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"Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax" In 2013, the most infamous story of NFL football player Manti Te'o broke out onto media headlines, telling the sad tale of Manti's "fake girlfriend" he met on Facebook. According to Manti, he met young, beautiful Lennay Kekua on Facebook and has known her for nearly 4 years. However, as his fairy-tale began to unravel, his girlfriend died of leukemia in 2012. But soon afterwards, he found out Lennay was actually a fake account, and instead Manti was talking to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a man. The story of the 4-year relationship hoax exploded all over news stations and sports centers, leaving Manti in utter heart-break and as a victim of the deception false cyber identity through online dating.
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"Butler County man sentenced in elaborate “Facebook” false identity scam, which targeted young girls for sex"
53 year old William R. Ainsworth was charged guilty on Februrary 10, 2012, for "using Facebook to operate an elaborate and disturbing false identity scheme that was used to solicit young girls for explicit photos or meetings for sex." According to press releases, Ainsworth developed multiple aliases to trick young teenage girls into sending nudes, meeting up and having them strip or submit to sex. He invented 2 false identities that go by the name of "Rip" and "Glenn Keefer." Glenn was a Floridan surfer that attracted the young teenage victims, and in order for girls to "runaway to Florida and meet Glenn" or "to help Glenn with living expenses," they had to meet Rip, which was in actuality, Ainsworth. Once the young girls met up with Ainsworth, or who they thought was Rip, they were told to strip down or have sex with him, just because they thought they were going to help their online friend "Glenn." Ainsworth was charged to "14 to 28 years in state prison. Additionally, he will be required to serve 16 years of state supervised parole/probation and be required to register as a lifetime non-sexual violent predator." In conclusion, this terrible occurance is just another example of the harmful intentions of online dating with false cyber identities.
53 year old William R. Ainsworth was charged guilty on Februrary 10, 2012, for "using Facebook to operate an elaborate and disturbing false identity scheme that was used to solicit young girls for explicit photos or meetings for sex." According to press releases, Ainsworth developed multiple aliases to trick young teenage girls into sending nudes, meeting up and having them strip or submit to sex. He invented 2 false identities that go by the name of "Rip" and "Glenn Keefer." Glenn was a Floridan surfer that attracted the young teenage victims, and in order for girls to "runaway to Florida and meet Glenn" or "to help Glenn with living expenses," they had to meet Rip, which was in actuality, Ainsworth. Once the young girls met up with Ainsworth, or who they thought was Rip, they were told to strip down or have sex with him, just because they thought they were going to help their online friend "Glenn." Ainsworth was charged to "14 to 28 years in state prison. Additionally, he will be required to serve 16 years of state supervised parole/probation and be required to register as a lifetime non-sexual violent predator." In conclusion, this terrible occurance is just another example of the harmful intentions of online dating with false cyber identities.
![]() "Identity Paranoia: Dating in a Catfish World"
In one article of the Huffington post, author Laurie Davis sums up everything on internet anonymity, including the Manti Te'o story, the new hit show and movie Catfish, tips on how to recognize a fake profile and other expert sources on the topic of false cyber identity. |