How to detect a fake Facebook profile

Facebook is the 2nd most visited website in the world. Having more than 845 million active users, it is a popular spot for marketing… and for scamming. For these purposes, so many fake profiles are active on Facebook too. Some of these would keep using unfair and illegal tactics like posting misleading links, spamming wall and inbox, spreading malicious contents etc.

Digital security firm Barracuda Labs researched about the fake profiles on Facebook and made an infographic from their results. Have a look at their infographic showing how Fake profile are different than the real ones: