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How many times can I block one person? Tips needed.
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It's beginning to feel like I have a stalker. He's now on profile number four having been kicked off again, that's a red flag for me.
I've made it clear we will not be meeting but he keeps coming back. Not interested in chatting either. Blocked again this morning on a profile that was made 17 hours ago. Guys like this take the fun out of being on here.
Apart from being a shadow and changing my username I can't think of any other way apart from keep blocking  |
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"Set your filters to stop newbies and unverified from messaging. Good luck lovely"
Haven't thought of that, thank you. I have set the filter to stop profiles without public pictures from messaging but that obviously is not working! |
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If you just change your name and you are on his hotlist he'll see the new name unfortunately.
If you make a new profile, consider setting it in a different location with a different age and try a different photo style ... Having dashes at the front of your name makes you harder to find. Those things have been successful for me so far x
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"Set your filters to stop newbies and unverified from messaging. Good luck lovely
Haven't thought of that, thank you. I have set the filter to stop profiles without public pictures from messaging but that obviously is not working! "
He is fab verified so gets round that filter. |
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"If you just change your name and you are on his hotlist he'll see the new name unfortunately.
If you make a new profile, consider setting it in a different location with a different age and try a different photo style ... Having dashes at the front of your name makes you harder to find. Those things have been successful for me so far x
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By *vaRoseWoman 2 weeks ago
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Keep blocking
Keep deleting
Keep reporting
That’s what I do with the one who repeatedly rejoins and messages me. It takes some dedication to start a profile and wait the 2 weeks for the newbie filter to be unlocked and get verified, just to be immediately blocked and ignored 🙄🤣
The alternative is to start a whole new profile I would think |
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Like others have said set those filters high and block when you have to. It's not really that much of an inconvenience really and I wouldn't take it personally- he's probably doing it to lots of people. People who have no social skills resort to desperate measures. He'll get bored eventually. |
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"Keep blocking
Keep deleting
Keep reporting
That’s what I do with the one who repeatedly rejoins and messages me. It takes some dedication to start a profile and wait the 2 weeks for the newbie filter to be unlocked and get verified, just to be immediately blocked and ignored 🙄🤣
The alternative is to start a whole new profile I would think "
He's been kicked off for being nasty I gather. As he put it, entitled people who I guess don't want to interact with him. Then I workout it's him and block him again. |
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"Set your filters to stop newbies and unverified from messaging. Good luck lovely
Haven't thought of that, thank you. I have set the filter to stop profiles without public pictures from messaging but that obviously is not working!
He is fab verified so gets round that filter. "
Who is verifying him immediately on the new profile?- it’s likely to be a non-genuine account too.
I sympathise- I’ve had two - my worst stalker created 6 profiles over two years, contacted people who verified me and said malicious nasty things about me (Fab friends alerted me to this) and even turned up at an event when I was with my son. I went offline for almost a year. Thankfully she has given up. Fab didn’t do anything even though all the profiles were likely from the same IP address, she was being verified, and I’m not sure how old an account has to be to get through the newbies filter. I was on the verge of contacting the police when she gave up and went quiet. |
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"It's beginning to feel like I have a stalker. He's now on profile number four having been kicked off again, that's a red flag for me.
I've made it clear we will not be meeting but he keeps coming back. Not interested in chatting either. Blocked again this morning on a profile that was made 17 hours ago. Guys like this take the fun out of being on here.
Apart from being a shadow and changing my username I can't think of any other way apart from keep blocking "
Unfortunately each time they set up a profile you will have to block. We have a few that as soon as they rejoin (once a week at least) they look at us within seconds of joining. Lucky they dont know we can see they looked so we block straight away |
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"Keep blocking
Keep deleting
Keep reporting
That’s what I do with the one who repeatedly rejoins and messages me. It takes some dedication to start a profile and wait the 2 weeks for the newbie filter to be unlocked and get verified, just to be immediately blocked and ignored 🙄🤣
The alternative is to start a whole new profile I would think "
2 weeks is the limit of a newbie account filter? I was hoping it would be 2 months at least |
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It's not dedication^ it's a dangerous unstable mind to keep finding ways of rejoining and looking/ targeting specific individuals.
