There's a rogue Happy Lendervedder on Facebook...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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…and I have no idea who it is. These are some of the clues I’ve uncovered so far:

It’s a chick.

She joined FB on October 4.

She doesn’t allow messages or friend requests.

She has two photos (that are public)-- her profile pic and her cover photo.

She has subscribed to some activist named Grant Neufeld.

She’s been to these 18 cities: Houston, TX · Salt Lake, Ut · Cheyenne, Wy · Portland, Or · Fargo, ND · Austin, Texas · Dallas, Texas · London, England · Washington, DC · Eugene, Oregon · Ottawa, Ontario · Toronto, Ontario · Seattle, Washington · Montréal, Québec · Las Vegas, Nevada · Boston · New York, New York · San Francisco, California.

She supported Barack Obama.

And on Nov. 8, she posted this on the City of Calgary’s Facebook page: “I do believe my toddler manages his train set better than the city manages its infrasstructure, particularly the snow events. 25cm predicted, but no snow event called due to website maintenance? That’s just a poor excuse, when website maintenance can be done during off hours.”

Much of her page is privacy blocked.

So…has anyone else had their fake ID stolen before?

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There’s a Happy Lendervedder using a Yahoo email address, too. I know because I used to get spam emails from this address, which I have since blocked. If you want to email me, please use your SDMB email address, or drop me a PM instead.

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Well, this is a bit embarrassing…I *was *moonlighting as the travelling secretary for a Nigerian businessman for a spell. It didn’t work out so I’ve since redoubled my efforts on my day job, which as you may or may not know is discount Viagra salesman.

That being said, my old Yahoo account was hacked with a vengeance a while back, and so there may have been ne’er-do-wells trying to sell you counterfeit Nikes and black market Scheiße porn DVDs, for which I do apologize. I’ve since abandoned that account.

But if you ever need large quantities of Viagra for under $2 a pill, I’m your guy.

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Apparently it’s Yahoo, not you, because I’ve received spam from other people’s Yahoo accounts.

And I don’t have the right sort of plumbing to be interested in Viagra. Got chocolate? That works for me.

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I made up my username as a character in a comic strip I wrote and drew back in the mid 90s. I use it because who else in the world would choose such a name?

Turns out, one person, and he took my username on Flickr. Nowhere else where I go, though. And I do own the domain.

All I know is he is from the UK and he has contributed comments on a couple of wine sites.

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Now “Happy” has begun playing some Facebook game ap called SongPop, whatever the hell that is.

Who *is *this person? And why has she assumed my SDMB identity? I am vexed like a motherf’ck!

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Apparently she’s Canadian.

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what does your name mean?

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To my surprise, no – I’ve never seen another Hershele Ostropoler on the Internet.

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There’s a Dr Fidelius on Twitter already. I haven’t read any of his stuff; I fear the multiverse might collapse.

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My origin story.

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Ok, so what does it REALLY mean? That might give us some clues…unless the Facebook Canadian girl used to work as an Asian coed/callgirl, in which case you have your answer.

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In the end, there can be only one.

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Was Flashman already taken?

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No. But spurred by your post I searched on my 100% made-up name, which I invented to be uniquely mine, and discovered that a woman named Marie Maserschmidt emigrated from Germany in 1849 and she had kids here! So now I’m the thief. :frowning:

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It doesn’t mean anything. It’s a completely made up name. My own personal Rollo Tomasi.

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Update: This female version of Happy Lendervedder is starting to post quite a bit on Facebook pages and other forums. Not sure what to do about it…nothing? Message the person? Any other ideas?

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The correct answer is to do nothing, and to just ignore her. She likely came up with the name independently (it happens) and has no idea that she’s being Facebook stalked and talked about over here.

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Facebook Club (2013)

A man investigating the apparent theft of his identify on a social media site encounters more than he bargained for.

1/2 *

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Sure that’s possible that she randomly came up with a word/name that I made up more than a dozen years ago when I signed up here, with no previous or subsequent cultural references, popular or otherwise; and then paired it up with the exact same first name I attached to it-- not Jennifer or Sara or Lucy-- not even a different adjective like Laughing or Lovely or Corpulent-- but “Happy.”

Incidentally the only references I’ve ever found to “Lendervedder”-- Happy or otherwise-- have either been directed to my posts here or other boards I’ve posted at OR boards that have pirated our material.

But sure Bob, I suppose anything’s possible. And I’ll definitely consider the “do nothing” approach you suggest.