I know someone who made up a fake name of an elderly person (using the first name and picture of a relative (Great Aunt, I think) that had passed 15 years before. Nor was this pic used in a obit or online. She’d never had social media). They changed tbt spelling of the first name (think for Katherine to Catherine-oops it was a typo) and used a different pic (one when she was much younger get than the other obit in another state) so a reverse image search wouldn’t show much or anything. If AI had been available on regular computers at the time, I’m not sure it would have picked it up. Also, people in the area wouldn’t have thought they recognized her. People do that, print picture of people at their best in obits. We did with my grandmother. I don’t the professor even knew how to do a reverse image search anyway. (I had him too). Then, they actual had it put it in a small newspaper in Florida. All so she could take a final exam a day early and go to Disney World. They just called and emailed the obit/info to the paper). They said she had died at a Hospice House in the area. It was to be a late and private family “Memorial.” (They said she’d died several months before but they for whatever reason, were holding the memorial later). It got very detailed with research about the area: what church she’d belonged to (one that had a small congregation and a new minister-she’d been sick for a very long time and thus, unable to attend, presumably. “Unable to be active in the congregation in recent years.”). When the person who spoke with the obit editor (and older sounding person) they didn’t question it, nor did they ask the local Funeral Home if they’d dealt with so and so’s remains a few months before.) It cost 50 bucks. (They think PERHAPS the obit person had done it before for people. And I’m not sure *someone* didn’t offer the obit guy 100 bucks or so to not check death records. Journalist start writing obits in small papers, and usually have to work two jobs to survive). They stopped by on the way from Tampa (much cheaper ticket to fly there than to Orlando and they had to rent a car anyway-so they drove the rest of the way-they weren’t refundable or exchangeable). On the way to Orlando, they picked up a physical copy of the paper-it was set to be printed that day (and emailed the link to their professor). Then they dropped a clipping by of the newspaper (also required) when they got back with the professor. It’s been over a decade later (in May) and as far as I know, she was never caught. She got away with it. But that isn’t the best part… The most diabolical part of it all was that it was grandmother’s idea. She did the research, she put it together, she wrote it, and she called the newspaper. It even mentioned her only living survivor as “her name, her son, and his two daughters-insert names.” The old woman offered to call the professor to speak about her sister-and the student offered him her number with, she will expect you to call; but he said it wasn’t necessary. Then, while they were there now one posted pictures. ( It was her, her grandmother and sister so not a big deal. They were very close). They waited until she graduated and had her diploma in hand to put them on Social Media-just a semester later (this was over Winter Break) to share them to Insta, etc.. Those tickets were non- refundable. The grandmother had never been to Disney and was getting older, and she’d been a kid during the Great Depression-she wasn’t about to “throw away money” because an exam day got changed at the beginning of the semester-they weren’t allowed to use it as an excuse (“they aren’t going to tell you that you aren’t going to take an exam a day early at a school you pay to attend.”) I might have felt sorry for the professor but 1. She took it in the corner of his office during his office hours and 2. He was an ass anyway. It was no skin off his back, he had to be there. 3. She only told those she trusted implicitly to be quiet-also once she graduated. What would they do, take the Diploma away for takin an exam a day early a decade ago…I don’t think so. She was truly diabolical and a fantastic human being that kept people in stitches (and always brought liquor when she visited). She looked like a little old church lady, but she was wild and so fun to be around. She should have been born several generations earlier so she would have been allowed to go to college.
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Wow that is a story. Hope you have a better job
I know someone who made up a fake name of an elderly person (using the first name and picture of a relative (Great Aunt, I think) that had passed 15 years before. Nor was this pic used in a obit or online. She’d never had social media). They changed tbt spelling of the first name (think for Katherine to Catherine-oops it was a typo) and used a different pic (one when she was much younger get than the other obit in another state) so a reverse image search wouldn’t show much or anything. If AI had been available on regular computers at the time, I’m not sure it would have picked it up. Also, people in the area wouldn’t have thought they recognized her. People do that, print picture of people at their best in obits. We did with my grandmother. I don’t the professor even knew how to do a reverse image search anyway. (I had him too). Then, they actual had it put it in a small newspaper in Florida. All so she could take a final exam a day early and go to Disney World. They just called and emailed the obit/info to the paper). They said she had died at a Hospice House in the area. It was to be a late and private family “Memorial.” (They said she’d died several months before but they for whatever reason, were holding the memorial later). It got very detailed with research about the area: what church she’d belonged to (one that had a small congregation and a new minister-she’d been sick for a very long time and thus, unable to attend, presumably. “Unable to be active in the congregation in recent years.”). When the person who spoke with the obit editor (and older sounding person) they didn’t question it, nor did they ask the local Funeral Home if they’d dealt with so and so’s remains a few months before.) It cost 50 bucks. (They think PERHAPS the obit person had done it before for people. And I’m not sure *someone* didn’t offer the obit guy 100 bucks or so to not check death records. Journalist start writing obits in small papers, and usually have to work two jobs to survive). They stopped by on the way from Tampa (much cheaper ticket to fly there than to Orlando and they had to rent a car anyway-so they drove the rest of the way-they weren’t refundable or exchangeable). On the way to Orlando, they picked up a physical copy of the paper-it was set to be printed that day (and emailed the link to their professor). Then they dropped a clipping by of the newspaper (also required) when they got back with the professor. It’s been over a decade later (in May) and as far as I know, she was never caught. She got away with it. But that isn’t the best part… The most diabolical part of it all was that it was grandmother’s idea. She did the research, she put it together, she wrote it, and she called the newspaper. It even mentioned her only living survivor as “her name, her son, and his two daughters-insert names.” The old woman offered to call the professor to speak about her sister-and the student offered him her number with, she will expect you to call; but he said it wasn’t necessary. Then, while they were there now one posted pictures. ( It was her, her grandmother and sister so not a big deal. They were very close). They waited until she graduated and had her diploma in hand to put them on Social Media-just a semester later (this was over Winter Break) to share them to Insta, etc.. Those tickets were non- refundable. The grandmother had never been to Disney and was getting older, and she’d been a kid during the Great Depression-she wasn’t about to “throw away money” because an exam day got changed at the beginning of the semester-they weren’t allowed to use it as an excuse (“they aren’t going to tell you that you aren’t going to take an exam a day early at a school you pay to attend.”) I might have felt sorry for the professor but 1. She took it in the corner of his office during his office hours and 2. He was an ass anyway. It was no skin off his back, he had to be there. 3. She only told those she trusted implicitly to be quiet-also once she graduated. What would they do, take the Diploma away for takin an exam a day early a decade ago…I don’t think so. She was truly diabolical and a fantastic human being that kept people in stitches (and always brought liquor when she visited). She looked like a little old church lady, but she was wild and so fun to be around. She should have been born several generations earlier so she would have been allowed to go to college.