by Dotti
Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:59 pm
Wow, you were not kidding about "uninformed."
The FBI would not reveal the identity of a subject currently under investigation to a victim, let alone allow them to post it on the internet! Things like that can destroy an active case. I can't say for sure whether the victim is just posting her own conclusions as fact, or whether she has fallen for a recovery scam and believes she really is getting that information from the authorities.
Unfortunately, that is an example of why we do have to moderate the forums, and why we have established evidence rules. While I have no doubt the person using those photos and email address is a scammer, the real person in the photos could be damaged by the accusation of him being the actual scammer, and he could potentially have a real case for slander or libel.
I ran a couple of quick searches and couldn't find anything concrete. If I had to guess from the quality, poses, and backgrounds, the photos may belong to an acting or modeling portfolio, and may have come from a site like Model Mayhem, which is not google searchable.