Michael Anderson’s latest pretend career at Matochi Engineering posts an interesting photo on Google.
And then there’s a fake guy on LinkedIn who claims to have worked for Matochi.
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.