Detect facebook fake accounts

1. Look for photos in the profile.If
there is only one photo of the
individual in the whole profile it
makes it quite clear that the
account is fake.

2 . Look for status updates,wall
posts and comments.If the user
hasn’t updated a status for quite a
long time and hasn’t been involved
in any wall posting or commenting
of other statuses,it means that the
profile is likely to be fake.

3. Look at the recent activities.If it
is that the user has just been adding
randomers and making new
friends,and that there are no pages
liked or groups joined,it suggests
that the user is determined in jst
adding people and hence the profile
is fake.

4. Check out the friend list.If found
that maximum of the friends are of
the opposite gender,it can be
assumed that the profile is used
either for fun or for random dating.

5. Check the info.If found that there
is no ideal links given regarding
school or education institutions or
workplace and that the user is
looking for dating and interested in
both men and women,it shows signs
of fakeness.

6. Check the birthdate.Birth
dates like 1/1/XX…..or……31/12/XX
are common between fake accounts
as it is quite unique and easy to
type in.

7. Fake profiles of girls usually have
a contact no. in their info. Lets face
it,girls harldy will have their contact
no. in public.So watch out if the
user exposes info that is unlikely for
general users to unveil in public.

8. Look out for recent wall posts,if
u see loads of people
asking…’THANKS FOR THE ADD….DO
I KNOW YOU’……and yet the psots
remains unanswered…it is bound to
be a fake one.

9. Look for common tarits used in
facebook,like.using applications
such as farmville,pet society
etc….and adding siblings.If these
traits are not found among the
user, the profile is highly inactive
or fake.This point can’t single
handedly prove the
fakeness,however this will be a
supporting clue along with other
points.

10. If you are quite certain about
the profile’s fakeness,and want to
be absolutely sure, try browsing
google for some random profile
pictues. Fake profile pictures are
usually selected frm google and
while browsing through it,you might
as well come upon the picture the
user chose for the fake account.

So this was a minor summary of
points to note while detecting a fake
account on facebook.Thus beware of
suck fake accounts which may lead
to privacy dilemmas or
likewise.Hope you people like the
article and it benefits you in case
you try to detect any suck
profile…..!