Sorry to say it like that OP.
As above, screenshot, report, make notes on the account. But try to make time for some one to one advice at a police station. its not healthy |
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"Set your filters to stop newbies and unverified from messaging. Good luck lovely
Haven't thought of that, thank you. I have set the filter to stop profiles without public pictures from messaging but that obviously is not working!
He is fab verified so gets round that filter.
Who is verifying him immediately on the new profile?- it’s likely to be a non-genuine account too.
I sympathise- I’ve had two - my worst stalker created 6 profiles over two years, contacted people who verified me and said malicious nasty things about me (Fab friends alerted me to this) and even turned up at an event when I was with my son. I went offline for almost a year. Thankfully she has given up. Fab didn’t do anything even though all the profiles were likely from the same IP address, she was being verified, and I’m not sure how old an account has to be to get through the newbies filter. I was on the verge of contacting the police when she gave up and went quiet."
Fab verified not meet verified. Wow what a thing to do and go through. What the hell is wrong with some people?
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So sorry to hear this. It really annoys me when people act like this. I would agree with the others. Start by collecting as much evidence as possible, contact admin, then if it continues the police, and in the meantime enrol for a self defense course. It will help you feel safer and more confident to deal with any offline events that may happen. Also agree with the filter suggestions. But in reality you shouldn't have to hide he should be reprimanded. |
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This is awful for you, genuinely.
It may be extreme but you can block anyone who isnt a site supporter from messaging.
If this guy is going to keep at this then he will have to pay at minimum a fiver each time to message.
Keep collecting the evidence and report him to the authorities if you can. |
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Sorry to hear this OP. I had a crazy person from this site find my Facebook a few months ago right before I took a fab break. She started trying to add my Mum and siblings and everything without me knowing. It was weird and made me nearly quit the site altogether.
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The newbie filter gives you a couple of weeks of peace at least.
And encourages them not to bother you as making a new profile and waiting two weeks every time is more of a hurdle than the 30 seconds to delete and make a new profile.
Accept that they'll be able to see public posts. But at least they won't bother you so much 💜 |
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It's a pain but just keep blocking. I assume he's local? If so are there any local women that will help you report his profile?
I have an ex that has been stalking me every time I've been active on fab over the last 12 years. He even got local guys to message me, telling them they won't regret it and then asking what I'd said.
That plan backfired though because they all old me what he was up to and now report his profile and let me know as soon as they notice it.
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We've been there and it's not fun. It proper sucks the fun out of the whole place. We've had one guy make probably about 30 different profiles (that I clocked, so maybe more), just to look at our profile and then delete his account before blocking was an option. I didn't realise you could block new, and unverified members then, so I would definitely give that a shot. 🫶🏼 |
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There is also a filter for having to be a site supporter.
I used that in the past for a determined unstable one.
I figured there was no way to stop them cycling through again and again but if they wanted to send me abuse they were going to have to pay fab for the privilege 😇🫡
Good luck OP I hope the other person gives themselves a wobble and moves on x |
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Some pretty disappointing stories - and these are the ones that don’t use 🥷 stealth mode 🥴
A cheap, easily accessible website that doesn’t demand onerous personal details and data to join comes at a price I guess…
I still like it here though
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"Alternatively arrange a meeting and don't turn up make sure it's an expensive meeting posh hotel hopefully from his experience hell leave you alone 😝"
That is just going to turn up the crazy to 11
Set high inaccessible filters and Just keep Blocking
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I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction. |
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"I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction. "
Damn that is wearying. Maybe block his number from your phone / Facebook etc? |
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I'd block all messages, only allowing people who you message to contact you. Then just search for people who interest you.
I'd probably remove public pics.
Use the help of the police, if he gets through that |
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"I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction. "
Ughhhh how mentally draining that must be. Constantly walking on eggshells in case he messages. Honestly there's some right idiots out there. |
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"I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction.
