The Risk Management Group - The A to Z of Safe Social Media

Sanity Check Number Nineteen:

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Do you have links to social media ‘friends’ who never seem to be online?

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A common sign of a faked online account is silence.

As explained, a fraudster will have multiple motives for connecting with people and while some connections exist for the purpose of targeting or harvesting data, others are designed simply to build up a convincing contact base. Once you are a part of such a fake network, the fraudster might not have a reason to continue talking to you.

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