Social media is a great way of communicating with friends and family, but’s also a fantastic tool to meet new people with similar interests. You should be careful though, as popular social networks can have fake accounts which can pose a risk to your privacy or security.

One way to help stay safe is to learn how to spot these fake accounts and how to report them to the social network.

Beware of bio links

Spammers, scammers and hackers often use links in their Twitter bios (as as their feed) to get users to visit malicious sites.

Compare their followers

Fake or spam Twitter accounts follow thousands of users of users but have very few followers themselves

Watch out for strange mentions from strangers

You may get a random tweet from or mention thats makes no sense, This is often a sure sign that it’s a fake or malicious account

Beware of links tweeted with popular hashtags

Scammers often use trending or popular hashtags to tweet malicious links or get you to view their bio link

 

Until next time, stay safe out there!