A couple of the threads below made me think I should mention my MO for being on SA.  I have two accounts -- one is the "official" account and is how I correspond with pot SBs, etc. The other is sort of a lurker account that lets me do things like test pot SBs to see if they are really going to be exclusive to me, look at their wish lists, find out about what they really like, really do -- it lets me ask all of the questions that you want to know the answers to, but might be sensitive. I have some interesting and informative exchanges with SBs -- active or potential -- using the lurker account.  

This approach has helped me get lots of information and weed out liars.  It might be helpfu to you.

OOTH, of course, the SB may be doing this to you, too, so be careful out there!

I'm immune to being tested for lying.  Cus I don't lie.  I tell them up front I am all about the sex.  And offline tell them I'm ppm kind of guy.  I don't ask for exclusive and I don't promise exclusive.

I too am committed to just a sexual relationship.  Period.  I let them know that up front and I take the allowance thing off line.  That’s when I’m tell them I’m a ppm kinda guy too.  If they want to continue them we do.   I also let them know the nano second they ever ask for
Money up front, or before meeting, or because of some desperate crazy need, they will have 1 warning to never do it again.  If that warning is not taken seriously then boom they are gone.  Deleted and blocked.  
I guess you can say I’m not here to fuck around...... well I am fucking around but don’t fuck with the rules.  That’s it.  

One is my main, paid account and I use it as expected.  

 
Then I have 2 alt unpaid accounts, one in the same local area and one in a different part of the state. I use these for similar reasons as you; check on a profile status and details when I don't want a POT or current/past SB to know I've been looking, verify a profile is still active if I can't tell when she's blocked me or SA has shut her down, and to compare pics if I think she has multiple profiles.  I don't necessarily use the to try to trap lies. That's generally easy enough to do through my direct communications. But they are helpful in other ways, like when I hide my main for a while but I still want to review new profiles.  

 
Finally, I have and unpaid, SB account I use for research. Unlike an unpaid SD account, an unpaid SB can still send and receive messages to/from POT SD's.  It's fascinating to see the range of messages SD's send to POT SB's - from the "nice guy" all the way through the douchy misogynist crap that must be why so many SB's we talk to think we're all creeps.  

 
For each of my alt accounts, I use pics of a different person, and I vary the age, height and other info of the alt SD's slightly from my own. Although I use pics and "Body Type" that are generally close to me.  Plus I have totally different profile text, though they are all voiced as a "nice guy."  And I only use pics that yield no results when reverse image searched.  

 
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The Cat

IG if It works for you, more power to you.  

I just see that behavior as going into stalker/ ExGf territory..maybe it’s because I don’t see these girls as being GF-like yet...in this climate, it seems there are more SBs than ever to choose from... and I’m way too busy and lazy to remember all these accounts!

Just to clarify, I don't spy on current SB's. That never ends well.  But I may use these tools to help me verify a POT if I'm getting yellow or red flags.   Even then, I only go far enough to verify she's probably a scammer, or that she's probably not. I'm not stalking ex-SB's, there's no reason to bother.  

 
As for my fake SB profile, it's been an excellent tool in teaching me what NOT to say to a POT SB.  The messages "she" gets are about 60% requests to see private pics with no other message (and "her" profile says those will always be ignored),  20% one line or one word messages, 10% are either outlandish offers of $2-5k a week before "she's" even met the guy (obvious scammer), or slimy, cliche, bar pick-up line messages from married guys (while "her" profile also says "no married guys").  The remaining 10 appear to be split between SD's who don't have enough money to be serious (annual income's under $100k and a job in retail) and guys who actually send a well-written, thoughtful message.  

 
So please don't mistake my post as promoting stalking SB's or ex-SB's or anyone. That's counter-productive, and may be illegal.  But alt accounts used to get a deeper understanding of a local market, or to vette potentially sketchy profiles is not the same as stalking.  

 
Like the OP mentioned, if she says she's local and looking for one special arrangement, but she has a dup profile in three other cities, she's probably a pro. Now there's nothing wrong with that. But knowing that helps me make better decisions about how/if I want to move forward.  

 
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The Cat

The fake SB profile is hilarious. That’s some serious market research my friend lol!

I love it - LOL.  Always thought about making a fake SB profile, but never seem to have the time.  Equally, whenever I ask a SB how her time on SA has been going, they always seem vaguely non-analytical and mention the things you listed, but not in such an organized manner.  About the only other feature my "real" SBs tell me about is that many of the guys they actually enter into more serious messaging are more into chatting and less into meeting.

I, too, have 4 SA accounts, one of which is an SB account.  I just used the SB account early on in my SA adjustment period, and to learn the ropes, much like HC explained.  But I don't use it any longer -- you guys really are quite boring, lol....

I use two of my SD accounts interchangeably and they both have private pics that are really me, although not traceable back to me.  It is probably a quirk of mine, or maybe a superstition, that I switch SD accounts every time I find an SB that I stick with through multiple dates or strike an ongoing arrangement with.  That quirk started early, when I was too green to understand that it didn't really matter if I had more than one arrangement at a time.  Now, I switch back and forth out of habit more that anything else.  Often, only one account is active at a time.  Maybe only a couple of months a year are both active at the same time.

And I have an unpaid SD account that I use to lurk.  I live in a small market and it is informative to see which POTs are reaching out to all three SD profiles.  Tbh, I don't use it for much else, since I don't pay to be able to send messages.  It could be activated any time, but I have never wanted to.

You guys juggling multiple SA accounts are possibly spending more time and effort that me, with my measly one account that I haven't changed at all in recent years.  It works, no reason to fix something that ain't broke.  And If I want to know how things look from the SB's point of view, I can just ask Herb!  

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Including the asking Herb part lol!

Dunno, maybe I would get more conversions of real POTs to M&G. Then again, I feel like there’s enough getting through given the effort.