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Date: October 24, 2008
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Fake Profiles On Fakebook/Facebook!

 

Facebook is the one site on the internet that is probably the most used. The amount of Facebook users are increasing dramatically on a daily basis. Facebook started out as a social networking site which mainly consisted of lots of young users but as Facebook currently stands there are users of all ages and walks of life. The computer security of Facebook is reaching alarming heights and Facebook users should be aware of the growing computer security concerns. Inclusive in the Facebook security concerns is fake profiles. Facebook is currently being flooded with fake profiles. Due to the huge daily registration rate on Facebook, it is hard to keep track of who is a regular user and who is a Facebook fake.

It has recently been discovered that over forty percent of new Facebook profiles are actually fake. The question that may be asked is why are people setting up fake Facebook profiles? The fake profiles are generally set up by a combination of either spammers or various malware and virus writers. Once the fake Facebook profiles are set up and in existence, the virus writers then proceed to persuade users to click on links. These links are not authentic and the majority of the time will take the user to malicious and dangerous sites.

facebook-fakebook.jpgSocial networking sites are being targeted by spammers at an alarming rate. Various virus writers as well as cybercriminals are using the creation of these particular fake Facebook profiles to their advantage. One of the many tactics which are used is to persuade users to visit the fake profile page. This is achieved either by sending a friend request or sending a personal message. The profile page redirects the user to a malicious malware site. Another one of the tactics used is to persuade users to click on links leading to dangerous sites. This is done by placing the links on other people's walls or on fascinating blogs. People see the link and automatically assume that it is just another legitimate link and don't even think twice about clicking on it.

Facebook does have an extremely clear and precise policy with regard to fake profiles. According to Facebook and its policy a fake profile will be deleted when the Facebook teams becomes aware of it. Fake profiles are causing huge problems for many innocent Facebook users who have genuine profiles. The factor that spammers and virus writers are using fake Facebook profiles to their advantage means that people will stop at nothing in order to get people online to do what they want. Computer security in general is a great concern to all internet users worldwide.

Facebook.jpgIt is interesting to note that besides people creating fake Facebook profiles for the usage of malicious purposes or spam, people create fake Facebook profiles of celebrities and actors all the time. If you are a regular Facebook user and do a search for a celebrity of your choice, chances are very likely that this particular celebrity has a Facebook profile. The question that arises is if this a genuine Facebook profile or is it a fake? The majority of the time there is no real way of telling. It can thus be said in conclusion: Don't take everything on Facebook at face value.

User Comments

Jason March 4, 2010
Half of the accounts on Facebook are fake, so you can imagine how slow Facebook is at deleting them!

I was led on by one particular faker for a year who has been (and still is) faking pictures of another girl for 2+ years. I only found out about it after a friend of mine recognized the girl in the pictures as a friend of one of his real life friends.

This person went by Heatherlea Pavetto, Heatherlea Marie, xxxheatherleaxxx, xoxheatherleaxox, and a DOZEN other names as each one was deleted by the real girl on Myspace and Facebook. What really baffles though is the length this faker went. Not only was she faking this girl in particular, she was faking ALL of the girl's friends on Myspace and Facebook. Men and women. She made fake accounts for each and every one of them and had them "talk" to each other to make her profiles seem more real. So if you add them all up all her fake accounts, deleted and current, she probably has been running 50+ fake accounts.

It's sickening what some people do to live out their fantasies online.
Trust Justice February 27, 2010
They changed the name of the website, I don't know why.
Maybe they can help

http://www.fake-profile.com/
http://www.fake -profile.com/
Urooj khan February 27, 2010
please help ..:(
there is a fake profile at facebook with my real name and picture she is abusing me and my family and friends i m s0 disturbed because of her please some one help me :(:(

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10000 0733435748&ref=ts#!/profile.php?v=wall&ref =ts&id=100000733435748
sarankan February 17, 2010
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id =100000574796570&ref=ts this link profile is fake... this profile fake my name and my photo... plz bolck this profile plz plz..
FACEBOOK does NOT LISTEN February 13, 2010
Facebook says they will delete fake accounts? They're so full of it! I've reported some I know for a fact which are fake(Facebook could've easily gone to the official sites of these celebrities and on the site the celeb says they DON'T have Facebook). all they(Facebook) had to do was check the link I told them about to verify it by what the celebrity says.

