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Meta Takes Down Indian Firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory's Accounts Along With 900 Chinese Fake Accounts
- Friday December 16, 2022
- Press Trust of India
Meta has removed over 40 accounts operated by an Indian firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory, allegedly involved in hacking-for-hire services, the social media firm said in a report. The company also said that it took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China.
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Man Creates Fake Facebook Profile Of Official At Rajasthan Chief Minister's Office
- Monday March 1, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
An unidentified man created a fake Facebook profile in the name of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's officer on special duty (OSD) and demanded money from his friends, police said on Sunday.
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Man Creates Fake Facebook Profile Of Delhi Cop To Dupe People, Arrested
- Sunday October 18, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Ridhima Shukla
A man from Madhya Pradesh has been arrested for making a fake profile in the name of a police official on Facebook and demanding money from his friends and relatives, the Delhi Police said today.
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Ex-Cricketer's Fake Profile Created On Facebook; Hunt On For Culprit
- Tuesday August 27, 2019
- Press Trust of India
An unidentified person has been booked for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of former cricketer Sandeep Patil and trying to seek on it phone numbers of well-known personalities.
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A Facebook Poll Rating Against Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Stunned Zuckerberg
- Tuesday July 9, 2019
- World News | Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg
A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.
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Three Foreign Nationals, 1 Indian Arrested For Duping People On Facebook
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Three foreigners and an Indian woman have been arrested for allegedly cheating people on Facebook, the police said on Monday.
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After Murder, Army Major Handa Called Woman He Met Through Dating Site
- Thursday June 28, 2018
- India News | Edited by Arun Nair
Army Major Nikhil Handa, arrested for allegedly killing a fellow officer's wife in Delhi, had several fake Facebook accounts and profiles on dating sites that he used to contact women. It was one of these women friends that he called first after the murder, the police said on Wednesday.
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Facebook's Crackdown on Fake Profiles Doesn't Fully Solve the Problem
- Monday May 7, 2018
- Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
The Facebook tool to remove fake profiles looks only for impostors within a user's circle of friends and friends of friends - not the site's 2-billion-user network.
- www.gadgets360.com
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With Stolen Facebook, Instagram Photos, Gurgaon Man Ran Profitable Scam
- Saturday April 28, 2018
- Gurgaon News | Edited by Aloke Tikku
A friend request to strangers on Facebook, or a follow on Instagram, was usually the first step. This gave Akash Choudhary access to loads of pictures of young women which he would download to create their fake profiles.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Messenger Plagued With Malicious Links Spreading Malware: Kaspersky
- Friday August 25, 2017
- Tasneem Akolawala
According to Kaspersky Labs, cybercriminals are sending malicious links to Facebook Messneger users, that helping track browser activity and display targeted adverts.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Disrupts Suspected Spam Operation
- Saturday April 15, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Friday said it disrupted an international fake account operation that was firing off inauthentic 'likes' and bogus comments to win friends it would then pound with spam.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kiran Rao Files Complaint Against Imposter For Fake Facebook Account
- Sunday June 5, 2016
- Entertainment | Press Trust of India
Kiran Rao, 42, registered the complaint and said that the impersonator has uploaded her picture on Facebook and is also interacting with her friends and family members, the police said
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Do You Know 'Someone' Like The Women In This Currently Viral Video?
- Tuesday May 24, 2016
- Offbeat | Edited by Nivi Shrivastava
Do you know someone who fakes a perfect life on Instagram? Who poses with salad and then eats a burger? Or pretends to take a 'no make up selfie' when actually dressed for a party? A video currently going viral claims that you do indeed know someone like this - so if you answered no, perhaps you need to new friends/acquaintances.
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How to Fake an Exotic Holiday on Facebook: This Student Did
- Friday September 19, 2014
- Offbeat | Aditi Shorewal
Meet 25-year-old Dutch student Zilla van den Born, a graphic designer based in Amsterdam who distorted reality in a way that will have you questioning your Facebook friends' exquisite holiday pictures a great many times before giving them a thumbs up (while your heart breaks) and shutting your eyes in anguish.
