.Over 30 accounts exist for Madhu Shah, all with a picture of
same woman
.Number of people have been posting warnings about the 'scam'
.Pawan Manghnani has more than 150 mutual friends with her
By EMILY CHAN FOR BE INFORMED
PUBLISHED: 15:21 GMT, 19 May 2016 | UPDATED: 16:05 GMT, 19
May 2016
If you've been on Facebook lately, you may recognise this
woman who has multiple accounts and is befriending strangers around the world.
More than 30 separate profiles exist for Madhu Shah, who is
not believed to be a real person, all with a profile picture featuring the same
woman.
A number of people have taken to social media to warn others
about the bogus user, calling it a 'scam'.
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More than 30 accounts exist for a Madhu Shah, who is not
believed to be a real person, all with a profile picture featuring the same
woman
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One Facebooker Pawan Manghnani said that he had more than
150 mutual friends with Madhu over four years.
But after checking with his friends, he discovered that none
of them actually knew who she was.
The accounts appear to have been mainly adding people in
India, but later moved on to other nationalities.
There is no suggestion that the woman pictured is aware that
her photograph is being used on these Facebook profiles
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A number of people have taken to social media to warn others
about the accounts, calling it a scam
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Pawan wrote: 'WARNING: Do not take this #Fake
#MadhuShah
#Scam
lightly. In this case, Ignorance is not bliss but stupidity!!
'Someone had to initiate this. Have done thorough research
on this scary issue all week & posting this now for everybody's benefit.
'There are about 34 different fb accounts (on last count)
with the same name, same profile pic (attached for ref) but different cities.
'The worrying thing is, have more than 150 mutual friends
with this fake account since about 4 years now but none of the friends I
checked with knows her/him.
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Pawan Manghnani said that he has had more than 150 mutual
friends in common with these fake accounts for about four years
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'Some even have about 500 mutual friends with zero idea on
the true identity.'
He called for people to report the account as fake and and
block it immediately.
It is not clear what the motivation was for setting up the
accounts, but it could be a phishing stunt - an attempt to acquire sensitive
information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details.
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