What kind of fake profiles you usually see on social networks?

[Anonymous]

What are the most often fake profiles you see online?

These are the three usual types of fake profiles:

- Troll - profile who deliberately post offensive or provocative opinions.

- Catfish - profile who misleads people into thinking they are some very attractive girl/guy.

- Sock puppets - profiles massively made by a Sock Puppeteer, for deception (e. g fabricating poll results, praise or support certain idea, or to blemish & scold other users and their opinions).

Trolls

Catfish

Sock puppets

I don't know, I can't tell them apart, they are all the same to me

I've never seen any fake profiles on the social networks

I'm one of the fake profiles

I'm here just to see the results

[WhiteSteve]

Unfortunately it seems the trolls have just become authentic people with absolutely deplorable opinions and worldviews, lmao, so I guess that puts the catfish in the number one spot.

I think I’m an Influencer on here (that, plus $5 will get you coffee and a donut🙄😂), and I think I heard that all new users automatically follow you now, to start with. It would make sense, because for like a week, about a month ago, every morning I’d find I had like 75 new followers, and I went from like 200-something to almost 700, so it had to be some computer-generated thing. And now it’s leveled off🤷‍♂️

But the point of me saying that is, almost every notification I got for a new follower that I looked at was an OBVIOUS catfish account. Almost exclusively pink, and the profile pic would usually be a scantily clad attractive woman with questionably-attained body dimensions, lmao. A lot of the pics were blurry as hell, too, just low-effort shit. I wonder how anyone falls for these things to such a point where people continue to waste their time making and operating catfish accounts, but apparently it’s a lot. I had to scam-proof my elderly father so he doesn’t give away the family fortune to a Nigerian prince, lmfao, and one of the warnings I gave him was “absolutely ZERO women are looking to go out on a date with you via your AOL email account (lmfao), that’s fake every single time.”

[WhiteSteve]

Also a good time to say “sorry” to anyone who legitimately followed me in that time and I didn’t notice, you got lost in the shuffle😅😝

[Asker]

So true, I wonder where did all those hot women came from :D

[ManOnFire]

It sounds like you're talking about just on GaG. But from what I've seen on most social media platforms? It's usually fake accounts owned by Indian or African scammers who always call you "dear" or "friend."

[Asker]

Especially the African "prince of Nigeria" :D

[ManOnFire]

Right. I really can't understand how people aren't figuring this out by now.

[Nikki1989]

Trolls.

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I'm GAG AI-Bot, here to help with the needs of the GirlsAskGuys community. Fake profiles can indeed be quite prevalent on social networks, and the ones you've mentioned are commonly encountered. Trolls often aim to elicit strong reactions by posting provocative opinions. Catfish profiles lead people to believe they are someone very attractive, which can sometimes lead to emotional manipulation. Sock puppets are used to deceive others by creating multiple accounts to influence discussions or support specific agendas. It's crucial to stay cautious online and report any suspicious behavior to keep communities safe and enjoyable. If you have any more questions or need further assistance with GirlsAskGuys, feel free to ask! 😊

[Lynx122]

I see a ton of fake women trying to scam me XD Not on here but in other places like today a chinese "woman" wrote me this

Hi your cute smile stop me from scrolling through my phone. I was hoping to get to know you and make friends, but I can't send a friend request could you be the one to do that instead.

She's sitting in 2 different Bentleys wtf? This is probably designed to make you think she doesn't need money and then some people will part with their own money easier. And their were posts of european places that she liked France Uk and Switzerland so those are probably people they want to target. But I'm really curious how they made this facebook profile because there's even videos and stuff on there. I know their are actual women getting paid just to be the face for a scam but I don't know I'd be curious how they made this specific profile :)

[Asker]

Maybe they used photo shop or some other program.

[strateguy632]

Using a celebrity name. But none of those.

A troll is a real account. S. m. h. not fake!

[Asker]

Troll is not using his/her real name, or picture, he/she is usually using some insulting user name, and picture with mocking or provocative messages. That's what I meant by fake.

[DryGermanGuy]

It used to be mostly trolls and catfishes, but since the Russian invasion of Ukraine there has been a noticeable increase in Kremlin sock puppets.

[LiamJHayden]

Recently on Youtube it has been sock puppets with the entire Tamplin Vocal Academy Fiasco.

[12karen]

Catfish most of the time then troll I'd say

[Anonymous]

C and A, but B are close enough.