How to find out who someone is on FB?

[roxy002914]

I was wondering how can u find out who someone is on Facebook? Like if that person is real or fake? I watch the catfish show and I have someone on FB who I think is fake, how can I find out who that person is?

[Kittysue]

You save their picture as a jpeg then look it up on Google Images. BUT it will only show up if it was copied off another person's website or profile picture. Scammers know this so they are now copying pictures from random people's Albums knowing these don't show up in a Google Images search so you can't always look them up

It's very easy to tell a fake person on FB
1 - look at their friends list. Do they have loads of friends who are from the same town, same school, etc like any real person has?
2 - look at their Timeline. Real people have friends tagging them in pictures all the time, posting things like "great to see you on Friday," tagging them at events, etc. Scammers only have pictures they have posted themselves, they are never tagged in posts or pictures posted by others
3 - Do a video chat. Scammers will always have excuses why they can't have a video chat - their webcam is broken, their parents won't let them, etc. A real person who wanted to chat would borrow a friend's phone/tablet/laptop if they really didn't have a webcam
4 - Look at the pictures they post. Are they all selfies posted around the same time? Or do they have Albums from their vacations, family occasions, parties, etc like a normal person does?