Fake Facebook
Accounts is proving out to be a new Trend on Facebook. Probably 20-30% of total
Facebook Accounts are fake or even more, This Number is anticipated to be increasing
in Future. Fake accounts on Facebook are mainly created with an intention to
Spam all over Facebook and Spread Virus. Many people Create Fake Girl’s
Profiles to Dupe some innocent FB Users too.
1 - Profile Picture:
First Thing we
see about any Facebook account is their Profile Picture, if you find any Facebook
Account on your Friend list suspicious, First thing you will do is Use Reverse
Image Search.
This helps you find out if Similar Pictures are available on
Internet. First Download the Profile
Picture of the account you find suspicious.
Go to Google images
Click on Camera icon which says Search by image, Click on Upload an Image, now
choose the Picture you had downloaded earlier, now once the uploading
Completes, Google will show you Similar Images that already exist over
internet.
2 - Timeline:
The Facebook
timeline of a Facebook accounts says a lot about that Profile. Most Fake
Profiles have “Female” as a gender, this doesn’t mean all FB accounts with
“Female” Genders are Fake, and there are many other things to Identify Fake
Facebook Account.
If their photos
folder shows only 1 or 2 Pictures that too of random Celebrities then probably it’s
fake.
If the Person
does not update Status, or if he does, the Comments does not read like his Real
friends or the profile does not comments on others status, then it’s likely to
be a Fake profile.
The “About” tab
will Give you More information about the Profile, if the “About” tab don’t show
you any info about the persons profile then that’s an indication about fake
profile.
3 - Wait for 1st January:
This is kind of
Funny, Why Would one Wait for 1st Jan to Identify Fake Facebook Account, Well
Fake Profile Makers Most Probably Enter 1st Jan as their birth date while
creating Fake account.
So on 1st Jan, Facebook will Show you People who have
birthdays today. Go through that list and Unfriend them if you don’t know them personally.
On 1st Jan 2014, I
was shocked to see 28 people having their birthday, Guess what I performed the
above Process.
4 - Girls Profile:
Most of the Fake
profiles are created with Girl Identity and with a Beautiful face as a Profile
Picture, You may even find Cell phone Number, Girls Hardly will Share their
Contact number in Public.
A girl Profile
with Lots of Friends and Followers indicates a Fake Profile.
These were some
tips to Identify Fake Facebook Account, which I wanted to share with you all,
if you find any fake profile then you and your friends can report it to Facebook.
