It did not take long to figure this out. Search in your city on Yahoo Personals and you are bound to find fake profiles. Here is how to spot them. It is really easy.
First of all, the picture of the person in question is obviously very attractive, and every single fake profile has only one picture.
In the "about me" field, every fake profile has only the following fields filled in: Gender, Body Type, Height, Eyes, Hair, Ethnicity, Smoking, Drinking, Living Situation, Have Kids, Religion, Political Views, and Language. The other half are either "no answer" or "I'll tell you later."
The "In my own words" field is always something very basic and consists of roughly four lines of very basic text, which never contain any information hinting at their real location. I am sure these profiles are used over and over in other states.
Finally, in the "about my match" field, they always enter within 100 miles from their city, the age range is 18-40, the height is 3-7'11, and the language is English. Every single other field is entered as "any." I know it may sound like some conspiracy theory, but all these profiles are made exactly the same, down to every detail, so there is absolutely no way that this is mere chance.
Now, this cannot be mere coincidence. Yahoo put these profiles on to lure people onto the service, tricking them into thinking that there are very attractive, model-looking people in their cities looking for dates. This is very deceptive and downright criminal. I know Yahoo got caught in the past for making fake profiles to get people to use and PAY for the service, but it looks like they are at it again.
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