Fake accounts, also known as akun bodong in Indonesia, are social media accounts using fake identities for certain intentions. Such accounts are also often used to do crime acts, such as frauds and scams.
How to recognize a fake account
It is not hard to identify the authenticity of social media accounts. Below are several ways you can do to recognize a fake account;
1. Compare the followers and the following numbers
Fake accounts usually have a wide discrepancy of followers and followings. The number of accounts followed (following) is usually far higher than the followers.
But, this might also be found on real accounts. That is why you must also check the accounts following the potentially fake account.
Fake accounts usually buy their followers. Their followers are usually spam accounts.
2. Compare likes and comments with the number of followers
The next step to do is to compare the total likes and comments. Despite having many followers, fake accounts usually only receive few likes and comments. When you found several characteristics of BCA fake accounts here, do not follow them or believe any information that the accounts posted.
3. See account verification badge
When a fake account impersonates a celebrity or a known brand, you can easily check its authenticity by seeing if there is a verification badge beside the account’s name.
For example, Instagram. Famous figures usually have a blue badge as a sign of verification. Dispute that, do not get tricked. Fraudsters would deceive you by putting up a blue badge on their profile image.
4. Check captions and tagged accounts
Another characteristic of fake accounts is reusing captions for each photo or video. Similar things happen for hashtags used in captions. Moreover, strange sentence structure will also be typically observed on fake accounts.
You can also see the accounts tagged by the fake account. Fake accounts usually tag other accounts haphazardly. You might even be tagged by these unknown accounts.
You can also see the tagged photos for that account. If the tagged photos are suspicious, that account may be a fake account. For official information regarding BCA, learn about the characteristics here.
5. Pay attention to the photo or video quality
Fake accounts also often steal or use content from other accounts. That is why the quality of images and videos they post are of poor quality.
Moreover, the photos and videos that they post usually do not follow any specific concept. This may make the account’s feed look messy.
6. Find out more information about the account
Several social media platforms have specific features to provide you with additional information of an account. For example, Instagram has the About This Account feature.
By using this feature, you can find out when the account was made and any change in username. If the account is newly created or often changed its username, you should be suspicious. For more information about BCA official accounts, check here.
7. Sending direct message to request for personal data
Direct message or DM is often used as a channel for scammers to contact their victims. These accounts usually request personal data by offering to help customers in trouble or even to send certain prizes. BCA never ask for customers’ personal data, such as BCA debit/credit card number, card expiration date, CVC/CVV (3 digits number on the back of a credit card), OTP code, PIN, password, etc.
How to deal with fake accounts
Guys, hati-hati ya, ada iklan penipuan akun palsu yang mengatasnamakan BCA. Pelaku menebar iklan melalui laman pencarian, chatting apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, Line), hingga media sosial (IG, FB, Twitter).
Sebelumnya, banyak kita temukan iklan website palsu BCA di laman pencarian. Saat ini, mulai banyak ditemukan iklan akun / website palsu BCA di media sosial, khususnya di Instagram Ads.
Para penipu itu sekarang makin berani keluar modal untuk beriklan. Apakah kamu pernah mendapatkan iklan akun palsu BCA di Instagram Ads?
Begini kronologi penipuan akun palsu melalui Instagram Ads:
- Calon korban lihat iklan terkait akun / website BCA Palsu di Instagram Ads
- Korban masuk ke profile Instagram BCA palsu, klik link yang terdapat pada BIO, untuk masuk ke WA Chat
- Dari chat WA dengan BCA palsu, korban diarahkan untuk input data-data pribadi ke web palsu buatan penipu / hacker
- Data korban diambil hacker dan digunakan untuk kebutuhan penipuan berikutnya ( pengiriman dana tunai hasil penipuan ke rek tersebut dll )
Tips jika kamu menemukan modus seperti ini:
Dari kasus-kasus yang ditemukan, penipu biasanya memalsukan akun Instagram BCA dan website BCA. Berikut tips-tips yang disarankan:
- Akun resmi Instagram BCA hanyalah @GoodlifeBCA. Website resmi BCA adalah bca.co.id . Jika ada akun / website lain selain ini, sudah pasti itu PALSU.
- Kenali akun / web resmi BCA, waspada dengan yang serupa tapi palsu. Cek semua akun resmi media sosial BCA di sini
- Awas link palsu! Jangan di klik, apalagi mengisi data-data pribadi kamu. BCA tidak pernah meminta nasabah untuk mengisi data-data pribadi melalui sarana apapun termasuk link.
- Jaga selalu kerahasiaan data pribadimu seperti nomor kartu, PIN, CVV/CVC, OTP dll. #DatamuRahasiamu.
Yuk laporkan akun-akun palsu ke Instagram!
Ini yang paling penting untuk kamu lakukan jika menemukan akun-akun palsu BCA di Instagram:
- Laporkan ke akun resmi Instagram BCA @GoodlifeBCA dengan cara men DM dan menginformasikan akun palsu tersebut agar kami tindaklanjuti.
- Laporkan juga ke Instagram agar akun mereka di takedown.
Caranya begini:
- Pada unggahan Insta Ads akun palsu BCA, klik tanda tiga titik yang ada di pojok kanan atas.
- Pilih opsi “Report Ad”
- Pilih alasan pelaporan: “It’s a scam or it’s misleading”
Jika kamu telah menjadi korban penipuan, silakan laporkan ke Halo BCA di 1500888 atau lewat Aplikasi HaloBCA, Yuk kita sama-sama bantu BCA, agar akun-akun palsu tersebut tidak kian merajalela mencari korban.
Tetap jaga selalu kerahasiaan datamu ya, jangan di share ke siapapun melaui media apapun. Jadilah generasi anti modus, #CariTahuBiarAman di www.bca.co.id/awasmodus.
A prevention method after knowing you are dealing with a fake account is to block that account. By doing so, the fake account would no longer be able to see or find your social media account.
If you find these accounts to be disturbing, you can report the accounts. To report to get a fake account closed, find out here.
If the fake account is impersonating BCA and request your personal data, immediately report the case to Halo BCA at 1500888 or through the haloBCA app available at Appstore and Playstore.
Remember, do not share your personal data to anyone and through any media. Be careful! #CariTahuBiarAman #AwasModus #DatamuRahasiamu
