dummy accounts
Fraudulent user identities
Dummy accounts are fake or placeholder accounts created for testing, fraud, or deception.
In software development, developers create dummy accounts to test systems without using real user data.
In shadier contexts, dummy accounts on social media are used to manipulate metrics, harass anonymously, or create the illusion of grassroots support: The campaign used dummy accounts to amplify their message.
In finance, dummy accounts may be created to hide money or commit fraud.
- sockpuppetsDeceptive alternate identities
- botsAutomated software agents
- trollsDeliberate online agitators
- troll farmOrganized disinformation operation
- burner phoneDisposable anonymous telephone
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- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, defalcation, embezzler, peculation
- anonymity toolsaliases, pseudonyms, pen names, screen names, usernames
- online fraudclick fraud, fake clicks, fake followers, bots, botnets
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