There might be hardly any one among our dear readers who do not own an account on any of the social-networking sites including Facebook, twitter etc. People are closely inclined to these sites and open to developing new relations over the newly found mode of entertainment. Social networking sites house all sorts of people starting from those who are in search of their long lost friends or family members, those who are in search of new relations, those wishing to befriend their celebrity inspirations to those who are in there just because their friends are there.
A recent study that was conducted on these social networking sites revealed more than 70% of the accounts that are believed to be owned by celebrities or famous business organizations are fake and belong to impostors. Take care not to be bamboozled by these kinds of impostors who might trap you and hurt you. The celebrity that you are following on your twitter account might not even be aware of an account that exists in his/her name. You can avoid being deceived by these kinds of frauds and even protect your friends from being trapped.
In general the celebrities or business organizations have their accounts verified with their sign which might not be present in the case of fake ones. Examine the accounts for these signatures to stay away from impostors who try to fare deluding others. Twitter makes use of the green tick mark to specify original accounts whereas G+ makes use of Grey color. Even then there are chances of impostors faking the account with a verified sign from G+ or twitter. The official web page usually directs to the twitter page where again you might be trapped into entering a fake account.
If you are a regular user over the internet then you would be capable of differentiating original accounts with the fake ones by applying a bit of sanity. Just go through the account and search for the posts and tweets as well as the mutual friends or the people present on the friends list or the list of people following the account which would indicate whether you are on the right track or not. Have a happy browsing over the social-networking sites and contribute to the eradication of cyber crime by helping the cyber intelligence locate fraud.