Frank12 Posted January 19, 2011 #1 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have an incoming friend request from username Butchbegovich. According to the profile this person joined in 02/2008 and has no posts. Is this Butch the CD or a hoax? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semichigan Posted January 19, 2011 #2 Share Posted January 19, 2011 A "friend" request? On Cruise Critic? Never heard of that... or are you talking about Facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tak81288 Posted January 19, 2011 #3 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I don't know about that person, but I got a friend request from someone on here that joined years ago with only about 10 posts. I didn't accept. I thought it was kind of weird and didn't know that people became "friends" on here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spideyfam Posted January 19, 2011 #4 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have 9 friends on CC. Could it be someone you met on a recent cruise? On a roll call perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted January 19, 2011 #5 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I know that Butch has a Cruise Critic account but that's not his screen name... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author #6 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have met Butch Begovich. He is the current cruise director on the Dream, but he does not know me. I think maybe someone else is using his name as their username on CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmorg Posted January 19, 2011 #7 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Personal opinion here... I think that friend request thing on CC is silly. It really serves no special purpose on this particular forum. I wouldn't accept (or whatever the term may be) anyone as a friend who I didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author #8 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I know that Butch has a Cruise Critic account but that's not his screen name... :) Thanks Mach. I figured it was an imposter! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyvansmith Posted January 19, 2011 #9 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Personal opinion here... I think that friend request thing on CC is silly. It really serves no special purpose on this particular forum. I wouldn't accept (or whatever the term may be) anyone as a friend who I didn't know. I dont get why CC has it that you can request friends either. You can't do anything special after you become friends on here so why even have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author #10 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I dont get why CC has it that you can request friends either. You can't do anything special after you become friends on here so why even have it? Popularity contest? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmorg Posted January 19, 2011 #11 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Popularity contest? :) LOL... then I fail. :o :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKBayern Posted January 19, 2011 #12 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have 9 friends on CC. Could it be someone you met on a recent cruise? On a roll call perhaps? 'Met' on a roll call hardly seems likely as this Butch has no posts according to the OP. However, not everyone is as chatty online as we are, many just read and never post anything - so it is entirely possible that you met this pearson in the flesh on a cruise and they have now recognized you from your posts. Alternatively, Butch may just be out to collect online friends, who knows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author #13 Share Posted January 19, 2011 LOL... then I fail. :o :( I just sent you a friend request so you'll have 1 like me. We can be failures together! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmorg Posted January 19, 2011 #14 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I just sent you a friend request so you'll have 1 like me. We can be failures together! :) LOL... then one of the popular people will have to tell me how to be your friend. I have no clue. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asb2164 Posted January 19, 2011 #15 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have an incoming friend request from username Butchbegovich.According to the profile this person joined in 02/2008 and has no posts. Is this Butch the CD or a hoax? :confused: Maybe you have a stalker? Actually I would accept and let it run it's course sometimes very funny results can be had you may get a proposal for marriage and be able to help someones sick mother that needs a operation. Read some of this guys adventures into the world of scammers some are very funny. http://www.419eater.com/ So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves. It doesn't matter if you are new to this sport or a hardened veteran; if you are wasting the time of a scammer, or frustrating them in any way well that's good enough for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKBayern Posted January 19, 2011 #16 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Maybe you have a stalker?Actually I would accept and let it run it's course sometimes very funny results can be had you may get a proposal for marriage and be able to help someones sick mother that needs a operation. Read some of this guys adventures into the world of scammers some are very funny. http://www.419eater.com/ So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves. It doesn't matter if you are new to this sport or a hardened veteran; if you are wasting the time of a scammer, or frustrating them in any way well that's good enough for us Yep. We own a hotel and get many scammers, because we have such an easily accessible email address, and because of course we have to open emails (especially the ones called request or booking). In quiet times, we sometimes feel like leading them on. We know of a colleague in Sweden who does the same. We had a great laugh with the Satan cult bait..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmorg Posted January 20, 2011 #17 Share Posted January 20, 2011 LOL... then one of the popular people will have to tell me how to be your friend. I have no clue. :o Hahaha... I got 2 friend requests out of this deal, figured it out! :) Now am I in the popular group? What do we do now... meet for a cocktail? :eek: LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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