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Martin's myspace?

Hi all,
I got a friend request from Martin Lewis on myspace page here Can anyone confirm whether or not this is genuine please?
Many thanks
Sam
Sam

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  • alwaysonthego_2
    alwaysonthego_2 Posts: 8,446 Forumite
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    If its him, why would he put his income down?
  • Catseyez
    Catseyez Posts: 993 Forumite
    Doesn't look genuine to me. It says his star sign is a Leo but Martin's real birthday is May 9th, therefore making him a Taurus.

    Also he's on Facebook (genuinely) and his interests listed are very different. Perhaps it's worth reporting it to him?

    If he had a myspace page, he would have announced it on the forums here, as he did with his facebook profile.
  • MSE_Martin
    MSE_Martin Posts: 8,272 Money Saving Expert
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    It is not me - thanks for pointing it out - I'm goign to see what I can do about it!
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  • SamMoffatt28
    SamMoffatt28 Posts: 1,843 Forumite
    MSE_Martin wrote: »
    It is not me - thanks for pointing it out - I'm goign to see what I can do about it!
    Thanks Martin!
    I hope you can sort it and more importantly I hope no-one has signed up to anything through it thinking that it is genuine.
    Sam
  • alwaysonthego_2
    alwaysonthego_2 Posts: 8,446 Forumite
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    it's kinda scary
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    it's looking like nothings been done about this - the site owner (whoever s/he is) last logged in yesterday and there's loads of posts to the 14th that are obviously from mse'ers that beleive it's a genuine site.

    scarry to realised no matter how carefull you are about identity theft, it still happens
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  • minimadtrix
    minimadtrix Posts: 1,507 Forumite
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    Don't think there's anything to scary about this, after all, you're only signing up to be a friend! The owner of this page cannot get any info from you. Perhaps it's just someone who wants to highlight Martin's profile - after all in the about me it refers to He not I - this should give it away.

    If you search other famous people on myspace you get loads of 'tributes to.'
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    I think some people do set up sites for the wrong reasons.

    I have a friend who is well known, and someone set up a site pretending to be him. Anyone that actually knew him would know it wasn't him by the way that things were phrased, but this person was contacting fans through the site to arrange meets. As far as I know, no one ever agreed to meet him, but it could have been very dangerous.

    Also, someone purporting to be Paris Hilton, had added a teenage girl I know as a friend. Needless to say, my friend's daughter has had a good talking to about the potential dangers of meeting people on the internet.

    I think it is fine if it is clear that the sites are not associated with the actual person, but if not I do find it a tad concerning.
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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Has Martin got a mySpace account?
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  • Asus_Mobo
    Asus_Mobo Posts: 271 Forumite
    I reported it to myspace abuse and just had an email saying thanks and Its now been closed.


    Hello,

    Thank you for reporting this profile. The profile in question has been deleted.


    Thank you,

    MySpace.com

    Customercare*at*myspace.com


    :T :T :T :D
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