Rafael-Latino.
Someone who claims to be a PhD student of Nuclear Physics and yet has 9733 posts and growing by the hour. No real PhD student of Nuclear Physics would ever have the time to keep making one post after another like this all the while enjoying life in his dacha in Communist China.
Obvious fake.
Not absolutely 100%andrewm30 You think this individual is a fake? I just thought he was a bit odd, but thanks for the tip.
but this message from him seems suspect.
"you are the sexiest looking Man i have ever seen on here"
Also, he has his age in his user name -- something that's common with the fake accounts.
Some are more obvious than others. [That's the problem with this discussion. You not really know if someone is a fake. That's only guesses and conjectures.
] But I don't believe anyone questions the fact that there is some amount of guesswork involved.
Is there an actual active group for reporting fake accounts?
This is just a thread in the "General Discussion" forum and it's not very active. Yes, I few people participate here, but not very many. I've looked for a active group and could not find any. Hoping someone here might know of such a group.
Groups I found:
get-rid-of-fake-profiles -- Last activity a month ago -- group owner/creator no longer has a TN account.
fake-account-awareness -- created a year ago and has no activity
fakes -- last activity four months ago -- the creator of the group is no longer a member of the group
uncertified-fake-or-duplicate-profiles -- last activity nine years ago
Are there any others -- perhaps even a group that is active?