KNOW A PSEUDO FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

I   have  not posted articles  on this  medium  for some time, because of some unforeseen circumstance, beyond my control. I am  not really happy about this, I missed not reaching my  international audience. I have put measures in place to ensure that this does not happen again. I apologies for being away for quite awhile.

Facebook has its usefulness, it gives one the platform to connect with friends, and for the business person, it a rich source of adverts. However every thing that is good has it negative side, facebook is not an exception.

It is has been estimated that over 50% of facebook accounts are fake,false or pseudo.
The word pseudo is a Greek word, denoting fake, false.That is my choice of word for this article.
The task before me is to help my friends, detect scams through Facebook ids or accounts. I have my ways of determining these, following my verse experience on how some of these scams are perpetrated.Scrutinize every facebook account or ids,
Look at the tales signs of pseudo, false, or fake ids,

1. Look for photos in the profile. If there is only one photo of the individual in the whole profile it may be  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 on other status, it means that the profile is likely to be fake.

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

4. Check out the friend list. If you find out that all  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 is a pointer

7. Fake profiles of girls usually have a contact no. in their info. Lets face it, girls hardly will have their contact details in public. So watch out if the user exposes contact details  that should not  be made public. 
8. Look out for recent wall posts, if you see loads of people asking…’THANKS FOR THE ADD….DO I KNOW YOU’……and yet the posts remain unanswered…it is bound to be a fake one.
9. Look for common traits 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 pictures. Fake profile pictures are usually selected from Google and while browsing through it, you might as well come across the picture the user chose for the fake account.
11. Try confirming the phone number of the facebook id.If when you call, the number doesn’t go, be on the watch. Where you do have a chance to talk to the facebook account owner, access the person’s statement, see it as if you are interviewing the person.
These are my submission; I do not claim to know it all. But you have a lead to determine pseudo facebook accounts