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I remember when I was in a chat room a long time ago (before FF) and someone was pretending to be a woman to me, while he was hitting on my platonic female friend. He did not know my friend knew me, and we IMd frequently.

Nail on the head. I get that for some people this is only going to be fantasy, but I just don't understand why they can't just make that plain on their profile/in conversation etc?
Most fake profiles don't normally engage in "normal" chat, so really frustrating for you OP, I would have been taken in by that too.

They usually are not too smart and give themselves away. If they weigh 250 pounds more than the Guiness record holder, they are fake. One person told me she weighed 300 pounds but bought a size 9 because she liked them tight. One person said she was so busty that she needed a track in her ceiling to hold them up, and could not go beyond the track. Another person said she was 200 pounds, but so fat she had her doors widened.

I agree about the fake profiles. Its actually one of the more frustrating aspects of this site. It was part of the reason I was on here so long before deciding to jump in and participate fully. I guess I don't mind fake if the person is honest somewhere that its for role playing, etc. At least I have met some nice real people too

I don't believe I've come across any fakers on here in the last three years I've been signed up but then again I am probably too trusting. Yeah saying a 300 lb woman wears size 16 clothes is obvious trickery, you'd need at least a size 24-28 to be real.

Chat on AOL last night:

strike 1: She had a male screen name ("my ex's"

strike 2: She didn't know her clothing size.

strike 3: I Googled her pictures and they were from a dating site from a woman in another state.

strike 4: She can gain because she inherited a lot of money (fantasy for sure)

I don't know. Between the fakes and the people who are here just to make money on their weight gain, it sort of ruins everything. You get into an interesting conversation, then you wonder if they are really who they say they are, or if they are going to ask for money.