Another fake text message suggested the wife of Qatar's emir, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al Missned, had been wounded.

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The impostor was broadcasting the real Rick Weiss' status updates via the fake account, probably because he had friended Weiss with another fake profile.

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Another stands accused of staging fake production of biodiesel when investors visited its plant.

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Looking through this data, we find that, on average, 42.44% of users are fake, while another 30.12% are inactive.

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Another favorite trick: giving fake job titles to workers.

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But a customs seizure months later at East Midlands Airport of fake Monster headphones produced another lead.

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Family members, for instance, like to take the plagues theme literally by throwing toy frogs at one another and having bugs, lice and other fake creatures on the Seder table.

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Most likely they will be released onto the streets of Italy to sell fake handbags or work fruit-gathering, another insecure existence on the margins of society.

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And, in another Web certainty for overnight sensations, he's had several fake (or, if you prefer, parody) accounts created in his name on Twitter.

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Hotel owners sound the alarm either when another hotel is suspected of pumping in false reviews, or a company makes an offer to an owner to post fake reviews.

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