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Sanity Check Number Seventeen:
Do you refuse to answer personal questions
from those ‘friends’ you are not 100% sure
of?
If you do stumble across a fake online
profile, you might become suspicious.
Fakers are generally out there to trawl for
personal data and the questions they ask
you are often a little unusual.
Examples we have seen include:
• “What’s your email address?”
• “When’s your birthday?”
• “Where are you now?”
• “Can you suggest me to your friends?”
You can see a video about what it’s like to
have your identity stolen here.
Q is for…
Questions
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