The victim in the Mazan rape trial, also victim of false profiles on social networks.
Today, we are alerting you to fake profiles on social networks with a very recent example: Gisèle Pelicot, the victim in the Mazan rape trial. 12,000 subscribers on an account in her name on the social network X (formerly Twitter) but it’s not her at all! It was Internet users who alerted people to these fake accounts.
How did they know it was a fake account?
Gisèle Pelicot is not on social networksshe had already indicated this and her family and her lawyer also confirmed it to us.
Another clue, strange messages… A post from September 7 where Gisèle Pelicot supposedly thanks Nabilla, the reality TV star, for having launched a fundraiser to support her. The problem is that Gisèle Pelicot had asked the day before for the prize pool to be suspended because she did not want it.
Fake profiles: the scourge of social networks
When it comes to a celebrity, there are several methods to try to find out if it’s a real or fake profile.
First of all, you can already check that the account is certified if there is the famous sticker next to it with a small notch.
If the celebrity asks you to click on something, to call a number, this is a sign of an upcoming trap. Our advice: you block the account, you report it.
Are you the victim of a scam, or have you seen false information? The team of “HERE, from 5am” conducts the investigation for you by sending us an email: [email protected]
