New types of internet frauds

Hi,

Today I googled around for my ID (pradeep1210) to see how much I'm visible to the world.
And to my surprise I found many links where people have created IDs by my name :eek:

e.g.
These are not me and I've not created these IDs.
http://en.netlog.com/pradeep1210
http://www.itags.org/blogs/pradeep1210/


So, are these people using my reputation to their benefits? :confused:
And is there anything I can do about it?

I've found a lot of people on other forums (a lot in German) that have a member Nightwalker83 and it is not me.

you could try copyrighting your names

You could go to their house and politely request they relinquish control over the username you suggested... either that or you can just forget about it.

But what if they had it first? Then it would be their username OH THE SHAME!

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Originally Posted by DeanMc

But what if they had it first? Then it would be their username OH THE SHAME!

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:ehh:

It is possible. Your username indicates that there are at least 1209 other Pradeeps in the world.

There's another JuggaloBrotha on the web out there, I don't know anything about him though.

I did notice that it would appear that this other one started about 2 maybe 3 years after me and 99% of the google hits come up with results for me and not him so it's all good.

Just hope he doesn't resemble you facially, you've never posted any pics of yourself anywhere, and he never commits a crime! :D

I'm the only kfcSmitty. It is my go-to username if Smitty is taken.

ILMV was taking on XBOX live (for GTA4 on PC) so I had to use VMLI...

That was a sad day :'(

I tend to use my first name everywhere, so I rarely get a logon with my first name.

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Originally Posted by Pradeep1210

Hi,

Today I googled around for my ID (pradeep1210) to see how much I'm visible to the world.
And to my surprise I found many links where people have created IDs by my name :eek:

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So, are these people using my reputation to their benefits? :confused:
And is there anything I can do about it?

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mmm... I remembered the movie Lucky Number Slevin. It has Josh Hartnett standing in front of Morgan Freeman, claiming he is not the right guy. Freeman asks him, "Suppose I decide to give you x hundred thousand dollars, are you still the wrong guy?"

Rephrasing that, suppose you stand to gain by these people using the same ID, would you still like them removed?

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I was upset when I found out that my alter ego had been using MY username. I could've kicked myself...

There is / was another visualAd who frequented a porn sharing forum. It did wonders for my reputation.

I think I'm actually the only FunkyDexter out there which is quite surprising really.

There seem to be a few Dexters but none of them has my funk.:cool: