Dear Scooby,
Since smtk51 has "just found out" that his "cousin" (wink wink, nod nod) made up the story and that he, of course, should not be "blamed"--I'm going to revisit the issue:
I thought that the way you, as Mod, checked these things out was to have a brief dicussion (through e-mail or online) with guys who made these claims and tried to make a judgment about their veracity. I think a lot could be learned that way: ask for details, see if the story holds up, determine if the person appears genuine. And, by the way, this story was actually one of the easier ones to research because it involved public activity.
Gosh--all that righteous indignation from smtk51, and now, guess what, it's all "DUH! big surprise". Nice, very nice. That "cousin" really had our number, knew we'd "buy into it". Ok, ok it COULD be his "cousin", I mean, there's no proof, right?. See, he has a "cousin" who knows about the TMF and so instead of posting here himself, he feeds the info to smtk51. What a clever plan by his "cousin" to throw us off the scent!
So I guess smtk51 deserves our utmost "respect".
dig dug dog