Fake profiles and identity cloning - Negative PID

It starts innocuously enough: a connection request on LinkedIn, a comment on a post, a congratulatory message. Then a colleague forwards a message, and

Negative PID

Dating apps promised love, now they mostly deliver scams

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/dating-app-romance-scams/

Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals

The account MAGANationX, with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading “Patriot Voice for We The People”, is actually operated from eastern Europe, according to the Daily Beast

#X #Twitter #MAGA #FakeProfiles

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/rightwing-influencers-outside-us-x-twitter-tool

Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals

Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature

The Guardian

Fake profiles are a growing threat to professional networking.

Over 70 million fake accounts were detected and removed in just six months in 2024, but millions more remain active.

80% of professionals say they’ve encountered suspicious or fake profiles.

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#WiseIN #FakeProfiles #ProfessionalNetworking #VerifiedConnections #SafeNetworking

Back in 2006, a dead 13-year-old and an unpunished cyber-bully made the headlines. The Megan Meier case was the first of its kind to bring to the public the risks of cyberstalking and fake profiles online, especially for youth.
Megan's story prompted legislators to fill the gaps so that others wouldn't fall through the cracks, but is it enough?

https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-megan-meier-case/

#meganMeier #cyberbullying #cyberstalking #fakeProfiles #catfishing

🥸 A #fake #nerdgirl account using stolen photos has targeted #Fediverse users, highlighting vulnerabilities to #spam and #abuse in #decentralisednetworks.

🚨 This incident underscores the need for #communitydefences and #ethicalinnovations to combat #AIdriven #fakeprofiles and maintain trust in online interactions.

👉 https://www.webpronews.com/fake-nerd-girl-account-revives-spam-tactics-on-fediverse-with-ai-risks/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Fake 'Nerd Girl' Account Revives Spam Tactics on Fediverse with AI Risks

A fake "nerd girl" account with stolen photos has targeted Fediverse users, reviving 2010s spam tactics and exposing decentralized networks' vulnerabilities to abuse. AI advancements amplify such risks, prompting community defenses and calls for ethical innovations. This incident urges reevaluating trust in online interactions.

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Anyone else notice this? Unbelievable, isn't it? Literally!
#fakeprofiles #justforfun #fakes

Sanna Marin ilmestyi tiktokkiini kommentoimaan puutarhavideotani näin. 😟

Ei kyllä nyt kovin vakuuttavaa ole. Jos tämä ei ole feikkitili, niin on kyllä Sannan taustaryhmällä parantamisen varaa. 🤦‍♂️

Tilin kaikki videot on lisätty samana päivänä kuukausi sitten ja ovat tosi vanhoja. Kyllä haiskahtaa… huijaukselta.

#tiktok #fakeprofiles #sannamarin #bots #suomi

BOLO for #OfficerProxy

#OfficerProxy has been known to hide #IdentityTheftRings & #GangStalkers using #OfficerProxies access to this #CALEA #StateSponsoredMalware access to #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky #malware by #FacebookGroups organizing their targeted #IdentityTheft using #FakeProfiles of their targets.

Be aware that some #OfficerProxies are getting thousands of dollars of ' kickbacks for access ' for their criminal #Facebook leverage #OrganizedCrimeRings in multiple states and cities.

#InternalAffairs #investigations

#infosec #Fortune1000 #CorporateEspionage #CISO #TCPDUMP #MetaUsers 👨‍⚖️👩‍⚖️⚖️👮