The fake profiles are still there 1-1/2 years later.

WHAT WAS IT FACEBOOK SAID ABOUT THEM DELETING FAKE PROFILES?
Michelle Seanor February 12, 2010
I had a profile with all my modelling pictures on facebook, to find that 2 profiles with similar names had copied my images and are using them as there profile pictures.
Myself and my friends had reported these 2 fake profiles to facebook, and the next day to find there profiles still on facebook with them still using my images and My account deleted!

I have now reopened a new account, sending facebook a message for the 6th time with regards to this and still nothing has been done! I am not happy as this is fraud! letting other people use my pictures with my face on. For all I know they are causing trouble and people are seeing my face.

What should I do now, even though Myself and my friends have both reported these!
joseph graham January 25, 2010
There are several fake profiles that I am aware of and everyday for the past week I have been reporting them. One in my name that says I am into kiddie pron and garbage like that and another fake profile of my friend Amanda Kiste. She made a new one because hers was hacked and now whoever is using it is mimicking her and changing their prof pic to what she is using and trying to get her friends on their friends list claiming that they were the account being hacked. I find it sad that facebook has done nothing about this. they really should get a customer service number to call.
Laura Honse January 23, 2010
i believe this is a fake account: claudius samuel östlund. he urgently contacted me via email that someone was stealing my fotos for his portfolio. claudius says hes a danish model living in hamburg and has a link where he is interviewed as being model of the year somewhere. but his name does not exist when i googled and he is in no model agency in germany. he was also friends with two other fake profiles which i recently reported and which have been removed. the names are similar: max SAMUEL KOOS, clemens KOOS, claudius SAMUEL östlund. all psyco!
Trinity January 18, 2010
I use a fake facebook profile and I thing it is the only rational way to be in that comunity. I can lurk other's profiles by keeping my privacy untouched.
pritika mohtabchandani January 18, 2010
adit chopra ( india ) on facebook has hakked my email accounts strawberika@ rediffmail and haycinth @rediffmail and has created several fake accounts in my name. He is now using a fake account of pritikaa mohtabchandani www.facebook.com/people/Pritikaa-Mohtabchandani/10 59787019 - . connecting it to several other sites and creating nonsense / harassment he even sends porn mail to my old hakked ids and connects with other connected ids in my name . When i tried to report spam i was not alloewed on facebook as this hakker has already hakked the accounts connecyed to it. Kindly delete this account asap
my name doesnt matter January 9, 2010
I got on a page that I really do think is a real celebrity. the problem is that they added someone and upon more careful observation I have noticed them constantly on friday night (if your touring in a band how could you possibly be online for 7 hours) then I noticed that some of these "celebrifakes" have "siblings" with weird "names" such as mileyzgomezbieberface stuff like that, and I am sitting here thinking this cant be a mid 30's aged man writing this this must be a teen or something. I've been enlightened. sad.Plus,***most importantly* some of these celebri-fakes have this written on their page "real and official page of so and so" and "official verified page"..it is super easy to put that on your page, just because its on there does not make it real.
Trust Justice January 7, 2010
We may be able to help. Go to www.fake-facebook.com
We may be able to help. Go to www.fake-facebook.com
Trust Justice January 7, 2010
If you are a victim, consider making a donation.
Linda Karitanyi January 5, 2010
Dear Facebook website,

I would like to inform you again that this is 1 year Facebook had created a fake profile with my names and fake picture.

I would like immediately to request that after several times of reporting this,facebook never responded,please I want to take this to the level of United Nations Legal affairs that facebook had abused my identity.

Waiting for your quick response.

