Teo, It comes down to doing your due diligence. Think seriously about these members and what they are offering. Think about whether or not that member fits in on the network.

Answered by pplcheryl63 at Nov 22, 2010 07:40 AM

If you could come up with that answer, you could become a millionaire selling the formula to other website owners and members both.

Answered by oldbuddy at Nov 22, 2010 01:40 PM

I saw one such kind of fake account a few weeks ago. I had received a "Accept contact request" notification from a member called "Fake Girl" ( not real username ). Then a few hours later another contact request from "FakeGirl". Notice there's a space in the first username but not in the 2nd. I was intrigued. The 2 users had the same picture. I looked at their profiles, identical. I sent a PM to Wincer. He booted one of those in short order. That's the only occasion I could have noticed, because of the CR close to one another.

Answered by phmoisan at Nov 22, 2010 01:46 PM

You could delete them, send a note to staff, post their name all over Apsense, tell them off.

Answered by caroljbs at Nov 22, 2010 03:23 PM

I also saw some double members. One was so stupid to use the same picture on both profiles. i reported them

Answered by webmiep at Nov 22, 2010 03:29 PM

if you have proof then send it to an Cheryl or myself and we can check and take action for you .

Answered by bjantiques at Nov 22, 2010 04:50 PM

There's no avoiding them, only not accepting contact requests and reporting them.

Answered by amvdl1966 at Nov 23, 2010 04:04 AM

i look to the picture they put up no head and shoulders shot or an avatar image instead of a photo then i decline to follow them

Answered by davegilbert at Nov 23, 2010 04:45 AM

This has been a problem on social networks since it started. I think Cheryl gave you the correct answer here, you must try your best to get to know the people you add, and if invited to join a program, do your homework thoroughly on that program, service or venture.

Answered by dawie76 at Nov 23, 2010 07:45 AM

There are ways to avoid scams here or anywhere one way is to follow your gut feeling! As the old saying goes if it should to good to be true it normally is! Also check out the person before you accpet the as a contact on your list. Read there full profile be laery of people who refuse to build a profile and have no real picture of themselfs this is a business social network we all know real people only deal with real people!

Answered by skycom at Nov 24, 2010 12:50 AM

If you have a website, maybe you could reducing it by check their origin IP.

Answered by ghazabi at Nov 24, 2010 06:40 AM

Report, report, report......the quicker they get reported, the quicker they will get removed.

Answered by catherinedwhite at Nov 25, 2010 03:45 AM

Common sense, due diligence and immediate reporting. Its good that we have many members at Apsense - those are very many eyes looking out for each one of us.

Answered by onlinebizteam at Jan 20, 2011 07:52 AM