We all upload pictures to our Facebook accounts without a second thought. In fact sometimes we are so proud of how we look or where we have been that we just cannot wait to share that image with our friends. But did you know there is a website selling Facebook accounts? The going rate for 100 Facebook accounts is a mere $17!
So why would anyone want to buy Facebook accounts? The number one reason is to use your pictures on dating and porn sites. Your pictures will be used in fake profiles. A married friend in London England was told that her husband was using a dating site by a friend and sure enough, his picture was there but all the personal details were wrong, his pictures had been used in a fake profile scam and it almost caused their divorce.
I have been trying to draw attention to this scandal but no one in the media seems to care, perhaps they would if they found one of their own kids Facebook pictures being used in a fake profile scam.
I run transatlantic dating site ILoveyouraccent.com and I know how much effort, time and money it takes to get people to take notice of your site and to get them to sign up and become a member is even more work. I only launched my site in February this year and we have 0ver 5,000 members. That’s not a lot compared to many other dating sites. but all my members are genuine, I have never “bought” or “fabricated” profiles and I never will as its unfair . We are growing daily and people are getting together so I know it works as we have had 4 weddings and a baby on the way. These are real people meeting online. I recommend you put a logo or watermark on your pictures before uploading them to the web. All the pictures on my site have ILYA (I Love our Accent) on them making them difficult to use on another site.
Have you ever wondered how a dating site you have never heard of explodes onto the web with 500,000 members? How did they get so many people on their site? Simple, they bought them, all of them. Another scammer website actually states “don’t start a dating site with no members, buy them from us”. In dialogue I had with someone offering me the Facebook accounts he states that they prefer to hack UK and USA Facebook accounts, as the pictures are so much better!
For research into this underground practice, I bough 100 Facebook accounts with passwords and pictures all for $17.
See screen shot of one web site that offered to sell me Facebook accounts. (click for full-size)
So, in closing, do any of us know where our pictures are ending up?
Answer. For sure they are on dating sites around the world and quite possibly on some seriously unsavory sites too.
Do you know where your pictures are?
Do you know where your pictures are?
We all upload pictures to our Facebook accounts without a second thought. In fact sometimes we are so proud of how we look or where we have been that we just cannot wait to share that image with our friends. But did you know there is a website selling Facebook accounts? The going rate for 100 Facebook accounts is a mere $17!
So why would anyone want to buy Facebook accounts? The number one reason is to use your pictures on dating and porn sites. Your pictures will be used in fake profiles. A married friend in London England was told that her husband was using a dating site by a friend and sure enough, his picture was there but all the personal details were wrong, his pictures had been used in a fake profile scam and it almost caused their divorce.
I have been trying to draw attention to this scandal but no one in the media seems to care, perhaps they would if they found one of their own kids Facebook pictures being used in a fake profile scam.
I run transatlantic dating site ILoveyouraccent.com and I know how much effort, time and money it takes to get people to take notice of your site and to get them to sign up and become a member is even more work. I only launched my site in February this year and we have 0ver 5,000 members. That’s not a lot compared to many other dating sites. but all my members are genuine, I have never “bought” or “fabricated” profiles and I never will as its unfair . We are growing daily and people are getting together so I know it works as we have had 4 weddings and a baby on the way. These are real people meeting online. I recommend you put a logo or watermark on your pictures before uploading them to the web. All the pictures on my site have ILYA (I Love our Accent) on them making them difficult to use on another site.
Have you ever wondered how a dating site you have never heard of explodes onto the web with 500,000 members? How did they get so many people on their site? Simple, they bought them, all of them. Another scammer website actually states “don’t start a dating site with no members, buy them from us”. In dialogue I had with someone offering me the Facebook accounts he states that they prefer to hack UK and USA Facebook accounts, as the pictures are so much better!
For research into this underground practice, I bough 100 Facebook accounts with passwords and pictures all for $17.
See screen shot of one web site that offered to sell me Facebook accounts. (click for full-size)
So, in closing, do any of us know where our pictures are ending up?
Answer. For sure they are on dating sites around the world and quite possibly on some seriously unsavory sites too.
For more information about this scam please send me an email at rochelle@iloveyouraccent.com
Take care all.
Rochelle
http://www.iloveyouraccent.com