IDENTITY THEFT
If you are active on internet media or have an account on these platforms, then you need to be very cautious because the incidents of IDENTITY THEFT are increasing rapidly. These days, Scammers not only demand money from your relatives and acquaintances by copying your internet media profile, but they can also send false messages in your name. Come, let us know how we can protect ourselves from ‘Identity Theft’.
Facebook account
Scammers can gain lot of information about you through your public Facebook postings and photo posts. These may include details of your date of birth, hometown, company, high school, etc. When you are posting something new on Facebook, make sure that only your friends and family can see it. The same applies to other internet media profiles, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, etc.
You can do this by going to the Settings tab of Facebook and then going to the Privacy tab ‘Who can see your future post’, it would be better to select ‘Friends’ here. In this way, you can limit who can see your post. Apart from this, you can use the guard with the profile photo. For this, after opening the Facebook app, go to your profile photo, and press it for a while then under this you will find the option ‘Turn on profile picture Gaurd’ Click on it and save it. After this, no unknown user will be able to download the profile photo and cannot see complete information related to your profile. Here, you can also be careful while making new friends.
Report of Fake Facebook Account – If you want to report, visit the site facebook.com/help/174210519303259. If you do not have a Facebook account, but someone has created a fake account in your name, you can report the fraudulent account on www.cybercrime.gov.in
Instagram account-
If you have not made your account private on Instagram, then everyone can see your profile and posts. To make your account private on Android and iOS Apps, you need to go to settings then go to Privacy, and go to Private Account. If you have made the account public, then after tapping on it you will have to open the private account. After making the account private, the posts will neither be visible in search nor on the hashtag page. This is how you can secure the account from scammers.
Report of Fake Instagram Account – You can visit help.instagram.com/contact/636276399721841 for a fake Instagram profile created in the name of your business organization.
Twitter account
If you have an account on Twitter, then by default everyone can see your profile and tweets. This may be visible to those people also who have not signed in to Twitter. If you want that your profile is not visible to everyone then you will have to change the settings.
First of all, open the twitter in a web browser. Then go to Settings and Privacy, after this, you will have to click on the ‘Privacy Paid Safety’ option. Below the Tweet section, you will find the option to ‘Protect Your Tweets’. If you want to keep your account safe, then turn on ‘Protect Your Tweets’. After this, tweets can be seen only by your followers. If someone wants to follow you, then he will need constant approval. Your tweet will not even appear in search engines. Your tweet will be visible only in follower search. On the Privacy & Security page, you also get the option to disable location and photo tagging as well as you can also turn off the messages sent by any other user. Even if you have made the tweet private, you cannot hide the entire profile. The banner image, profile image, name, username, location, etc will be visible. However, you can customize the visibility by going to the edit profile app.
Report of Fake Twitter Account– To report Visit the site help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/report-twitter-impersonation. Apart from this, you can report through help twitter.com/en/forms/authenticity/Impersonation.