Damn that is wearying. Maybe block his number from your phone / Facebook etc? "
I’ve done all that. I maybe get a couple of weeks/month with no contact and then bam…all the constant messages and threats start back up from a new number. |
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"We've been there and it's not fun. It proper sucks the fun out of the whole place. We've had one guy make probably about 30 different profiles (that I clocked, so maybe more), just to look at our profile and then delete his account before blocking was an option. I didn't realise you could block new, and unverified members then, so I would definitely give that a shot. 🫶🏼"
How do people even have the time and effort to do this? |
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"We had some recent issues too, it spooked us and we’re still a little wary"
I’ve changed all of our filters on both my own and our couple profile, any new person with the same style and mannerisms gets an instant block too as the filters change the message sending but not the forums/seeing of profile that I understand. |
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"I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction.
Damn that is wearying. Maybe block his number from your phone / Facebook etc?
I’ve done all that. I maybe get a couple of weeks/month with no contact and then bam…all the constant messages and threats start back up from a new number. "
“If you contact me again I will initiate a PIN (Police Information Notice). I have an extensive history of your harassment which will be provided to the police as part of the PIN.” |
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Jesus, sounds awful OP. I thought I had it bad with random gay guys sending me pics of their bum hole 🤮
Stalking someone is just another level. I don't understand why the culprit can't be traced by IP address and warned by police. In 2025 such behaviour is not acceptable. |
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"Jesus, sounds awful OP. I thought I had it bad with random gay guys sending me pics of their bum hole 🤮
Stalking someone is just another level. I don't understand why the culprit can't be traced by IP address and warned by police. In 2025 such behaviour is not acceptable."
I might be mistaken but I'm there's a way of bypassing IP addresses, so sometimes it can be near impossible to trace. |
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Block newbies op, sorry if already suggested it you do it already.
You could also use the only site supporting profiles can contact you, he may think twice if he has to pay everytime to create a new bio.
Hopefully you'll have time to spot him then, when he rejoins.
I have a profile that I block, due to the intrusive questions or graphic messages he sends. As soon as I see his profile, it's a block.
Sorry you're having this, some people are total pains in the arse. |
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"Jesus, sounds awful OP. I thought I had it bad with random gay guys sending me pics of their bum hole 🤮
Stalking someone is just another level. I don't understand why the culprit can't be traced by IP address and warned by police. In 2025 such behaviour is not acceptable.
I might be mistaken but I'm there's a way of bypassing IP addresses, so sometimes it can be near impossible to trace. "
I think you might mean by using a VPN. Tbh I suspect that most stalkers are not that IT literate, besides even with VPN. When you're committing such a serious crime, I think the police can still trace you. The criminals deserve to be outed and publicly humiliated in front of their own families and friends. Maybe that will make them stop. |
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"Report to Admin. I wonder if they may be able to permanently block his IP address 🤔"
It’s easy to change your ip address. And using a vpn and private relay makes tracking individuals by website owners all but impossible. That’s what they are designed to do, create anonymity. I believe there are ways but they are incredibly expensive.
We have had a few stalkers over the years. Most are just annoying but one wants to out us to family. |
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"If you just change your name and you are on his hotlist he'll see the new name unfortunately.
If you make a new profile, consider setting it in a different location with a different age and try a different photo style ... Having dashes at the front of your name makes you harder to find. Those things have been successful for me so far x
I don't want to start again "
Just thought - when you next block, immediately change your profile name and location, and take down any public pictures they would recognise. Could be one way to avoid being found again - at least certainly in the short term. |
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So clear to some things up, the only filter I didn’t have on was the newbie one. He always pays, fab (not meet) verified but this time no public pics so shouldn’t have been able to messsge me as I have that filter on.
Anyway, I’ll keep checking my block list and when the latest profile isn’t there I’ll be on alert for the new one after a couple of weeks.
Thanks all and so sorry others have had a much harder time of it than me. |
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"It's beginning to feel like I have a stalker. He's now on profile number four having been kicked off again, that's a red flag for me.
