Online Impostors

Oh yes I got some one from Washington D.C. Claiming to represent Obama's office looking for money.I knew right away it was phony.Every one know that they will have it all in no time at all.TAX TAX TAX.Yes they are all imposters in washington.Pretending to be humans. Even "O"

Yes. There are many on this site(yedda).They steal you I.D. & your icon.They harass other people in your name.I could give you a list but it would be fruitless.They know who they are .They will go away if you just shun them.

You can't tell the players without a scorecard! 

Yedda (this site) has had problems with that but I believe management is taking steps to address those (and other) issues.

Now, if we could only siphon the crazies (we all know who they are) off onto their own threads so we wouldn't have to keep dealing with them out here with the rest of us!

I am constantly sent e-mails by people asking for donations for some bogus reason or organization.  How can I stop this.  I have reported this to the FBI .

gma You don't need a valid e-mail to post on yedda so the problem will never go away until the solve that problem. Some people think I'm one of the Crazys.Some people don't.Who is the judge?

I've no idea as to who will be the ultimate judge. I will say that you are not on my radar screen as one of the crazies...

The valid e-mail address may be part of the problem but I'm pretty sure that the ones I think of as nut jobs all have a valid address, so it certainly wouldn't make any difference as far as they're concerned.  

Gma if they get rid of the kooks they will just register under another tag name .What they need a a good conformation system. What I think as a kook my not be your kook

Just don't engage

Outside of spam emails I don't think I have been fooled. But then I sell more than I buy, listen more than I talk, and try to stay away from some of the creepy places. The Nigerian bank scam is a personal favorite.  I get 1-2 of those every few months.  I forward it to the FBI.