The first two times, they got a few of my friends to ‘friend’ them, but now all my friends know and are ignoring the false profile, so what is the purpose of continuing to create impersonator profiles of me? What is the scam they are hoping to pull off? (My friends are all now reporting it when it happens, and FB deletes the false profile in less than a minute.)
My Facebook profile has been impersonated 3 times in the last 24 hours. What is the person hoping to achieve by doing this?
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It’s usually someone you know finding this funny.
Could be somebody trying to take your friends then turn them on you is my guess. Somebody you made mad is looking for revenge, you know the whole stalking thing right.
You know what you did OP.
We don’t know.
Wait, what? Facebook deletes these profiles after they get reported? That must be new. Every time I have reported a fake profile, I just get a message saying they didn’t do anything about it
Phishing – they use them to message friends with fraudulent links, fake emergencies, or requests for financial help or try to steal personal information.