# What’s This Facebook Bimbo’s Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742 "2010-11-24T03:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/1 "2010-11-24T03:50:50Z")
Usually I can figure out the angle on these things, but this one has me stumped. [This woman](http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001823896383) (at least I assume it’s actually a woman) sent me this message on Facebook about an hour ago: Hi and Chanelle Lanette How u doing Today and Hope all is Good with u Today and am and am from Alabama and USA if u dont Know there…and am single Lady for some while and i have a Kid and is a Girl and she is 6 Year Old Her Name is Patience…and am Looking for a Man that will be Nice and Caring, Loving and Good too me and My Kid Patience, and a Man that will Not Lie too me Online and Not Cheat On me with any woman…Me will Like too Hear from u Soon u Saw This Message On Face Book, Okay and i Like Ur Pic that why i Mail u On face Book…and Pls Hope too send me message Back here In FACE BOOK, Hear from u Soon Smile …Thanks For Reading The Text Smile What’s she up to? Spammers and scammers always just have blank profiles—no, pic, no wall, no info—nothing. Their profile pic is the generic black and gray silhouette. But this one actually seems to have corralled a few friends. Note that she has 27 friends, and that all but one of them are men. Moreover, every single one of them looks a guy who couldn’t get laid in a woman’s prison with a handful of pardons. On top of that, what’s up with the incredibly strange grammar and syntax? That’s not Nigerian scammer jibber-jabber, and it’s certainly not uneducated Alabama English either. I’m half tempted to go all [419 Eater](http://www.419eater.com/index.php) on her and see if I can play it up for a few yucks. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/2 "2010-11-24T03:53:26Z")
What makes you think it’s not genuine? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/3 "2010-11-24T04:01:36Z")
Er…genuine in what way? If you mean that she found me attractive and acted upon it, yes, I suppose that’s possible. But take a hard look at it: brand new profile, all male friends, and _very_ strange non-English syntax. There’s just something off here. Also, zabasearch doesn’t return results for anybody by that name in Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/4 "2010-11-24T04:09:17Z")
I think she’s just a typical dumb person who doesn’t know how to write and type. Her pictures are all extremely small too, indicating a very low level of technical knowledge and aesthetics. But she’s a good looking woman and I think you should go for it. Wear a rubber. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/5 "2010-11-24T04:23:47Z")
I’ll have to run that by my wife first, but that sounds like it could be a plan. I just knew the Dope would come up with a viable way for me to shake off the holiday blues. But seriously—it’s just so _weird_. It’s almost as if it’s a caricature of the “mee soo horny, love you looong time” Asian prostitute trope. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/6 "2010-11-24T04:33:23Z")
I can guarantee you, she does not exist. You’ll be encouraged to visit “her” site to see her nude pictures and get your credit card scammed and/or viruses. There are probably dozens of new girls on Facebook, all using the same pictures. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/7 "2010-11-24T04:34:23Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I think she’s just a typical dumb person who doesn’t know how to write and type. But she’s a good looking woman and I think you should go for it. Physician, heal thyself… ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/8 "2010-11-24T04:46:37Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I can guarantee you, she does not exist. You’ll be encouraged to visit “her” site to see her nude pictures and get your credit card scammed and/or viruses. Oh d’oh! :smack: Yeah, I’ve gotten a bunch of those on myspace. This one is just a little bit more elaborate than most. “Chanelle” is some fat 38-year-old guy in Bangkok. I’m gonna send her a friend request and a crush note and see what she says. I knew I could find something fun to do on Thanksgiving other than clean the bathroom and mow the lawn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/9 "2010-11-24T14:04:02Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > I’ll have to run that by my wife first. Look, you can’t bother her with every little detail of your life, you know. She’ll understand. ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/10 "2010-11-24T14:11:50Z")
Of course it is a scam. The internet should have conditioned you by now to reject all unsolicited advances from unknown beautiful women. It has, alas, made us all into realists. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/11 "2010-11-24T19:13:38Z")
I get messages and friend requests just like that several times a month. New account, scantily clad pic, all-male friends. Awkwardly, I also got a friend request from the daughter of a co-worker that was just like that. Oops? ---
**Author:** ![bleibtreu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bleibtreu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleibtreu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/12 "2010-11-25T00:00:54Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Spammers and scammers always just have blank profiles—no, pic, no wall, no info—nothing. Their profile pic is the generic black and gray silhouette. I’ve seen plenty like this. It wouldn’t take any scammer long to figure out that the blank profile with no pics won’t work. When I’ve gotten them, I’ve generally just not taken any action on the friend request: neither accept or deny. And eventually the profile disappears, presumably after they have been reported… or maybe after they’ve accomplished enough of whatever it is they’re trying to do that they move on to a new profile and start over again. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/13 "2010-11-25T00:12:08Z")
Palooka’s Guide to Identifying Fake Social Network Girls: 1. Copy the URL of her picture. 