Obviously Fake Profiles

[dodgechevy]

I was reading through old emails today on Swing Lifestyle. Found a couple of emails between a friend of ours how we would compare profiles that were obviously fake. So why not make a thread.


One profile had a picture of the monitor of a porn star (you could barely see the beginning letters of bangbus on the lower righthand corner. Funniest thing about it was how it didn't even look like a screenshot, it looked like it was probably a picture of the actual monitor.

Another profile you could just tell the pics were photoshopped, especially the one where they were "standing" next to each other (her head was almost freakishly big).

So how about you folks?

[Cpl2share]

Be fair, not all of them are fakes. One couple in our area has figured out how to photo shop to make themselves look more interesting. Their pix on a postcard from here and there. What really makes it funny is that they are wearing teh same clothes in all of them. Either makes them look pathetic for trying to look sophisticated or nasty for wearing the same outfit everywhere they go. They are real though as we do know them and have avoided letting them know who we are.

[SW_PA_Couple]

True, many of the pretenders who infest the swingers' Web sites give themselves away with their obviously doctored pictures. One guy ambushed me with an Swing Lifestyle Video Chat at 4:00 am, aimed his Web cam at a computer monitor showing a porn site and types the message, "My wife is asleep right now and can't come to the computer but this is her picture".

BUT, as Cpl2share pointed out, there are profiles that look suspicious but are posted by earnest people. There are two people who live three miles from us who have a profile picture that looks like it was taken with a 1950s Polaroid camera, buried in soft peat for five years, handled by a thousand people, bent, folded, spindled and mutilated. But they are real. I proposed to the fella, "I'll take a nice picture of you and your wife for your profile," and he says, "Why? The one we have is just fine."

[Chicup]

More than once I've seen a non-obvious fake profile that turns out they ripped the pictures off a real profile. Since the couples they rip off happen to be 100's of miles away it can take a while (if ever) for them to be discovered.

[twoforone100]

We actually had a "fake" couples profile send pic's of someone we knew... Had met...not only that he was using pic's from the same town... He is a jackass... So we told her about it. she handled it with the site and him...lol she knew exactly who he was as he liked to watch her cam... Some people are stupid and even lazy......

There are lots of red flags on pic's and such but the best way is when they don't even know where the local famous bar is...

[good times]

We have actually had someone on here form across the country forward us a link to someone who stole our pictures on Swing Lifestyle. After Swing Lifestyle verified we were who we said we are they removed our pictures from the other profile.

[dodgechevy]

Yeah we had a friend of ours get their pics stolen. Unfortunately they couldn't do anything about it since the ad wasn't on Swing Lifestyle. It was on craigslist. Fortunately once they emailed the ad demanding they remove the pics they actually did.

[Playful1]

Honestly, it is hard to tell the fakes. I'm on apg, and used to be on Swing Lifestyle, and got accused of being fake a fair amount. For no other reason than I have professional looking photos up and am an decent looking 20 something single woman.

So, while I agree there are fakes (I ran into a lot on Swing Lifestyle, particularly single women), you really can't assume most of the time.

That being said, occasionally there are some really obvious fake profiles, and those are usually worth a laugh or two, lol

[Chicup]

Originally Posted by Playful1

Honestly, it is hard to tell the fakes. I'm on apg, and used to be on Swing Lifestyle, and got accused of being fake a fair amount. For no other reason than I have professional looking photos up and am an decent looking 20 something single woman.

Hehe, I have to be honest. When I see professional quality photos of a single female I automatically assume its fake.

[Playful1]

Originally Posted by Chicup

Hehe, I have to be honest. When I see professional quality photos of a single female I automatically assume its fake.

That's unfortunate. I know several single females including myself that know people how do photos of either professional or near professional quality and have our photos done by them. I only want to show my best online, so why wouldn't I have professional stuff done if I can

Admittedly, in my case it helps that the guy who does most of my photos is also my favorite play partner, lol, so I am never at a shortage of photos.

If I think a profile is fake I tend to go more by what is said in the profile than the photos.

[Chicup]

Originally Posted by Playful1

That's unfortunate. I know several single females including myself that know people how do photos of either professional or near professional quality and have our photos done by them. I only want to show my best online, so why wouldn't I have professional stuff done if I can

Admittedly, in my case it helps that the guy who does most of my photos is also my favorite play partner, lol, so I am never at a shortage of photos.

If I think a profile is fake I tend to go more by what is said in the profile than the photos.

I'd look at it from another prospective. Professional photos of attractive women are a dime a dozen on the internet. Very easy to grab and put up on a profile. Show a few of you in real life situations with people at a party or the like, non-professionally done and that 'fake' aura disappears quite a bit.

If you don't I'd add some real situation photos, it should help.

[Playful1]

Originally Posted by Chicup

I'd look at it from another prospective. Professional photos of attractive women are a dime a dozen on the internet. Very easy to grab and put up on a profile. Show a few of you in real life situations with people at a party or the like, non-professionally done and that 'fake' aura disappears quite a bit.

If you don't I'd add some real situation photos, it should help.

I have at times shown myself at a party or some other sort of "real" situation, but i generally avoid those as I prefer the professional ones for several reasons: 1)they tend to be less busy in the background and therefore more appealing visually 2)I dont really want to have any issues with other not wanting part of their body, etc showing in a photo(i blur faces, but have met some very picky people and 3) i am usually too busy having fun at "real situations" to worry abou having photos, therefore I don't have many.

Not arguing, just saying don't judge us simply because we only have professional photos up

[BiloxiCouple]

A brand new member on Swing Lifestyle with beautiful pictures of the lady. Profile states she can't play because of pregnancy but her husband can. Of course there's no pictures of him.

[Nitati]

We had a seemingly decent guy we've actually met in person (but never played with) send us a msg on Swing Lifestyle from a couple's profile telling us it's him & asking when we want to hook up. No pics on that profile, of course... plus when we met him, he introduced the guy he was with as his sister.... oops! She was definitely a girl upon speaking, but neither looked nor dressed like one (which, there's nothing wrong with that) but it definitely scratched him off the "possibles" list when they both went into a private room together with a group of 3 other girls.... We're no prudes, but !!!

[sexylady1970]

I think the single males masquerading as a couple are pretty obvious....start a bit of conversation or email with them and you find out things like, she is out of town, or I am able to play alone. I personally love the term "married male half of a couple with a hall pass".

We post pics without faces and nobody else in the backround. For those we know, we allow a bit more, but still nobody elses face or identifying marks. Simply out of respect. All of our pics are in real situations which lends the legitimacy in our opinion.