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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Got a message from someone saying they love our profile and would like to chat but abroad at mo. Profile is 2 weeks old ,not verified and no referances ,so rules them out anyway, but when we checked profile it shows their gps location as within 5miles of us.
Sent them message back pointing this out and they replied saying how weird, they are defo abroad for next 3 weeks.
Is this possible or are they lying through their teeth? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"GPS? Do you mean their mobile phone? I don`t know much about mobile phones but could it be the location of an intercontinental ralay or something like that?"
If you click on a persons profile and your both on a mobile phone ,it's shows location according to the GPS location of the phone |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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plenty of sites do GPS or mobile tracing .... some accurate to within 50yrds. You need the number obviously.
We have used them in the past to catch people out ..... and it works  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"plenty of sites do GPS or mobile tracing .... some accurate to within 50yrds. You need the number obviously.
We have used them in the past to catch people out ..... and it works "
Mm thanks, I will have to try those sites as well lol  |
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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago
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"They will have put their home postcode on their profile. It's the postcode that says where you are. "
 as Ms Heels says it's calculated from the post code. There is another bit underneath that says something like - currently xx miles from you. (If they are on mobile with the GPS functionality enabled) |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"Got a message from someone saying they love our profile and would like to chat but abroad at mo. Profile is 2 weeks old ,not verified and no referances ,so rules them out anyway, but when we checked profile it shows their gps location as within 5miles of us.
Sent them message back pointing this out and they replied saying how weird, they are defo abroad for next 3 weeks.
Is this possible or are they lying through their teeth?"
I have had similar when I am in Germany my profile still suggests I am 20 miles from somebody's location in the Midlands. It could be down to a snag but it might also be due to phone settings. |
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Are they bouncing their wifi (mobile) through a cloud spot?
As I have unlimited internet at home, I could log on from my phone from a different city, (bouncing off omeone elses router) and because of the cloud, my location shows as home.
It's also handy when I want to watch stuff off my planner or record something to my planner remotely, which is actually the real reason I know about the wifi  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Got a message from someone saying they love our profile and would like to chat but abroad at mo. Profile is 2 weeks old ,not verified and no referances ,so rules them out anyway, but when we checked profile it shows their gps location as within 5miles of us.
Sent them message back pointing this out and they replied saying how weird, they are defo abroad for next 3 weeks.
Is this possible or are they lying through their teeth?"
We've encountered similar and I have always assumed it to be them lying through their teeth. We've logged on abroad and the mobile GPS appears accurate.
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By (user no longer on site)
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This site picks up your mobile signal if your using a device such as a mobile or tablet that has the GPS function enabled. You may be away from your stated location but if somebody else is using the device it will transmit that location. Over Christmas we stayed with family and met some play mates. When we checked their profile it was showing up they were close. This function works to within half a mile. |
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"This site picks up your mobile signal if your using a device such as a mobile or tablet that has the GPS function enabled. You may be away from your stated location but if somebody else is using the device it will transmit that location. Over Christmas we stayed with family and met some play mates. When we checked their profile it was showing up they were close. This function works to within half a mile. "
Ahhh see as I'm not using my real postcode.... I always have my gps location switched off so then despite logging in from my mobile, where ever I happen to be, I will show as 'near home' |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you look on their profile there's a little house icon which shows your distance to the home postcode they registered. If there's one below it which shows a mobile phone and a distance, then that's how far away they are on their mobile phone gps or the nearest cell mast to them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We gave a lift to a club to a single fem friend of ours...the GPS on our phones said within half a mile....which was true.....she was on the back seat of the car...! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have found when we have been away fab still shows us as been at home when using our phone
If we turn the GPS off then back on again it will then show our correct location |
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