Finite Automata for Fake Profile Identification in Online Social Networks

In this modern era, fraudsters discover various approaches to defame the popularity of high-profile social accounts associated with various social networking sites. In this paper, a finite automata-based fake profile identifier is proposed to curb fake profiles and to solve security issues. The proposed method is compared with the other general validation methods and found that our model gives better results than the existing models.

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