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There was a similar story a few years ago (2010). The "Robin Sage" profile was constructed as a honeypot across a number of social networks. Ultimately, the problem was the originators couldn't spoof the MIT alumni network:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sage




That was mentioned in the article.




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