I work in a retail stores and I came across what seemed to be a profile that one of my co-workers/friends had. It didn't have much, it looked like someone started the profile and didn't finish. It had her name, age and where she lived. I saw her a few days later and told her about the profile and she said that she did not make it. She is pretty upset that someone set up a fake account to try to pretend to be her. She asked me to help in removing it. I tried contacting Customer Service about 5 times and have not recieved a reponse and the profile is still up. I contacted the owner of Myspace, Tom, and he isn't doing anything about the profile that isn't hers. This is a safety issue and we would like this matter resolved as soon as possible. The profile is here: myspace.com/123625774.
Any help would be great. Thanks.
-Matt
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Jul 7, 2010 8:29 AM
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Canwill, I'm sorry, but we can't help with your canceled FB account. (Only FB can reactivate those.) Contact them for help, or you can always open a new account. Best,
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Jul 7, 2010 5:45 AM
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Wish I could get some help for MY situation because I need it! I really, REALLY need it!  |
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Hi Andrea, You can report the fake to MySpace by clicking the "Contact MySpace" link at the bottom of any page. I also found instructions here for submitting a copyright infringement report. I suggest reporting the fake via both the "Contact MySpace" link and the copyright infringement email address. If you don't hear back from MySpace within about a week, let us know. At that point I can forward your message to our contact there (we need you to go thru the proper channels first). All the best, Maureen -- Maureen Kochan ConnectSafely community manager |
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Jul 4, 2010 1:02 AM
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I am the new editor for an online university publication, www.kalamakua.org, and someone mentioned that there is a MySpace account which claims to be associated with our publication (even uses our logo!) and has made friends with over 60 people. I am unable to reach Tom to address this problem and I would like to know what is necessary to get this corrected. I am willing to make a police report, but would rather have the matter handled internally and avoid pursuing a criminal case. The site is listed as : http://www.myspace.com/kalamakuamag This site is in no way associated or sanctioned by either the University of Hawaii, the Board of Publications, or the staff of Ka Lamakua. Please provide your assistance in resolving this urgent matter. Mahalo for your help. |
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Apr 13, 2010 8:46 AM
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Maureen, There is an imposter profile on MySpace in my name. I sent an email to MySpace and they replied with the following message: Thank you for providing us with that information. However, because there are no identifying pictures located on the profile, we are unable to confirm ownership or take action on that account. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but we take the privacy and security of our users very seriously. I am not a member of MySpace at all; here is the imposter profile url: http://www.myspace.com/490276309 I am currently involved in a court case that could be affected by this profile being posted on MySpace. Are you able to help? Thanks in advance. |
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Apr 15, 2009 12:08 AM
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I don't understand why people make imposter pages either. Someone made one of my friend, and she didn't know what to do either. So I emailed MySpace but they said she had to contact them. Then she emailed MySpace, and they asked her to take a picture of herself holding a paper with her Friend ID number from her real profile on it. It took two tries though. I think it's because MySpace is really picky about those salutes. But hey, you wouldn't want them to delete your profile if someone sent a fake salute picture to them, right? So for that, my friend and I really didn't mind. It seems that they like the salutes when it's a full body picture, because they didn't accept her webcam pics. I guess they wanted to see all of her lol. Anyway, once we got it right, the imposter profile got removed that very day. So we had a good experience with their customer support. They'll remove your imposter profiles with no problem, just as long as you send them a good salute.  |
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Mar 17, 2009 12:59 AM
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Social networking is totally new territory and very scary for me. I really do not understand people who create fake profiles. MySpace support has too many letters like yours, so be patient.
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Mar 16, 2009 8:12 PM
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my friend told me that a fake profle was created of me and sent me the link i am very upset they stole my pictures and are pretending to be me!! i sent a salute several time to myspace and they havent responded its been almost a month and the profile have not been deleted!!! i also try contacting tom and nothing was done. the imposter profile is www.myspace.com/437850717
please delete this profile!!!!
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Mar 5, 2009 9:48 AM
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Can someone please help me get this issue resolved. Someone has created a imposter page using my information and as a result I've been going through high emotional and mental stress. Everytime I google my name this degrading and demeaning page comes up and the sad thing is that it also includes the name of my town, this is indeed unsafe because I feel like my safety might be at risk. This must have been done be a jilted ex or a jealous person from my town. Please help me..I've contacted myspace customer support atleast 86 times literaly and I've yet to receive a response...Please can you help me resolve this issue because its slowly driving me into a state of depression....Thank You...this is a link to the fake and very disturbing page) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=207928234 -- Edited by Shamcash at 03/05/2009 9:50 AM -- Edited by Shamcash at 03/05/2009 9:56 AM |
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Nov 24, 2008 2:02 AM
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Ive heard about people to making myspaces about other people
Its wrong
and myspace should be doing something about it! is it all sorted now?
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Nov 23, 2008 9:51 PM
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What is a salute?
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Nov 3, 2008 2:28 PM
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Hi, Ethaneyre, You did the correct thing. Give MySpace about a week to respond - as you can imagine, they get a lot of reports about fake accounts. Let us know if you don't hear back in a few days and we'll send your message to our contact (though we can't guarantee they'll respond).
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ethaneyre
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Nov 2, 2008 8:57 AM
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I am really bummed, becauase a few girls I dated, who I didnt stay with, joined together to create a very mean imposter account of me. Any ideas of what I can do? I already reported to myspace about 4 days ago. I also submitted my salute photo, however, the account is still online.
Ethan
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Re: Myspace Issue: Imposter profile.
Aug 6, 2008 2:58 PM
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Rob09, Great - thanks for letting us know.
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Maureen
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Aug 6, 2008 12:19 PM
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Imposter mypace page has been deleted. Thanks for your help Maureen.
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