THE NEXT WEB - Aug 17 - Kathy Kostrub-Waters and Bryan Denny are spending some of their free time finding fake accounts on Facebook. They regularly present Facebook with their findings, and each time are disappointed to find Facebook hasn't changed their approach. Says Denny: "The reality is this isn't my job or Kathy's. So I get really tired of 'Hey, thanks for the work - keep it up.' I'm like no, damnit, it's your job to do this." Denny, a retired member of the Armed Forces, is apparently a popular target for scammers, who steal photos of his attractive mug and use them to construct fake profiles on dating sites and Facebook. He found hundreds of Facebook profiles bearing his photo and those of his son. Now consider Facebook's intention to start a dating site. Various people from groups dedicated to finding and warning others about scam profiles, speaking with Huffington Post, called that idea "madness" and "a train wreck waiting to happen."
by Rachel Kaser
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Thank you much for posting this!! We are working hard to make a federal change and we would all love the support we cant get. Identity Theft of Social Media platforms has become an epidemic...and self regulation is no longer effective.
Posted by: Kathy | Sep 02, 2018 at 12:30 AM
The social and dating sites know about the problems of identity theft and have been claiming for years "we are working on it" and yet the problem has only gotten worse. It's time Congress stepped in and made laws forcing the sites to do something and holding them accountable.
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Posted by: Jeff | Oct 20, 2018 at 12:08 AM