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    Default Re: Beware of fake 'Glenn Frey' on Facebook!

    It amazes me that the people who perpetuate these spam attempts don't go to the effort of using better English. It's almost always a dead giveaway. I'm glad they don't, however, but to me, it puts them in the ranks of stupid criminals. Perhaps not too stupid if it works with even one.
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    Well, considering the fact that alot of these spambots/people are from countries where English is not the native language, I can understand understand the not-so-good English. However, if you're imitating a person who is known for his writing (songwriting) in English, you might want to be able to form a proper, coherent sentence in English, .

    I hope that this person doesn't try this again, or at least that no one falls for it, if they do.
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    I'd be surprised if they know any English at all. I'd say they use an online translator. But of course I would not say that they are any way stupid. These spammers make more in a day than many of us see in a lifetime!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glennsallnighter View Post
    I'd be surprised if they know any English at all. I'd say they use an online translator. But of course I would not say that they are any way stupid. These spammers make more in a day than many of us see in a lifetime!
    You're probably right GA. Some of the email spam I get makes no sense. My uncle gets some that contain a paragraph or so of just random words, some of which do not exist!

    They're smart, to do what they do. It's like telemarketers in a way. People hate you for doing it, but you do make good money doing it.
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    Thanks for all the warnings everyone. You definitely can't be too careful these days.

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    Thanks for the heads up.

    I hadn't got that friends request but have had 3 "strange" requests in the last week where I know for a fact this person doesn't know me from adam, doesn't have any mutual friends, and isn't in any of the groups I am active in. I didn't report them, just deleted them. At least they weren't impersonating someone and if they were, they weren't well known!

    I follow Glenn on his official FB page and sometimes I like unofficial pages for the band and the guys when it's clear it's a fan site.

    There is a really dirty "Fake Glenn" on Twitter (TheGlennFrey) but it's made obvious it's not him in the bio section. But the not so great part is that they put GFO in the URL box! There is also a funnier humorous one called "NotGlennFrey" that is more lighthearted and funny.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlreadyGone95 View Post
    You're probably right GA. Some of the email spam I get makes no sense. My uncle gets some that contain a paragraph or so of just random words, some of which do not exist!

    They're smart, to do what they do. It's like telemarketers in a way. People hate you for doing it, but you do make good money doing it.
    I agree AG because they take people's $$ everyday. They usually prey on the elder which makes me very angry. I had several bank customers who were elderly and preyed upon. I tried everything I knew to make them understand that sending these people money was a huge scam. The ones I saw were coming out of Jamaica.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WalshFan88 View Post
    There is a really dirty "Fake Glenn" on Twitter (TheGlennFrey) but it's made obvious it's not him in the bio section. But the not so great part is that they put GFO in the URL box! There is also a funnier humorous one called "NotGlennFrey" that is more lighthearted and funny.
    Soda has requested, several times, that they remove it, but they have yet to do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ View Post
    I agree AG because they take people's $$ everyday. They usually prey on the elder which makes me very angry. I had several bank customers who were elderly and preyed upon. I tried everything I knew to make them understand that sending these people money was a huge scam. The ones I saw were coming out of Jamaica.
    True. I feel bad for the elderly people who don't understand that people are trying to scam them.
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