Should I have a Wikipedia Page about Myself? Tech-Generated Fame
I receive the above email at my University of Cambridge email address that apparently, I have achievements, I should be famous, and I deserve a Wikipedia page! Then I will appear on top of search results with a photo. What an honour!!! The question I have here is why such scammers succeed in getting our money. If you want to skip, go to the headline starting with WHY below.
My online presence shows scammers and spammers I look stupid enough to believe this trap. Indeed, I should be very stupid to believe I am worthy of a Wikipedia page.
Firstly, you can have a Wikipedia Page about you.
Secondly, your page will be deleted after a while.
Thirdly, read this Wikipedia article before deciding.
Finally, having a Wikipedia page is worthless if you are unknown because no one will search or find your page.
I have seen this before. Even when I did not have social media profiles or an online presence, I was contacted by other types of scammers/spammers: