (must be in desktop layout) and there's an option to upload a pic from your device.

Google will then do an image search based on the content of the pic, sometimes it can find am exact match, like on a Facebook profile. Most of the time though it will just give you other images that have a similar look to them but are unrelated.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported.

How do you do a reverse image search? TIA

You can screenshot a pic or save it to your device, then you can go to Google image search (must be in desktop layout) and there's an option to upload a pic from your device.

Google will then do an image search based on the content of the pic, sometimes it can find am exact match, like on a Facebook profile. Most of the time though it will just give you other images that have a similar look to them but are unrelated. "

I think people are finding ways around the reverse image search though and not sure how. I'm not a techie but there are definitely fake pics that don't show up on the searches!

PS. This thread will defo be closed within next 5 mins.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

also op why is this catfish ? you sent a pic they did not like therefor never answered more like ...nobody is owed anything its swinging ...move on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported.

How do you do a reverse image search? TIA

You can screenshot a pic or save it to your device, then you can go to Google image search (must be in desktop layout) and there's an option to upload a pic from your device.

Google will then do an image search based on the content of the pic, sometimes it can find am exact match, like on a Facebook profile. Most of the time though it will just give you other images that have a similar look to them but are unrelated. "

Also just tap photo on here & hold & option will pop up to search Google for it

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By *nlyfun3Woman
over a year ago

NEAR Berkhamsted,Herts

Reverse imaging.... I open fab in Google chrome. Click on the image and it says search with google lens. This covers a majority of public Web pages. It that doesn't work but I have a hunch, I click on an image and I download the image and I upload to Yandex which has a broader search. I do this all on my phone. I screen shot my result and send it to the lucky catfish and report them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Must admit I dont talk to anyone who doesn't have meet verifications. But I also use kik, ask them to send me a little video saying something to verify they are real! I can usually spot a fake, and when they are asked to verify they disappear!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have m8.a long time ago. Not now lol. But I think that there must be lots of people on here who have been caught out at sometime

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Must admit I dont talk to anyone who doesn't have meet verifications. But I also use kik, ask them to send me a little video saying something to verify they are real! I can usually spot a fake, and when they are asked to verify they disappear!!"

This 100%.

I don't know why people get so offended when you ask if they have Kik. So much stuff can be faked these days but it's pretty impossible to fake a face & voice message telling someone that "you're a little teapot short and stout". It's free and it's convenient.

Some people go straight to asking for mobile numbers and with all due respect with the amount of cranks and scammers around why would I give my personal number out after a couple of messages?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Reverse imaging.... I open fab in Google chrome. Click on the image and it says search with google lens. This covers a majority of public Web pages. It that doesn't work but I have a hunch, I click on an image and I download the image and I upload to Yandex which has a broader search. I do this all on my phone. I screen shot my result and send it to the lucky catfish and report them. "

Cool...I must install Yandex...never heard of it

But do peeps know some legit pics are on the internet also on other sites...So sometimes if a pic does pop up on Google Search it doesn't actually mean it's fake

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington


"I caught a few, photos looked professional so I did a reverse image Search. Called them out and reported.

How do you do a reverse image search? TIA"

Google "Reverse image search".

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington

The problem is the old veri system no longer works.

Once upon a time a photo verification was a good start but photos.can be faked with ease now.

Same with web cam veris. I've seen new accounts pop up, stream a video of a womams breasts and some muppet in the chat room leaves a veri when its clearly fake...but it does happen.

Which leads you onto the whole "met in person" veri. It was a good thing once as well. Kind of an honour system. Freind of a freind sort of thing but again...with an influx of fake accounts over time, these can be faked as well....OR circumstances change. Couples split up but some guys like to try it on etc

Theres no easy solution or quick fix without a major overhaul of the veri system. Free sites, especially swinger ones will unfortunetly attract people just looking to perv on photos.

