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How do you find the original source of a picture online? - kate - 05-01-2013 02:58 AM
My friend likes a guy she meet on facebook.
They talk online a lot but I think its a fake profile (like the pictures are fake)
Is there anyway to find the original sources of the photos because i think they have been copied from another website?
I really don't want her getting too hurt and sucked in to this!
thanks
- D McC - 05-01-2013 03:09 AM
try a site called tineye.com you uplead a pic to the site and it will tell you if it has been used on other sites and will tell you all the sites it has been used on
- Misunderstoodhorse799 - 05-01-2013 03:20 AM
There are scam busting sites with online lists of the names scammers use, their fake job offes, their email addresses, stock copy/paste emails, paid-for-in-cash cell phone numbers, stolen pictures and fake websites they use. You could start your search and post/ask at such sites.
If you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.
Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.
Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even partial sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.