How to Spot Fake Social Media Accounts Since 2019, Facebook alone has deleted approximately 2.2 billion fake accounts from their platform.

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers worldwide, according to its parent company, Meta ...

More information: Mark Button et al, Economic espionage via fake social media profiles in the UK: professional workers awareness and resilience, Security Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1057/s41284-025 ...

Of the 2,226 social media accounts analyzed, 27% were labeled as fake. The same accounts generated over 1,000 posts, resulting in the viral backlash against Target.