A SPOOF profile posted on the Friends Reunited website has prompted the Tory Parliamentary Candidate for Rossendale and Darwen to highlight the risks of social networking sites.
A profile was posted on the site which stated that Jake Berry could ‘only be killed with the seven daggers of Meggado’ and listed his interests amongst other things as ‘boogying’.
The profile has now been removed.
Mr Berry said: “Being a public figure you have to accept the fact people like to have a joke, often at your expense.
“Politicians are particularly prone to this which to some extent goes with the territory.
“I enjoy using sites such as Facebook, but this shows how easy it is for people to create fake profiles and to steal your identity.”
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