Red flag.
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Within three messages, they will ask you to "Check out this video" or "Vote for my niece here." Never click links from strangers. That link is likely a phishing site designed to steal your login credentials. What To Do If You Find One If you suspect a profile is fake, do not engage. Do not reply. Do not call them out in the comments (that just tells them you are active). Red flag
We’ve all been there. You check your friend requests and see a familiar face—same profile picture as your old college roommate, same hometown listed. You accept. Then, five minutes later, you get a direct message: “Hey, I’m stuck. Can you send me a gift card code?” Within three messages, they will ask you to
Scroll down their wall. A real person has a history: birthday posts from 2017, an argument about a movie from 2019, a blurry vacation photo from last year. A fake profile was usually created last Tuesday . If there are 500 photos but zero interactions older than a week, run.
If your new friend request is a military general, a supermodel, or a rugged oil rig worker with perfect grammar—be skeptical. Right-click the image and select "Search Google for image." If that handsome stranger shows up on 50 different profiles under 50 different names, it’s a bust.
Look at their friends list. Fakes often have 2,000+ friends (quantity over quality) but only get 2 likes per post. Or worse, the "Friends" section is filled with other obvious fakes—identically dressed stock photos and names like "John Smith_007."