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Deadspin: Is an ESPN columnist scamming people on the Internet?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, May 1, 2012.

  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    No hard feelings, Mizzou. Just looking to get noticed by Sara Phillips.
     
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  2. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    How did they pay her? At the very least she had to fill out tax documents.
     
  3. And like Tupac, riding Westside got her (career) killed.
     
  4. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    That took place miles from my hometown. Was weird to see places I've been to many times in that movie...and it didn't shocked me a person like that lived in Ishpeming! LOL
     

  5. I suspect your real name is not "Ace."
     
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  6. Matt Stephens

    Matt Stephens Well-Known Member

    Fake photos used:

    http://larrybrownsports.com/everything-else/sarah-phillips-exists-pictures-ivy-smith-identity/133066
     
  7. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    The only thing I want to know out of all this is...what was "Sarah's" endgame in all this? Did they expect not to get caught...when would they "retire" from the biz? How much longer would they have tried this scam?
     
  8. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    This shows just how impossible it is to actually monetize Facebook and Twitter, and how desperate people are to turn it into a lottery ticket.
     
  9. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    I'm doubting small time crooks think very far down the road.
     
  10. Pilot

    Pilot Well-Known Member

    Maybe they/she didn't start out with an endgame. Maybe it started as one thing, and, wait, holy shit, a message from ESPN??? Hard to say no to that, and even if this is the worst that can happen, I bet the ride was worth it.
     
  11. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    The "worst" could be jail time for lying about their identity. I don't think that will be worth it.
     
  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    THIS!
     
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