You know, I once had a neighbor friend who does P.I. work brag to me at a party about doing just this sort of thing. (the dummy MySpace account part, not the despicable tormenting of teenagers thing).  Of course at the time this individual had no clue of my background. I guess she thought she sounded pretty cool and cloak and dagger to the surrounding cluster of suburbanites. All I could think of was unnecessary blowback for my client and unpleasant legal bills for me. To each his (or her) own, I guess, but I do hope she reads PIBuzz.

-- MDT

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