One of the things I have noticed working online is the amazing amount of fakers there are. I have no idea why fakers exist. I used to think that the person that faked a web model was most likey some girl that maybe didn’t get the same attention and was looking for attention.

I came to this conclusion because of a girl that used to fake Kayla from gndkayla.com. This girl would steal Kayla’s images and put them online, calling herself a new name… trying to get guys to send her money. Megan Lewis (the faker) was not altogether there and that is putting it lightly. She finally wrote this long email apologizing for it etc. I don’t really believe her, but that’s me.

Before Bryci started I told her her images would be downloaded and faked just like everyone else. I knew we’d see fakers out there and usually, fakers are harmless. They are trying to get attention, that’s all. Rare that you find one using the images, trying to scam people out of money.

So the other day I am in Facebook under my random name identity that I use to search out fakers, and there’s one for Bryci. There is usually 5-10 in Facebook if I stay away for a week. We don’t use Facebook ourselves, Bryci isn’t in there and neither am I so if you ever see a “Bryci” in facebook, it’s not the real girl, period.

Anyway.. I see this one faker so I send her a nice email detailing how we’re going to find her if she doesn’t wake the fuck up. So many people are stupid it’s not even funny. They figure it’s online so it can’t be tracked. That or they’ve seen one too many movie and figure if they hide behind an anonymity router it will hide them. Nope. If someone wants to find you, you can be found. Welcome to the world wide web. Privacy is such a thing of the past it’s not even funny.  That’s another blog tho… hah

I send her an email telling her what happens next…

Keep in mind the facebook profile she’d have gotten the email from does not mention jamesdot in any way nor bryci in any way. It’s a dud profile, no writing on it. The email with the notification of what was going to happen next was the only way this faker was contacted. I didn’t mention jamesdot.

Yet… this morning I wake to an email addressed to james@jamesdot.com

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from Ina Gordon igordon38@hotmail.com
to james@jamesdot.com
date Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:40 AM

subject sorry oh my goodness

Dear James,

I was horrified when i looked at my facebook this morning only to find out that my babysitter from last night had stolen pictures from your site! oh my goodness not only did i delete the profile this idiot girl created but she is no longer working for me! my name is Ina Gordon you can see me and my daughter on facebook, lol im 36 the girl on your site is so much younger than me and i dont have her body! please accept my apoligies and this should not happen again!

If anything else happen please feel free to call my home 412 000 0000
once again my apoligies

Thank you
Ina

please let me know either on fb, phone or email if you see fake profiles

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ummm…

Serious?

Let me get this right…

You looked at YOUR facebook this morning and your facebook was now a Bryci profile?

Strange, the Bryci profile was new in the last 24 hours… had 18 followers, was not an older profile

You’re telling me your babysitter did this?

So your babysitter creates a fake profile and when you wake up, you login in and check the email for this fake profile that isn’t yours? Would the first thing you do when going to FB in the morning is login, or if you’re already logged in… you’d see that’s not you and you’d click log out?

No, you make your way through this profile and read the emails that are addressed to someone other than yourself. Yeah, that makes sense.

How did you know to email james@jamesdot.com when I didn’t include that email or my website or anything about me in the email I sent you in facebook. It wasn’t registered from a jamesdot.com email. it was a random identity I use to catch clowns such as yourself. Hmmm… could it be that you stole the pix from my site here, so you knew exactly who to contact to stop us from moving forward against you? Seems more than plausible, seems likely.

Ina did include her phone number which I thought was a nice tough to showing she was actually freaked by my email. I removed the email because I’m not totally heartless.

Just makes ya shake your head and ask yourself..

Where in your head was this a good idea? No it wasn’t your damn babysitter, we’re not 12, we don’t fall for bad lies anymore. Santa is real? What? Sweeeeeet! Now I can get a pimped out big wheel!

So for those reading this that are consider using someone else’s images online so you can get your rocks off.. what’s your deal? Why go through the headache? One of these days you’ll mess with the wrong person and yes, they will take legal action against you. How much could this cost you? Use Google like I just did you look it up.

Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney’s fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rights

So, let’s say you fake a facebook profile and you steal 30 images.

30 images x $30,000 per image = ……

your ass is so bankrupt it’s not even funny.

So what happens if you don’t have the money? A judgement. Meaning, your house is sold, your car is sold, your bank accounts frozen, every single thing you owned is now not yours, it’s being auctioned. Your life is fucking gone as you knew it.

For what? So you could pretend to be someone else online?

Dude. Really?

If you’re going to fake someone to get off, at least be smart enough to do it with random photos. Don’t steal them from a website that will most likely come after you to protect itself.