Views From A Distorted Vision

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Fake Profiles On Social Media Platforms

CATFISHING ON THE RISE

Be wary who you communicate and form relationships with on social networks.

Hey peeps today I am going to be talking about ‘catfishing’. We may not all know about it, with me included but I’m hoping that it will be a learning experience for the both of us. The discussion will be around catfishing, how to prevent it from happening to your peers/family and what are the signs that it may be happening to you Fam and lastly how to deal with catfishing.
Catfishing is when an individual creates a fake identity by simply taking someone else’s pictures and trick you into falling in love with the person but in reality you find that the person you are talking to looks nothing like the person on their profile. There are several ways in which you can check if you being catfished.

I know we all want to have our information displayed on our profiles for instance on Facebook, trust Fam I do that too. It’s annoying getting invites from people who have no information about themselves but sometimes it’s to protect themselves from whoever is out there. Just be on high alert as to the amount of information you put at people’s disposal, because it can result in someone copying it and creating a fake account. I speak from experience family, I was approached by my friend Tshiamo who asked why I had created a new account at that point I was puzzled as to what the hell are you talking about dude. But that same day a few people asked the same question. I had to verify this claim, so I searched and the results were shocking, someone actually created a fake account. I was left with no choice but to limit my details on all social media platforms and reported the guy because if my parents knew trust I’d be dead Fam. It took time to deal with the fact that this just happened, which is why we need to protect our loved ones from people on social media platforms and Cybercrime talks about educating young kids about these dangers.
People who are normally catfished usually are going through relationship problems and these people have a way with words and you will form a bond or even fall in love like Spencer Morril did. 
The owner of SaveTNET Rianette Leibowitz invites you to listen to her podcasts and learn about cyber safety.
                                 




12 comments:

  1. Thanks for the heads up....my guy

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    1. It's my pleasure, hope you will limit the information on all social media platforms

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  2. Wish there was someone who would have told me about this. I have made 3 Facebook profiles to date cos of this catfishing shandis
    Sharp Stanky Leg
    It is a dope article though.

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    1. Well hopefully you will reduce the amount of information and don't accept strangers to be your friends. Thank you very much

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    1. Dankie My Ou, hope the information above will help you in the future.

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  4. You're right Phenyo, it's essential that we limit the things that we post on social media. Your article has me unfriending a lot of people on my Facebook that I don't know. I recall having a stalker back in 2013, luckily my situation with the person wasn't as dangerous as other stalker incidents because it was merely on a social media platform (Facebook) and therefore no physical contact was made or at least not that I know of. To just to sum up what you've said, I think we should also avoid real-time posting as we never truly know who's watching. Keep up the good work though, big-ups 😊🙌

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  5. Ahhh fam thanks hey, just glad nothing came of your stalker and do keep tabs on you you who befriend. Yeah we should also stop checking-in at places cause these people learn about what interests you. Just be on high alert of who is lurking family

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  6. Yo, I digg this. I never thought it was this serious to begin with. Appreciated bro

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    1. Yeah fam it's bad out here. Just be on high alert my G for them peeps

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  7. people need to know more about cat fishing ey, ive had an experience where i was attacked online by a girl claiming that im with her man and her profile was a mans profile you know at that time i didnt feel safe until i did my research and found out who she is and honestly such things disgust me, a relationship is for two people if you have insecurities talk to your partner about it and dont go around bulling innocent people online and pretending to be other people ey

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    1. Well I hope you didn't do anything drastic when you found out who created the fake account to attack you, just report the person to Facebook or the police if they are harrassing you. Just be vigilant and ensure you don't get trapped in their agenda. Thank you for sharing

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