- www.ndtv.com
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Faking Happiness on Facebook: Those 'Likes' Aren't Real, People
- Wednesday June 25, 2014
- Offbeat | Amrita Kohli
Do you get easily depressed with the amazing posts from people on your Facebook friend list? Do those food pictures, holiday check-ins, and relationship updates make you want to delete your account and live on a mountain somewhere far, far away? Well, this video is for you.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Takes Down Indian Firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory's Accounts Along With 900 Chinese Fake Accounts
- Friday December 16, 2022
- Press Trust of India
Meta has removed over 40 accounts operated by an Indian firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory, allegedly involved in hacking-for-hire services, the social media firm said in a report. The company also said that it took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Man Creates Fake Facebook Profile Of Official At Rajasthan Chief Minister's Office
- Monday March 1, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
An unidentified man created a fake Facebook profile in the name of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's officer on special duty (OSD) and demanded money from his friends, police said on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Man Creates Fake Facebook Profile Of Delhi Cop To Dupe People, Arrested
- Sunday October 18, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Ridhima Shukla
A man from Madhya Pradesh has been arrested for making a fake profile in the name of a police official on Facebook and demanding money from his friends and relatives, the Delhi Police said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Ex-Cricketer's Fake Profile Created On Facebook; Hunt On For Culprit
- Tuesday August 27, 2019
- Press Trust of India
An unidentified person has been booked for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of former cricketer Sandeep Patil and trying to seek on it phone numbers of well-known personalities.
- sports.ndtv.com
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A Facebook Poll Rating Against Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Stunned Zuckerberg
- Tuesday July 9, 2019
- World News | Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg
A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.
- www.ndtv.com
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Three Foreign Nationals, 1 Indian Arrested For Duping People On Facebook
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Three foreigners and an Indian woman have been arrested for allegedly cheating people on Facebook, the police said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Murder, Army Major Handa Called Woman He Met Through Dating Site
- Thursday June 28, 2018
- India News | Edited by Arun Nair
Army Major Nikhil Handa, arrested for allegedly killing a fellow officer's wife in Delhi, had several fake Facebook accounts and profiles on dating sites that he used to contact women. It was one of these women friends that he called first after the murder, the police said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook's Crackdown on Fake Profiles Doesn't Fully Solve the Problem
- Monday May 7, 2018
- Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
The Facebook tool to remove fake profiles looks only for impostors within a user's circle of friends and friends of friends - not the site's 2-billion-user network.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
With Stolen Facebook, Instagram Photos, Gurgaon Man Ran Profitable Scam
- Saturday April 28, 2018
- Gurgaon News | Edited by Aloke Tikku
A friend request to strangers on Facebook, or a follow on Instagram, was usually the first step. This gave Akash Choudhary access to loads of pictures of young women which he would download to create their fake profiles.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Facebook Messenger Plagued With Malicious Links Spreading Malware: Kaspersky
- Friday August 25, 2017
- Tasneem Akolawala
According to Kaspersky Labs, cybercriminals are sending malicious links to Facebook Messneger users, that helping track browser activity and display targeted adverts.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Disrupts Suspected Spam Operation
- Saturday April 15, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Friday said it disrupted an international fake account operation that was firing off inauthentic 'likes' and bogus comments to win friends it would then pound with spam.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kiran Rao Files Complaint Against Imposter For Fake Facebook Account
- Sunday June 5, 2016
- Entertainment | Press Trust of India
Kiran Rao, 42, registered the complaint and said that the impersonator has uploaded her picture on Facebook and is also interacting with her friends and family members, the police said
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Do You Know 'Someone' Like The Women In This Currently Viral Video?
- Tuesday May 24, 2016
- Offbeat | Edited by Nivi Shrivastava
Do you know someone who fakes a perfect life on Instagram? Who poses with salad and then eats a burger? Or pretends to take a 'no make up selfie' when actually dressed for a party? A video currently going viral claims that you do indeed know someone like this - so if you answered no, perhaps you need to new friends/acquaintances.
- www.ndtv.com
-
How to Fake an Exotic Holiday on Facebook: This Student Did
- Friday September 19, 2014
- Offbeat | Aditi Shorewal
Meet 25-year-old Dutch student Zilla van den Born, a graphic designer based in Amsterdam who distorted reality in a way that will have you questioning your Facebook friends' exquisite holiday pictures a great many times before giving them a thumbs up (while your heart breaks) and shutting your eyes in anguish.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Faking Happiness on Facebook: Those 'Likes' Aren't Real, People
- Wednesday June 25, 2014
- Offbeat | Amrita Kohli
Do you get easily depressed with the amazing posts from people on your Facebook friend list? Do those food pictures, holiday check-ins, and relationship updates make you want to delete your account and live on a mountain somewhere far, far away? Well, this video is for you.
- www.ndtv.com