Fake Account is one of the biggest cons of Facebook and unfortunately
Facebook has no solution for solving the problem of Fake Facebook Accounts .Out
of the 1.28 billion Facebook accounts, today the probability of Fake Facebook
accounts can be somewhere near to 20 or 30 percent or even more . Most of these
Fake Facebook accounts are either created to
get information, to steal
your identity, or even to destroy your reputation. It's very important to beware
of suck fake accounts which may lead to privacy dilemmas.
For your own sake, knowing how to identify a fake Facebook
account is an important part of keeping safe online.
Here are some valuable advices
that will help you identify fake accounts on Facebook.
1.
Username - Most of
the fake FB account have strange name consisting of adjective like pretty,
prince, rock star, cute etc. Such account also has difference in their username
and profile link, both stating different name.
2. Profile Images - Most fake accounts tend to use
a single Facebook profile picture all the time. Therefore if a profile has less
than one of his or her photo, then most probably it is a fake account. Still in
doubt you may check through Reverse image search which actually takes an image
as an input and searches for similar images existing on the internet.
3.
Friends - If it is that the user has just
been adding randomers and making new friends mostly of the opposite gender, and
that there are no pages liked or groups joined, it suggests that the user is
determined in just adding people and hence it can be assumed profile is fake.
4.
Info Shared -Check out the
information shared by the user .If found that there is no ideal links given
regarding school or education institutions or workplace the account must be
fake. If still in doubt you may cross check the info shared on Google.
5.
Recent Post -Check out the recent post on timeline. Look for status updates, wall posts and comments. If the
user has not updated a status for quite a long time, or if he or she share, post
or comment something weird or tag too many peoples to a post or a photo just to
drag attention it means that the profile is likely to be fake.
The next time you get a Friend request from a suspicious looking
person, follow these tips to identify if the Facebook account is real or fake.
Last but not the least, for the safety of yourself and others
report the Fake Facebook Accounts and request other to do the same.
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