Personally we would like to see a separation of web and physical meet verifications. Maybe a blue tick for webcam.and green for actual meets...or better yet, a yellow tick to show they've met others in the last...say 6 months?

Heck...we could.even have video veris now if the site was willing where the person simply.states their fab names. More is better but costs money to implement.

Eitherway though...fab.needs to change with the times and offer a bit more peace of.mind to its.members because if they dont, another site will eventually.

All.it takes.is one smart coder to release an app that does.everything fab does but better and with a few extra user features.

Wont happen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure that last message will still be there in the morning. Any time I lost something about fake accounts my message disappears in the blink of an eye!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*post not lost

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington


"Not sure that last message will still be there in the morning. Any time I lost something about fake accounts my message disappears in the blink of an eye! "

If they do, they do. Their site, their rules. It's not a free speech platform and I get that but these things are happening and its not a case of if, but when things will change. Hiding issues wont fix them but community feedback may help change things for the better.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Must admit I dont talk to anyone who doesn't have meet verifications. But I also use kik, ask them to send me a little video saying something to verify they are real! I can usually spot a fake, and when they are asked to verify they disappear!!

This 100%.

I don't know why people get so offended when you ask if they have Kik. So much stuff can be faked these days but it's pretty impossible to fake a face & voice message telling someone that "you're a little teapot short and stout". It's free and it's convenient.

Some people go straight to asking for mobile numbers and with all due respect with the amount of cranks and scammers around why would I give my personal number out after a couple of messages?"

For me KIK is a godsend! Its extremely hard to fake a video on the live camera function! And believe me I ask for some very specific phrases haha

I never give out my number! Youd have to be special as fuck haha!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does anyone know why they want face pictures and what they do with them? I’ve always assumed they use them as profile pictures on other sites with other fake profiles but I can’t see what benefit they get from that. I really hope it’s nothing too ominous as I’ve sent a few face pictures to people and not heard back from them, I just assumed they didn’t like how my face looked haha.

I’ve just seems a profile picture that had the ‘go to website’ text on it that you get when you search images on the search engine that everyone uses that starts with G (not sure if we’re allowed to say the name of websites on here so just being cautious)

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington


"Must admit I dont talk to anyone who doesn't have meet verifications. But I also use kik, ask them to send me a little video saying something to verify they are real! I can usually spot a fake, and when they are asked to verify they disappear!!

This 100%.

I don't know why people get so offended when you ask if they have Kik. So much stuff can be faked these days but it's pretty impossible to fake a face & voice message telling someone that "you're a little teapot short and stout". It's free and it's convenient.

Some people go straight to asking for mobile numbers and with all due respect with the amount of cranks and scammers around why would I give my personal number out after a couple of messages?

For me KIK is a godsend! Its extremely hard to fake a video on the live camera function! And believe me I ask for some very specific phrases haha

I never give out my number! Youd have to be special as fuck haha!!"

We dont even use Kik much (only recently tried using it and we are crap at it) but its a shame people need to go through other 3rd party sites or services simply due to the amount of cranks on here.

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Kettering

And theres me thinking this was going to be a fishing thread

What's catfish got to do with it?

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington


"Does anyone know why they want face pictures and what they do with them? I’ve always assumed they use them as profile pictures on other sites with other fake profiles but I can’t see what benefit they get from that. I really hope it’s nothing too ominous as I’ve sent a few face pictures to people and not heard back from them, I just assumed they didn’t like how my face looked haha.

I’ve just seems a profile picture that had the ‘go to website’ text on it that you get when you search images on the search engine that everyone uses that starts with G (not sure if we’re allowed to say the name of websites on here so just being cautious)"

You can say "google it" because googling things is a thing. Google it.

Cant comment on your case but for women and couples though, certain guys (and it is guys) like you to share pictures of your adventures with them...just to promptly swipe them and post them on a image board elsewhere.

All those amateur photos and videos out there (the real stuff)...do you really think the majority comes from people consenting to it being spammed everywhere on all the popular sites?

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