Yesterday I woke up with a surprise... It wasn't even a good surprise. It was more of a baffling one.



HA!!? My Facebook is disabled?! My 4-year-old FACEBOOK account!!! FOUR friggin' years of pictures, wall posts, messages from 2006, etc... Then I remembered sis Joan had informed me that if you submit a report for a Faker's account then your account will get disabled, too. WTF! Okay, Facebook, why do you do that? I'm assuming for better judgment that you are doing this so you can very well verify the real owner's account. I hope that is the case.

So I sent an email to Facebook and after some verification, I got this other reply.



Then I sent them an ID. Until now they haven't replied, so I'm still waiting for my Facebook to be activated. OMG! The pictures... (can I stress this enough?!) the thousands of pictures and tags. Maybe Facebook should just ask for everyone's ID (instead of that mobile # verification) during the sign up process so posers won't have a chance to create accounts, and if they want to, they'll have to make more effort than just coming up with a stupid fake name then stealing other people's pictures. Ugh. This is so stressful. Now I can imagine what Lionheart the blogger went through.

It's the weekend and I should be relaxing today. I'll give it a day or two and just forget about this for now but if you want to contact me in the meantime... be a fan of my profile in Facebook to send me some love (or a simply hello!).

UPDATE: 08/10/10


It's good to be back!

P.S. I keep my page public so my haters will have something to do. Keep lookin' at my page posers; also thanks for all the views ;)



xoxo,

First of all, I want to thank EVERYONE for helping me report this person. Now that she's getting more publicity than she'd ever hope for, I just wish Facebook will do something before this gets any uglier. I was able to view some more photos that this poser has posted and just as I thought, she has another album titled, "My Maria" containing these photos:



Geez. Again, all my watermarks are cropped out. You gotta hand it to this girl. She has invested a lot of time doing all these editing/cropping of photos and uploading them. Such a hardworking poser! If she would just channel all that energy into something positive, I bet she'd be able to make a name for herself... or a face and an identity of her own. She even claims to be OPERATIONS MANAGER of Convergys? Now what kind of global company employs liars, posers, and fakers? Tsk tsk tsk.
And guess what? I think I'm not the only one who's being impersonated this time. My girl friend, Joneza, has a wannabe too!


Ching Mendoza? That's just really pathetic. Stealing pictures to post as your own? This has got to stop, you know.
Facebook is fast becoming like Friendster. It's getting too crowded and full of fakers. IMHO, if Facebook wants to stay as legit as it was back then, they ought to have stricter verification other than just asking for your mobile #. Maybe it should ask for a valid ID. Next thing you know, there'd be scammers, pedophiles, maniacs, and what have you lurking in there. You sure you wanna risk becoming a victim? Or maybe it's time to move on from FB? So I guess, good things don't really last forever.

But what am I talking about? It's EASTER! We should be rejoicing! I may not be your idea of what a Christian should be, but I don't care because you didn't die for me. Let's remember a man who died to remind us that goodness trumps evil and that forgiveness and mercy is more powerful than sin. Easter Sunday is the day Jesus rose from the dead, looked Satan in the eyes and said, "Game over!"
And speaking of games, I shall announce the winner of last week's contest! Weeeee! It's none other than...
Congrats to JayL of http://jay-elx.blogspot.com!
Please email me your shipping details so I can ship your prize!

These are some of the results when I searched for my first tweet... using different search methods:







Results showed either March 8, 2009 at 1:28 PM or March 8, 2009 at 05:28:47 (I'm not sure why there are two results, maybe time zone issues?)
Anyways, this week's question will be posted tonight or tomorrow. Just sit back and relax, enjoy your Easter, remember to slather some sunblock, don't eat too much chocolate, and check back for the third weekly contest question! ;)
As for me, I'll go ahead and stuff myself with sweet garlic roasted chicken and Vincenzo's liempo to congratulate myself for successfully completing 40 days of fasting or the no-meat diet! Let's all count our eggs and blessings this Easter time. Love to you all my family and friends...

Happy Easter to one and all!

OMG! It's like stalking to the Nth level all over again? I don't know which is worse... This one or that Naji incident from Friendster Forum. That girl was a moderater for a freaking forum and used 100+ pictures of me in her gallery. What the hey!? Took a lot of verbal abuse to get that over with...
I'm partly to blame because I was careless and uploaded pictures without watermarks, so naturally that attracted a lot of copycats. But come on, since then I've always put watermarks on my pictures and some poser now crops everything and posts them up as her own!? WTF?!

You be the judge.

When my Big Sis Marmel sent me a message asking me if this was an impostor's account, I immediately clicked on the profile link she gave me. At first, I thought it was alright maybe she liked that photo of me so she used it as her primary photo.

Then it gets creepier.
I clicked on the Profile Pictures album... and OMGWTFBBQ! She has a whole album of me...! FML! The nerve! SHE CROPPED ALL MY WATERMARKS OUT! And she has had this album for 5 freaking months already!? She's even got pictures of me taken back in 2007... and pictures of me and my friends, cousins, and even Noodle Boy is there!




And she's got COMMENTS, too! Holy crap.

I appreciate you liking my photos and all, but posting them as yours? What kind of ugly face you got that only a mother could love?!

Guys, if you're reading this post... and you have a Facebook account, I have a favor to ask. Please REPORT this person. Go to her profile at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000046245123&ref=nf and scroll to the bottom. See below:



I really really hate posers. :( I guess they just don't realize that it is a crime to steal pictures. They must be oblivious to the fact that anything anyone writes or any images are copyright of the owner and they are libel to prosecution if they use them or steal them without permission. Puh-lease, why don't you google image copyright infringement!!?
If imitation is the best form of flattery, I think this one here clearly went overboard. Must teach her a lesson. But I don't know if I want to fight this out right now. Jesus Christ hasn't even risen from the dead. Maybe I'll wait til after Easter to kill this creep. Tee hee.

Well, you know who's who. "Will the real MyMaria, please stand up!" Nawww, thanks. I think it's pretty obvious who's the copycat here. 'Nuff said.

~_~ You can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. You can nail it to a cross, wrap it in winding sheets, and shut it up in a tomb... but it will rise! Remember more than 2000 years ago, Jesus died for our sins so that we may have everlasting life. You may not like me, but Jesus thinks I'm to die for. ;) Think about it.

I just finished building the rabbit trap, now to add the right kind of bait to catch the Easter Bunny. (Gonna have her for dinner on Sunday! Rabbit stew!!! Nom nom nom!)

May all of you share an Easter that's bright and sunny, too... Filled with love and happiness in every way for you!



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