More Fake Photos and Profiles

Michael Anderson’s latest pretend career at Matochi Engineering posts an interesting photo on Google.

I knew I saw this photo before; I remember the tie.
It’s from Michael Scheibe’s public Facebook page.

And then there’s a fake guy on LinkedIn who claims to have worked for Matochi.

wait for it…
So Mr. Stonge, with no internet “footprint,” became CEO of a company for which there’s no information on the internet, after spending a quarter of a century working for a fake company.

Michael Anderson told me that he “paid a lot for identity protection” in an attempt to convince me he was real. But no internet footprint is a big clue that you’re dealing with a fake person. Identity protection doesn’t wipe you off of Google and other internet searches, especially when you run your own company or are a widower.

In the facade world of romance scammers, companies, websites and photos are exactly that: facades that make you think they’re legit, but there’s nothing really there.

Here’s a final one, from some stranger who attempted to friend me on Facebook today.

Oh where do I start…first, I feel bad for the soldier whose image they’ve lifted. Second, it’s like they aren’t even trying. Third, I would hope that Mr. Small, or Mr. Wood, or Mr. Woodsmall, was more articulate as a student at Stanford University. SMH.