Hyderabad sources have made a statement that Netizens, beware before you follow your popular personality on social media as fake profile pages have become a common place. According to sources the state IT department was appalled to find a fake Facebook page of even Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Astonishingly, it had over 1.80 lakh followers, while the official page has over 3 lakh followers.
Meanwhile not just KCR, but the officials also detected over 15 fake accounts on Facebook of important personalities. The IT officials from time to time have taken precautionary steps to curb cyber crime. Meanwhile, in the last two years 130 fake Facebook pages were created, according to reports.
Accordingly the public should be wary of fake pages and follow the
accounts which are verified. For instance, minister KT Rama Rao’s account
appears with a blue tick.
