MySpace has 100 million members, including celebrities and a few fakes, but two Internet sleuths are separating them out. Irish poet Bryant McGill, 36, discovered a MySpace profile for an author he recognized as an impostor, the Wall Street Journal reported.

MySpace rules forbid impostors, but has no verification procedures. Users must only provide an e-mail address, name, gender, birth date and password. McGill and comedian Jim Karol decided to set their own MySpace page called ‘100% Verified Celebs and MySpace Personalities,’ which checks out profiles at no cost.

Individuals can apply to McGill and Karol for a seal of approval. They are then quizzed to see how easily they can answer relevant questions. The duo has verified 167 celebs so far, from actor Gary Busey to Cher, winner of the television reality show, ‘Beauty and the Geek.’ ‘I am getting obsessed with figuring out who is real and who is fake,’ Karol said. Some celebrities don`t worry about impostors. ‘Fan sites help promote the show virally,’ TV talk host Carson Daly said. His official MySpace profile has 29,000 friends.

To hijack someone’s photograph…

“My pictures my friends”

Meaning a devious web master can quickly become your impostor.

“I never thought it would happen to an average normal girl like me.”

Katie got a call from a friend who stumbled across a stranger’s Myspace page… But who she saw was no stranger… It was Katie… Someone had stolen her photos and started using them as their own.

“I nearly feel over that that was my main picture and they were using it as their main picture.”

“You just can’t believe it that someone has gone that far to do something like that.”

Katie’s brother Tim started to investigate and what he found is nothing short of disturbing…

Grant: “you’re big brother, what did you think?”

“It was just really shocking i couldn’t believe it. It’s my sister and next thing you know some guy, I know it was a guy was using her pictures.”

“I think it was a guy they way the profile was made it just doesn’t seem like a girl would put it together.”

They believe the impostor was actually trying to lure in other young men… With the help of MySpaceScams.com ; Myspace quickly shut the bogus site down. Leaving Katie issuing a warning about the new face of identity theft.

“Just be careful you never know who is going to go after your pictures or you or your identity.”

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