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ESSAY 1. Hints: notes, keywords or photo Essay: "Oh, btw when I send you a note, make sure to read it very well" or "If I send you a note, I hope you get what I am aiming at."
The person signs the notes with a screen name. Reject these essays.
There's a Screen Name in the keywords and no, you don't need to see it. Always reject at any hint of contact info.
Pay close attention to the photo and
reject, even if you find nothing wrong with the photo. Any hint at
contact info is a reject. This will prevent other people from copying
and trying the same trick.
2. Spelling backwards Essay: "This Is me, I Love hard work and love to see my hard work finished and looking good. Love to cycle ride, fish, hunt, and make you laugh. as we say in Italy "mocto dooha ytaykcul erocs rednu tog" If you understand that you are a smarty!"
It spells got underscore lucky at yahoo dot com (got_lucky@yahoo.com)
3. Metaphors: running man, cowboy yell, the hot place, etc Essay: "Guy in Birmingham AL looking for friends to hang out with ok ladies, put your town or city in your intro please nuauayb needs a cowboy yell"
A cowboy yell is a clear reference to yahoo email (nuauaybe@yahoo.com). Other common references are: 4. Putting together a Screen Name Essay: "...mature Highschoolteach and Uni! Wanna meet me? On the net! add 199"
Screen name: Highschoolteach199. Always be
suspicious of words with no space in between and numbers found
somewhere else in the essay that look out of place.
Screen name: spoiledbrat34. This one is harder to spot than the one above.
Screen name: jonK84. Read between the slanted lines.
Screen name: SneakyDevil at hotmail.
5. Capital letters spelling a Screen Name Essay: "One Ridiculously Androgynous Knight Errant Reveals His Obscure Thoughts Mayhap Attracting Ineffable Ladies." At first sight it looks like a harmless ramble on words, but if you look closer, you'll see how the capitalized letters spell an email address: ORAKER@HOTMAIL Essay: "the Adventure starts here! IM: Smart, pacieNt, hEAlthy, KinkY, aDvEnturous, VIvacious, and atletic. See ya Later!"
Same as above. The capital letters spell "AIM: sneakydevil".
6. Also known as Essay: "I'm chris, also know as Sneakydevil. I work a lot, and im a full time student at CCM(NNJ), going into law/business"
Used to post screen names, they're not that
easy to spot when they don't have any numbers, so slow down and read
carefully each essay. If it looks like contact info, reject and move
on.
7. Directing them to a website Essay: "LeAnna* - face the jury - sneaky devil no spaces I barely get on here. I'll write back eventually."
There are two reasons to reject. 1)
Facethejury is a website. 2) Sneakydevil is a FTJ username, and that's
contact info. Watch out for these!
Same as above. The person is directing
people to MySpace, a website. Carolo is not a name, but a MySpace
username. The more you mod, the easier it'll become to spot contact
info. Slow down and keep your eyes wide open.
8. Random numbers Essay: "name is josh and3 im 18 years1 old. i love4 music5, punk, emo6, hardcore7."
Common method to spell ICQ or Phone numbers.
9. If you're smart, you'll find a way to get in touch with me Essay: "I'm a sneakydevil... if you aren't stupid... you can figure out how to get a hold of me... so think real hard if you want to... and add me" Screen name: In this case the person is drawing attention to the screen name. Essay: "Take a look at my note... you can figure out how to get a hold of me... so think real hard if you want to... and add me"
Same as above, but the contact info is hidden in the note. Reject.
10. Contact info: workplace, places where they hang out Essay: "Name's Arthur B and I live in Orlando, FL. I'm into cars and I currently run my own business, AutoCenter Glass Repair."
A place of employment if specific enough is
a reject. In this case he gave the name of his city and business which
someone could easily find in the yellow pages.
11. Bilingual essays Essay: "Hello! my name's Francisco, I'm 22 and I live in argentina. Bye bye! calvitooooxo en el cartero caluroso. Besos!"
The last sentence translates as
"Calvitooooxo with the hot mailman", a hotmail address reference.
Cheaters are creative, so be cautious when you come across those, and
if possible use a translator site.
PHOTO 1. Animations with hidden contact info
Wait a few seconds for the contact info to pop up.
2. Bottom of the photo
Slow down and take your time to study the entire photo, paying extra attention to the bottom.
3. Blends with the background color
LEFT: The font color is almost the same color as the sky, making the email address difficult to spot.
4. Outside the photo Easy to miss when people see the end of the photo and push the "Reject / Accept" option. Don't move to the next photo until you have seen the bottom of the pink/blue frame. That's where the photo ends.
5. Clothing/furniture
How obvious it is depends on the person's photo editing skills. Read carefully any text in the photo... good photoshop jobs are not easy to spot at first sight.
6. Webcam screenshot Webcam photos might include the person's screenname. Watch out for these.
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