{"id":5573,"date":"2017-03-01T06:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T04:17:40","slug":"fake-friend-requests-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/fake-friend-requests-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Friend Requests are Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What\u2019s worse than a fake friend? \u00a0A fake friend request on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cybercriminals may pose as a relative or friend to infiltrate your friends list and once there could attempt to ask for money or use malicious links designed to do the their dirty work.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you receive any friend request icheck the person\u2019s profile before you hit \u2018accept\u2019. \u00a0\u00a0Warning signs include duplicate profiles of people already in your list, a profile with no friends or no common friends and just a few random photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the warning signs are there, best to decline the request and move on to viewing funny posts from people you actually know. \u00a0 You can read more on this topic at\u00a0https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/how-to-spot-a-fake-friend-request-2487747<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s worse than a fake friend? \u00a0A fake friend request on Facebook. Cybercriminals may pose as a relative or friend to infiltrate your friends list and once there could attempt to ask for money or use malicious links designed to do the their dirty work. When you receive any friend request icheck the person\u2019s profile before you hit \u2018accept\u2019. \u00a0\u00a0Warning[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[8,690],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-2","tag-facebook","tag-scams"],"yoast_head":"\nFake Friend Requests are Trouble - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/fake-friend-requests-trouble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake Friend Requests are Trouble - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What\u2019s worse than a fake friend? \u00a0A fake friend request on Facebook. 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