Facebook - someone is impersonating my daughter

cit_k

Surely a crime has been committed though?

If someone is using photo's without permission, and your daughter owns the copyright to those photos, then its copyright theft.

robt_2

cit_k wrote: »

Surely a crime has been committed though?

If someone is using photo's without permission, and your daughter owns the copyright to those photos, then its copyright theft.

That is a civil offence though, not a matter for the police I suspect.

Outpost

Ah, the joys that Facebook has brought us...

wannabecontent

RussJK wrote: »

It would be ironic if she met a nice young man you approved of through all this

Hope you sort it, don't doubt it'll make you worry. Probably some jealous girl she knows in person. Alternatively, her identity was just chosen at random for some phishing attacks such as described in this thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/43966796#Comment_43966796

Be good if you could see a history of account name changes in facebook, rather like how you can on eBay (sometimes quite revealing!).

I absolutely agree with you - before my daughter blocked her she saw that she had changed her profile picture twice before.

wannabecontent

RussJK wrote: »

Well if she's still friends with this person, then you'd see her in the Friends list.

My daughter has blocked this person now - but she's worried that this person might be stalking her? I actually have 3 daughters and she is using the youngest daughter's photos as her with my other 2 daughters as friends. She has her university the same as my eldest daughters altough she has her year of birth as 1992??

Yorkie1

The police are wrong that it isn't a crime.

For starters, refer them to:

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/section/1

Not to mention s.127(2) Communications Act 2003
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127

davester

well facebook doesnt allow you to change your date of birth once set.

DVardysShadow

davester wrote: »

well facebook doesnt allow you to change your date of birth once set.

At last. Something about facebook which resembles real life.

Snakeeyes21

Are you sure its not your daughter? I know quite a few young ladies who have multiple profiles to hide their flirting antics from their parents or college friends :rotfl:

patman99

Facebook does not have to take any notice of non-US law enforcement agencies. However, I know from my son's recent dealings with Facebook that they do take this seriously and will investigate it before removing the account (or rather putting it into 'suspended' status as it is not possible to actually remove an account on F/B).