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jmbar2

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1. Not necessarily fake, but sketchy stuff

Reply to garybeck (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:38 AM

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Any time you have a public tip line, a certain number of the calls will be from trolls, attention seekers, etc. That's currently an issue with the search for Nancy Guthrie - lots of fake calls are taking up too much of their time.

The presence of the Epstein victim's compensation fund would have been an incentive for some fake reports. So there is junk mixed in with the real stories.

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Has anyone else thought that they could plant fake evidence in the files, to distract [View all] garybeck Thursday OP

Not necessarily fake, but sketchy stuff jmbar2 Thursday #1

The Now-Defunct EVCFund Seems To Have Vetted..... ColoringFool Thursday #3

Yes, they vetted well jmbar2 Thursday #4

Not In The Case Of MILLIONS Of Files. ColoringFool Thursday #2

All they are stooges to point out these fake stories to the lazy press. hunter Thursday #9

Sure have thought about it Figarosmom Thursday #5

Something has been bothering me about this. johnnyfins Thursday #6

Yes cally Thursday #7

lolololol you reckon? rampartd Thursday #8