Porn spammers stealing women's photos from dating sites
MSNBC reported recently on sleazy porn spammers placing fake personal ads in online dating services, then steering male respondents to porn paysites. In some cases, the spammers use photos snagged from real women's dating service profiles. One woman to whom this happened has been fighting back, urging the dating services to crack down more seriously and tracking down the con artist who stole her photo.
Laura provided MSNBC.com with a 3-inch thick pile of paper, documenting dozens of personals ads using her photo. In one, she was “Firecracker_heaven007” a 22 year old from Woodsville, N.H. In another, “lil_spank_spank,” a 23 year old from Denver who expected “breakfast in bed” after the first date. In still another, she was “Chocolate_Starfish_0,” who promised to “bring you the danger that firecrackers have” and invited men to “send me your e-mail and a pic of yourself. Who knows, maybe I’ll make you explode.” In fact, many of the fake ads played on the firecracker theme, Laura said, making them relatively easy to find.
This is just plain low. (Earlier MSNBC article about porn spam at dating sites.)
