There had been cases of cheating on Social Media –
what is very alarming is the one aired in Imbestigador – a grade 11
student who ended-up gang-raped and murdered (Jan7) in Trece Martirez, Cavite.
Ways to find
out if the social media account is in good faith:
On Twitter:
- check the
joining date (if it is not that long existing, be careful). Sometimes, there
are really twitter newbies better observe it for months, the tweets and
followers, before following back.
- check the
followers. If it is followed by many reliable people, trust your guts.
- check the owner’s
tweets. What kind of tweets he/she shares – the links, rude people share porn
videos and nude photos or even enticing links that can hack your account. Do not open the link on your social, right
click, copy and paste the link address on a NEW TAB on your browser.
-specially
for companies offering jobs, the followers and the tweets are related to the
services or products they offer. Real companies
maintain premium account (with blue check) with more than a hundred followers
and tweets.
- for
celebrities, frequently watching the news can bring you to their REAL
account. Celebrity scoops and updates
show their account icons/images and username.
- another
BEST way to find out if the Twitter account is owned by that person on its
profile photo is the one I learned from the celebrity Aicelle Santos and
boyfriend reporter Mark Zambrano while watching their interview on Tonight with Arnold Clavio (TWAK):
Ask him/her
to upload photo of a pose you require – in their case, Aicelle asked Mark to
put his finger inside (?) his nose, if I'm not mistaken (I watched them on TWAC). He instantly responded. Voila! She found
out it is really him who messaged her.
(Photo pose that is impossible or
very unusual to see on www,
because if the image he used is just stolen – and the real owner is fond of
posting a lot of photos, there might be a chance he can fish-out a picture of
your request from that of the account he had pretended to be if he happens to
hack it).
For job seekers:
- NO
legitimate company will ask for money UNLESS they are bankrupt and
non-existing, BOGUS or fake.
- Real
Companies, entertain applicants in their office for an interview and IQ or
psychological exams.
Facebook:
The account page shows many LIKES. Check the posts too. And the BEST measure would be is NOT ACCEPTING friend requests from unknown persons.
Have a safe day ahead.
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