FOLLOW-UP ON THE MYSPACE IMPOSTER

Yesterday I posted an article after I found out through a friend of mine that someone was pretending to be me on Myspace. 

Someone is pretending to me be on Myspace!

I changed my page to private and changed the settings so that you could no longer right click my pictures and save them. 

Later in the day I received this response from Myspace:

Hello,

Please submit a description of each photo which was posted without your consent; also, please include a direct link to the photo(s) if possible.

In order to verify your identity, we need to receive a salute from the owner of the MySpace profile or from the party in question. A salute is a digital image or picture of you holding a handwritten sign that contains information about your MySpace account.

To create a salute, please do the following:

 1.     Create a handwritten sign with the word MySpace.com on it.  Please also include your Friend ID number (Your friend ID is the number between "ID=" and "&mytoken", in your profile's web address/URL).  If you do not have a MySpace profile/account, please include the email address that you will be sending your response from.

 2.     Have a digital image or picture taken of you holding the handwritten sign. Please be sure the photo is clear and the handwriting is easy to read. (If you do not have access to a digital camera, please consider the accessibility of disposable cameras and digital film processing available at most drug stores)

 3.     Next, reply to this email with the salute as an attachment or provide us with the web address/URL where the image has been uploaded. Please note, salutes CANNOT be hosted on a MySpace profile.  Images of salutes on MySpace profiles can, and often are, easily copied and exploited by "fakers." So for the protection of our users the salute image must be hosted on a site that requires its users to login with a username and password.

 4.     If we are verifying your identity because someone has created an imposter profile of you, please provide both the imposter profile friend ID number(s)  and web address(es)/URL(S), along with your request to have the imposter account(s) deleted. 

 5.  If you want to change your login information, please include what you would like your new email log in address and password to be.  Please be sure that the email is not currently in use or associated with another MySpace profile.  Once we receive this information, we will update your account for you.

 Please understand that a salute is our only reliable means to verify identity. Without a salute, we do not have a way of knowing the true owner of the MySpace profile. Once a salute is reviewed and your identity is verified, the image will be discarded and we will proceed with your request. Unfortunately, without a salute we will not be able to grant you your request.

 We hope you found this information helpful.  For more information on MySpace salutes click here, or go to: http://www.myspace.com/Modules/Help/Pages/HelpCenter.aspx?Category=3&Question=26  If this message does not answer your question or address your concern, please reply to this email directly keeping the subject line and footer information intact.

  Thank you,
MySpace.com

WELL, now isn't that some crap?  It would have been easy for them to see whose was posted when.  Not to mention the fact that the imposter had 1 picture of me.  I have a lot!  UGH! 

SO...I conformed, created my mugshot with me holding a handwritten sign with my friend ID number on it and sent it to them. 

I haven't heard anything from them yet but noticed that if you click the link it says they no longer exist.  I hope that means Myspace deleted the account!