1. Fake Profile Pictures. Scammers love a fake profile picture, after all, they certainly aren't using their own—and the nicer looking the photo, the more likely they are to trick someone.

Fake Profile Pictures. Scammers love a fake profile picture, after all, they certainly aren’t using their own—and the nicer looking the photo, the more likely they are to trick someone.

1. Fake Profile Pictures. Scammers love a fake profile picture, after all, they certainly aren’t using their own—and the nicer looking the photo, the more likely they are to trick someone.

1. Fake Profile Pictures. Scammers love a fake profile picture, after all, they certainly aren’t using their own—and the nicer looking the photo, the more likely they are to trick someone.

1. Fake Profile Pictures. Scammers love a fake profile picture, after all, they certainly aren’t using their own—and the nicer looking the photo, the more likely they are to trick someone.

People love to steal his pictures to create fake profiles for scams on social media and dating sites. He gave 7 On Your Side permission to use his picture as an example.

Automated social media profiles are a powerful tool for spreading propaganda. They often feature AI-generated profile pictures. Researchers are currently looking into ways of identifying such images.