"Myspace" ridiculousness

Well a couple weeks back I joined the millions who have "Myspace" accounts. This was for a couple reasons, really.. one was I wanted to see what the fuss was about, and two, I heard it was a good way to meet new people.

If the last two weeks are any indication, I'm a victim of false advertising. Sure, creating the profile was fun; and I've added a few of my friends to the friends space. But to date, the only messages I've gotten in my inbox have been scams. They come under the guise of females wanting to get to know me after being dazzled by my profile, so they want me to write them to talk about things. I admit the first time around I was fooled... at least until I got the response email back, which looked legitimate but offered to a link to the girl's website, and toward the bottom of the site it said something to the effect of "I've got some other pics of me that my ex-boyfriend took, but they are too explicit to show on this site so if you want to see them sign up for blah blah blah.."

I received another today, from "Carrie," who went on to ask me about my Saturday, etc., but the big giveaway was the fact that she "rarely had the chance to view her myspace mail." Well, gee, Carrie, when you get myspace mail it actually notifies you on your regular email.. oh, also, her profile talked about she just broke up with her boyfriend. Why is it they attempt to entice you with the fact that they just got out of a relationship?

Who knows, maybe I'll meet some interesting people on Myspace. So far though I'm not filled with confidence. Tread with caution.