Identifying Fake Social Media Profiles Possible With Google Image Search

You may be surprised to know that searching for the profile pic can be highly beneficial in this regard.

You can easily verify the legitimacy of any profile on social media by searching for the profile picture on Google. If it appears in results other than the social media account then you must understand that the account is fake.


1. RIGHT CLICK ON THE PROFILE PICTURE AND GO FOR SEARCH GOOGLE FOR THIS IMAGE

2.HERE ARE THE RESULTS
-The profile picture belongs to some model! Not some John Kerry dude! Wait.. John Kerry? lol


A board member at the Malwarebytes security firm, Alex Eckelberry, also identified a few scammers through this strategy.

Similarly, a person using John Kerry’s name sent him request on LinkedIn and when Eckelberry searched on Google Images, it turned out that the picture was of a model promoting modern hairstyles for males.

Moral of the story: Beware of requests from unknown people on social media networks.

Good looking people requesting for friendship on social networks is rather a common trick used by scammers and people must be alert.

However, most of the time unsuspecting users respond positively and become victims of numerous online scams.

It is a fact that many scammers use publicly available pictures for their profiles but it is also worth noting that not all scammer do so.

Be careful before accepting an unknown friend request on social media platforms.