10 Ways To Identify A Fake User Account On Facebook

According to a report on Tech.Mic, police departments around the nation have taken predictive crime prevention to a new level by building fake user accounts, as well as posing as genuine people to gather information about local events. (1)
10 Ways To Identify A Fake User Account On Facebook

Account was made recently 2015, 2016.

Account has no history published for earlier years, but Facebook says they have been a member since 2009, etc.

Most fake accounts have 1 image or no real profile photo of the person. Some may only have a select few photos over a long span of time. A well seasoned user would have more photos posted over a long period of time. A fake account may have 7-10 photos posted on the same day.

User has very few friends in common and or friends in general.

There is little to no interaction on their page with friends, no comments, likes or responses over their long time line.

Profile picture seems to good to be true, that hot model added you today! They even messaged you and are interested in you!

When in doubt use reverse image search. Take their image and see if it is a real person or not.

When in doubt deny, deny, deny.

The user doesn’t “like” any bands, books, or movies.

The user doesn’t belong to any groups.

A few Facebook tips:

I am probably more judicial than most Facebook users. I won’t add anyone who I can’t see their page, nor will I add anyone who floods their wall with political posts. If they haven’t posted in at least a month, then chances are, they’re not active on Facebook, so I won’t add them either.

Of course, there are always exceptions to every rule but in general, these trends seem to weed out inactive profiles and political clutter on my Facebook feed.

If you go through your friends list, you will see some profiles without a picture. Many of these users are no longer on Facebook but are still counted against your 5,000 friend limit.