Facebook is a social media platform with 2.3 billion accounts worldwide. According to figures released by Facebook last year, 10 percent of accounts on the platform are fake or duplicates. Facebook has been working hard to detect fake profiles, but nothing has been successful. There is a lot of criminal activity going on through these fake accounts.
Activities such as looking at a person’s account, creating another account and asking friends for money are active today. There are many ways to scam people using fake accounts. Therefore, before accepting friend requests on Facebook, make sure that they are not fake. Let’s look at some things to keep in mind.
Check Profile Picture
When we log into a Facebook profile, the first thing we see is the profile picture. Just by looking at the photo you can tell if it is fake or original. The key here is to see if all the photos in the profile photos album are of the same person. If it’s photos of movie actors or actresses, it’s more likely to be a fake profile. If the same photo has been used as a profile photo for years, keep those accounts as well.
It is easy to identify if the profile has a photo of models etc. After saving the profile photo to your device, just search for that image on Google. You can get a photo or detailed information from any website. Profile photos are of high quality and with good lighting, but they are more likely to be of models.
Check the About Section
Most fake profiles can be identified by just checking the About section. Fake account creators will not be willing to fill in all the information. Therefore, any place name and the name of the university associated with it will be found against information such as place of residence and education. Fake accounts are mostly found in the name of famous cities.
Check Friends List
The first thing you can do to find out if a Facebook account is fake is to check your friends list. A profile that claims to live in Thiruvananthapuram and has mostly friends from North India etc. is a fake profile. Each original account will have at least a few friends who live in their respective regions. If you have friends from places where you have no connection, then the account will definitely be fake.
Look at the profile URL
Most fake Facebook profiles are known to be fake or not just by taking the profile URL. The name in the profile and the name in the URL will be two. In such cases, sometimes someone’s profile can be hacked and even used to change their name. Profiles created to send malware, promote something, or extort money may have different names and URLs.
Check Time Line
On Facebook, people share photos, videos, text or songs according to their preferences. Most people also share their activities on Facebook, including travelling, reading and watching movies. If you don’t see such a variety of posts on your timeline, it’s probably a fake profile.
Likes and comments
on posts If you check the profile, the likes and comments on the posts are the main way to identify if the account is fake or not. If likes and comments are low, it is likely to be a fake profile. If there is something recognizable in the comments, the profile is less likely to be fake.
Not all these ways to detect fake Facebook profile are always correct. Sometimes there may be mistakes. Some people don’t want to share too much on their Facebook. There is an increased chance of mistaking the profile of such people as fake. All the above given are only the chances of finding fake profiles based on some factors.