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  Meta uncovered and blocked about 40 profiles on Instagram and Facebook, pretending to be Ukraine New

  Technology | February 28, 2022 19:14 IST

      Meta has recently reported that it has blocked as many as about 40 fake profiles on Instagram and Facebook from shared details on social media in Ukraine and Russia.  

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  Maharashtra: Delhi-based doctor duped of over Rs 2 cr by man posing as woman on social media

  Crime | September 05, 2021 13:47 IST

  The accused had made fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms by posing as a woman, a senior police official said.

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  Ex-cricketer's fake profile created on Facebook; hunt on for culprit

  Cricket | August 27, 2019 17:27 IST

  The accused had also messaged some prominent cricketers from the fake account and asked for their phone numbers, he said.

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  Google says fighting fake business profiles on Maps

  Technology | June 24, 2019 10:59 IST

  The fake business profiles have been lurking people on Google Maps, therefore the company has said it was working hard to remove bad actors before they could scam customers.

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  US officials made fake FB profiles to nab Indians

  India | April 12, 2019 18:51 IST

  The Facebook profiles were allegedly created by the ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

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  Spurned youth held for creating fake profile of girl in AP

  India | June 27, 2013 20:38 IST

  Hyderabad, June 27: A youth was today arrested for allegedly creating a fake profile of his female friend on a social networking site after she spurned him and making threatening calls to her family, a