Tag: Fake Facebook Account

Bhubaneswar: Ollywood actress Anubha on Sunday brought allegations against a fraudster, who had been seeking monetary donations from her fans through a fake Facebook account in her name. As per the actress, an unidentified person using a fake Facebook account in her name had been seeking monetary help from people citing that she is in trouble […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP MLA from Deogarh Nitesh Gang Dev on Tuesday lodged a FIR in connection with a fake Facebook account created in his name by some ‘unknown person.’ In his written complaint to Deogarh superintendent of police (SP), Nitesh has alleged that a fake Facebook account in his name has been created and the miscreant […]

San Francisco:Facebook has removed 2,632 Pages, Groups and accounts that were engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour from Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo on its platform, as well as on Instagram. The social media platform said it did not find any links between these sets of activities but they used similar tactics by creating networks of […]

Bhubaneswar: Think twice before you send a friend request to someone or chat with some celebrity, politician or even a senior police official on social media platforms as such accounts may be fake. A case in point is today’s (October 11) incident when DIG Intelligence Anup Sahoo warned people not to accept friend request from […]

Bhubaneswar: Cases of cyber crime in Odisha saw a big jump of 76 per cent in 2019 as compared to the previous year. It is no wonder that cyber criminals are running riot with opening fake Facebook accounts in the name of Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi and DIG (Investigation), Anup Sahoo to extort money from […]

Bhubaneswar: An unidentified imposter has created a fake facebook profile misusing the name of IPS officer Sarah Sharma, currently posted as Sambalpur Division Vigilance SP. The matter came to the fore after Sharma herself informed the matter through a post in her real Facebook account. Sharma posted the link of the fake ID on her […]