Linda karitanyi
Linda Karitanyi January 5, 2010
Dear Facebook,

This is one(1) year that Facebook created a fake profile with a picture abusing my identity,had written to you to delete the profile but in vain you never deleted,I will request if you can kindly delete this profile using my name before you pay for my identity abuse.As a staff mmebr of United Nations,I will confirm that your website it is an abuse of identity,Waiting for your quick response before decide to complain to legal affairs.
fake January 3, 2010
Most people don't want too be fooled, but thats it everyone on fakebook are all fools in some kind of way. call it fashion, call it being someone your not to make friends like you or to keep friends around you even if you dont really don't want to talk to them in person. get a phone, get a webcam. for those who are looking for new friends
zoya December 20, 2009
Hi, l made two fake profiles because l dont have many friends and l want to show that l have many friends. i dont want to harm anyone or hack but just want post good things to my own profile showing as another person.
Bob Barker December 15, 2009
Look I just made a fake profile on here just to add a comment... Or am I the real Bob Barker? Remember to spay or neuter your pets everyone!!
theREALone December 15, 2009
I found a fake facebook of me yesterday. It was my pictures and my full name but with the last two letters reversed. After having 4 of my friends report it and possibly finding out who made it, it was deleted. It was so weird. There were about 5 different "friends" on the profile who commented the page as if they talked to me in everyday life. there was a link to a name that was supposedly my "parent." name was chuck popham.

Now I need to convince "my girlfriend" that I don't know who she is and that the profile was fake.
Rema December 14, 2009
I just cannot belive how bad is facebook when technical support is needed.What do Facebook Team do???Sitting in front of pc and watching in the screen???I sent 1000 of reports of the fake profile and nothing happened.When i somehow managed to enter the fake profile I changed the email address and when i tried to enter the profile again it had been changed and hacked allready by old email address EVEN IF I HAD CHANGED IT?????ERASE PROFILE NAME CALLED Marko Kozlina;E-MAIL:kozlinanbg@hotmail.com;
I never liked facebook and i pissed off cause hackers can do whatever they want....so understand this as a thread:IF YOU DONT ERASE THIS FAKE PROFILE I WILL START MAKEING FAKE PROFILES AND ABUSING OTHER PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK...SO THINK ABOUT YOUR WORK????
olsi shehu December 11, 2009
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tom jackson December 4, 2009
When i look for celebrity on facebook as friend.Lots of the person on facebook are fake.How i known want one is the real person.
Fun & Fact November 19, 2009
I keep want to start this comment with ˜good or ˜nice or ˜great but none of these seems strong enough, or appropriate enough for what you just posted.Just fantastic and mindblowing blog keep it up..!!!
web designer October 15, 2009
Ya it is bad thing to make fake profiles. but i am also doing same. i have 3 fake profile. when i need to know about somebody then i am talking with them as a fake person.
carte nintendo ds r4 October 13, 2009
One has to wonder about the motivations of people who befriend random strangers on facebook.
facebook user October 4, 2009
NO way!!
very bad!!!thats not a good thing to make fake accounts!!:@
Leslie Siegel June 27, 2009
OK, I take back my earlier comment! I have had more investigation and am sorry to say that I found a lot of fake celebrity types and have already deleted them, so here is a list: Michael Jackson (deleted about 2 weeeks ago, because he was leaving weird misspelled posts), Nic Cage (people were saying the guy was fake), Drew Barrymore, Tori Spelling, Pam Anderson (She finally admitted she was not Pam Anderson Lee, but Pam Anderson Smith!), Alice Cooper, Joey Buttafucco, Perez Hilton all fake! But I am now having second thoughts about Tim Curry when he left a racist joke on Facebook, so I don't know, but I do know I have real ones too! You have to watch the way they spelled the name, like when Chuck Norris was my pal and I noticed he spelled is "Norriss" and a few spelled their names backwards, and added shots they never would do! With Michael Jackson I noticed his photos, and knew he would never post such ugly ones of himself! Be wary!
Leslie Siegel May 27, 2009
I had good luck with celebrity types on facebook and have the following: Michael Jackson, David Beckham, Pam Anderson, Tim Curry, Shanna Moakler, and more. It's really them. I can tell. And I have hooked them up with each other and think they would have caught on by now, or I would have. The people I got their friends friends from are competent and real so I know I am right in saying I have the right celebs in my facebook. No fakes... They are really there. Of course you can't really get Mel Gibson or someone really up there, but you can snag people that on on the "b" "c" list, and fringes of... Especially Broadway folks... It's amazing. It's helped my businss of Internet PR blogging....
Lorenzo Querzola January 12, 2009
Ok, but... How can I distinguish a fake profile from a real one?
shnti December 27, 2008
Trix Daprince Giovannie
is dead this is a fake page
Trix Daprince Giovannie
help me out
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