I've made it clear we will not be meeting but he keeps coming back. Not interested in chatting either. Blocked again this morning on a profile that was made 17 hours ago. Guys like this take the fun out of being on here.
Apart from being a shadow and changing my username I can't think of any other way apart from keep blocking "
I have a couple that doing this too. Not very intelligent though as they keep using the same
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The fact that so many have had a problem with this is not a good sign that it can be stopped 
Hope you find a way around it, OP. I’ve heard from a couple of people that you can keep your existing profile open with all the blocks, so you can still get messages from friends who have already messaged you. Then start a new one 15+ miles away with a very different username, pictures and a slightly different age.
The stalker will keep looking at the old profile while you can use the new one. |
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"Set your filters to stop newbies and unverified from messaging. Good luck lovely"
Yup I was going to say use message filters.
this is why I block all single men.
I pick and choose who gets to message me. I message them first and then they can message me as long as they behave.
Usually men I've searched for near me or men I've met in person |
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"The fact that so many have had a problem with this is not a good sign that it can be stopped
Hope you find a way around it, OP. I’ve heard from a couple of people that you can keep your existing profile open with all the blocks, so you can still get messages from friends who have already messaged you. Then start a new one 15+ miles away with a very different username, pictures and a slightly different age.
The stalker will keep looking at the old profile while you can use the new one."
The profile disappears from my block list so it won’t be in use anymore. Plus he gets banned over and over so definitely one to avoid. |
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"I feel for you op and anyone else with a stalker.
Mines is on here, but he rarely lets his profile be known. he likes to message me outwith fab saying…I like your new pic, I see you had a meet, etc. it’s mentally draining and I’ve wanted to give up so many times…but then he’s won, and I’m not giving him that satisfaction. "
My former husband thought it was fun to stalk me...until the police went round to his house.....I don't know exactly what they said to him but he never contacted me again apart from through the divorce lawyer. Lol!
They like playing the game with you but somehow not with the police. 
they know people are scared to go to the police so they use that to their advantage.
I on the other hand wasn't raised to be afraid of the police, I used to study and work in the legal industry so you meet lots of officers and many times cops save my life by sectioning me with my mental health crisis.
I'm the worst person to stalk. I have no shame. lol! |
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"The fact that so many have had a problem with this is not a good sign that it can be stopped
Hope you find a way around it, OP. I’ve heard from a couple of people that you can keep your existing profile open with all the blocks, so you can still get messages from friends who have already messaged you. Then start a new one 15+ miles away with a very different username, pictures and a slightly different age.
The stalker will keep looking at the old profile while you can use the new one.
The profile disappears from my block list so it won’t be in use anymore. Plus he gets banned over and over so definitely one to avoid."
I would take screenshots and build a portfolio to pass to Admin and the police. Also:
https://www.suzylamplugh.org/stalking-help-and-advice |
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"Sorry to hear this OP. I had a crazy person from this site find my Facebook a few months ago right before I took a fab break. She started trying to add my Mum and siblings and everything without me knowing. It was weird and made me nearly quit the site altogether.
We've had this very same thing from a couple contacted our children in the end reported to police and as far as i know they got fab to block there ip as not seen them on here since
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"It's beginning to feel like I have a stalker. He's now on profile number four having been kicked off again, that's a red flag for me.
I've made it clear we will not be meeting but he keeps coming back. Not interested in chatting either. Blocked again this morning on a profile that was made 17 hours ago. Guys like this take the fun out of being on here.
Apart from being a shadow and changing my username I can't think of any other way apart from keep blocking "
I’m so sorry OP!
I have something similar with a guy who keeps creating fake profiles that are really specific to my non sexual interests, so he’s obviously someone I have spoken to in the past (and I’m guessing didn’t meet). It’s pretty weird to think there’s some random loser thinking so much about me when I doubt I’d remember him |
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I reported each new profile after the third or forth time a new one was made. In each report I’d send the previous user names and details. He always sent me a message. It got really creepy and scared me. I’ve not seen him now for about a year but it took several attempts. |
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