Bumbling Babble 0922
I got this in my inbox the other day. It wasn't in the Message Center, but my outside email:
I'm George by name. Nice to meet you, So sorry to infringe on your privacy, Its said that 'A picture is worth a thousand words, but when I saw yours, it was more than words could explain.The charming profile is irresistible, though a little personal message but your look tells a lot about a nice person, I am a lovely, caring, down to earth person. I saw your profile on a dating site and found it interesting. I'd love to establish a conversation with you, and hope to get to know you better as friends, for a lasting relationship with you. Thanks and waiting to hear from you
Now the kicker is, the address I got this message on was a dedicated address that I used for a standard profile that I have since resurrected from info I found about leaked data. While that data itself is over a decade old, this means the data is still floating out there in the cyber world.
I guess the dude is able to read a lot into lipstick prints since that's the photo I used on that profile--lipstick print on a napkin. Neat trick.
I have noticed that, at one point, there was an influx of profiles with the rm prefix. I'm guessing these profiles were resurrected using leaked data. While there are some who legitimately came back after a long hiatus, I probably wouldn't be wrong in guessing that a good majority of those behind the profiles with the rm prefix aren't the original profile creators. Since these profiles have already been through the approval process when they were originally created, they didn't get flagged for review when resurrected. For those of you who are wondering what the rm prefix means, this is an old practice where the prefix was attached to profiles that have not seen any activity for over 3 (?) years and were slated for removal from the database (rm = remove). From a certain point, the site quit deleting these profiles "just in case they might decide to come back and pay for membership again." However, the odds of profiles with the rm prefix being over a decade old is high, so keep that in mind when you come across one. They definitely are not "new here."
But seriously, who falls for the shit in that email in this day and age, anyway? I used to get loads of emails like that back when I first started online dating, but hardly see them anymore (or, maybe it's just me).
Another example of once it's out there on the internet, it never goes away.
It doesn't hurt to change the email address associated with your profile and password on this site every now and then. I have been.
Always, play safe and stay safe.
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