2. Go to [www.tineye.com](http://www.tineye.com) 3. Paste the URL of her picture and search. 4. Discover what amateur porn site the picture is from. 5. OGC ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/14 "2010-11-25T04:30:34Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Oh d’oh! :smack: Yeah, I’ve gotten a bunch of those on myspace. This one is just a little bit more elaborate than most. “Chanelle” is some fat 38-year-old guy in Bangkok. I’m gonna send her a friend request and a crush note and see what she says. I knew I could find something fun to do on Thanksgiving other than clean the bathroom and mow the lawn. 🙂 I haven’t been 38 for a long time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/15 "2010-11-25T05:11:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I haven’t been 38 for a long time. ☹ I was only 38 for a year myself. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/16 "2010-11-25T05:59:45Z")
a few years ago when I used a hotmail address, I got spam from a Russian email address with some of the same photos on that profile. They used the name “Asya Kozhurenko” It was the usual “I have a visa to come to your city and study, and I am looking for friends in the city before I arrive.” I played along, and within a few days the story was “I am still $700.00 short for my air ticket. Can you please help me out? I look forward to being your girlfriend when I arrive”. I’m sure that set of photos is used by lots of scammers in several asian countries. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/17 "2010-11-25T07:25:17Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I can guarantee you, she does not exist. You’ll be encouraged to visit “her” site to see her nude pictures and get your credit card scammed and/or viruses. > > There are probably dozens of new girls on Facebook, all using the same pictures. Yes, definitely this. I hope you do a 419 Eater on her. It sounds like it could be lots of fun. Please post if you do! ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/18 "2010-11-25T22:50:28Z")
I’m almost certian she is a “webcam entertainer”. She will talk a short while, then ask if you want to go on cam, which is on some webcam site. I’m not sure what happens if you do that, whether she actually will give a cam show (for money), or if it is a scam. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/19 "2010-11-26T05:05:22Z")
That looks and smells a lot like a 419 Eater style love-scam. Expect pictures. Incidentally, the Economist had an article last week on how scammers are focusing most of their attention at social network sites. For some reason, people trust strangers a little more in that context. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/20 "2010-12-03T06:58:06Z")
For those of you who are still curious, the lovely “Chanelle” turned out to be an apparently sincere, if not somewhat eccentric denizen of the social network arena. I think I was successful in shooing her away. We just had the following conversation, and I don’t think she’s coming back for more: Hi Eric and How u doing 9:40pm Oh hi - pretty good. 9:42pm And what Have u been doing that u dont Respond Fast 9:43pm I’m on about 3 other web pages and I’m watching a movie at the same time. And having another conversation. 9:43pm Oh i see and where u from ? 9:44pm Simi Valley, CA - home of the Rodney King trials. 9:45pm Oh i see and is that in usa? 9:45pm Yes, California is in the United States. 9:46pm Okay and am from AL In Tuskegee And How Old are u? 9:50pm I just turned 39! _[Total bullshit—I’m 49]_ 9:52pm Okay and am 33 Year Old Now and let me know How Long u been single ? and have u get Married before? 9:52pm I am not single. I am married. It says so right in my profile. My wife’s name is Denni. 9:54pm Really and am sorry i have too find another person right 9:55pm Good luck with that. 9:55pm Hm But will Can still be Frined Right 9:57pm Of course. I just naturally assumed that’s why you IM’ed me in the first place. My baby doll is my one and only, and she always will be. Sorry, but there’s no room for two. 9:57pm Yes i Know Huh And Let me How Long u Been Married? 9:58pm Three’s a crowd, as the saying goes. 9:58pm what u mean 9:58pm 6 years this October. 9:59pm Oh That Great and Let me Know u have KidS? 9:59pm Just repeating what I said before about monogamy – just phrasing it differently. Nope, no kids. 10:00pm why what Happen Huh 10:01pm We haven’t been able. We will adopt, though. 10:02pm Oh That Not That Good 10:02pm Why? Lots of kids need homes. 10:02pm Yes i Know That But It will be good to Have Ur Own Kid u there 10:05pm Yes, it would be nice, but I guess it can’t happen. I just have to accept that. I know my wife is disappointed too, but I think she’ll get over it. 10:06pm Okay Fine And Let me Know what u do for work? 10:07pm I am a pharmacy technician. _[More bullshit. I’m an unemployed pharmacy tech. I pay the bills doing restaurant work.]_ 10:08pm oh i see Let Me Know what u want From Me Huh 10:09pm Want? nothing really. You IM’ed me. I just responded out of curiosity. 10:10pm Okay and am single Lady with a Daughter Okay and Let me Know Ur Mind what u want From Me As a Woman Huh u There Respond Talk too me 10:15pm Considering the fact that you live over 1000 miles from me there’s very little I could expect to obtain from you. Like I said, I responded out of curiosity. 10:18pm ok and u dont really like me 10:19pm I never said that. Why would I not like you? That’s a very strange thing to say. By the way, how did you find me on Facebook? We don’t have any mutual friends. 10:20pm Okay and Forget i will Go Look for single Guy 10:20pm Like I said, good luck with that. 10:21pm Okay Fine and Bye 10:22pm Bye. But feel free to drop by any time. 10:22pm nope i will not do that 10:23pm OK. Sorry to disappoint you. You never mentioned how you found my profile. So, mystery solved. Sexually frustrated white trash from Alabama looking for a hookup and probably some cash. She’ll probably defriend me tomorrow. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742.md?page=2)