Facebook: Faking a chat - how to protect yourself

There are various websites that allow you to fake a chat from Facebook. While this can be used to trick your friends and acquaintances, in many cases it has malicious intentions. Even if it's just for fun: don't fall for such a chat yourself.

Faking a Facebook chat: on these websites it works

On some websites you have the possibility to imitate a Facebook chat in a credible way. However, this is not about the chat in Facebook itself.

1. With the help of various online services, you can recreate Facebook chats deceptively real.
2. In doing so, you start a chat in which you actually communicate with yourself.
3. So you determine the question and answer.
4. In addition, you can add a timestamp and pictures, so that the date and people are convincingly represented.
5. Beware, however, that such a chat in bad faith is considered deception and, depending on the pretext, can also be brought to the charge.
6. So use the service only to play a prank on your friends.

How to recognize the authenticity

1. Chats are usually saved via a screenshot when you want to show someone else.
2. Auf einem Screenshot sind meistens das Display des Smartphones oder andere Inhalte auf dem Computer zu erkennen.
3. Ein reiner Chat ist ausschließlich über den Messenger möglich und selbst da gibt es genügend Anzeichen, um die Täuschung zu erkennen.