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Fake Twitter accounts encouraging looting detected

The Cybercrime Police has detected over 1,500 fake social networks accounts encouraging the looting of stores and portraying the protests over gas price hike as violent

Fake Twitter accounts encouraging looting detected
05/01/2017 |12:39Newsroom |
Redacción El Universal
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The Cybercrime Police has detected over 1,500 fake social networks accounts, all of them encouraging the looting of stores and portraying the protests over gas price hike as violent.

The accounts have been active since January 1, 2017 and encourage the looting of Walmart, Sam's Club, Soriana, Chedraui stores, and also attempt to discredit the protests occurring across Mexico.

All of the accounts, mainly Twitter accounts, seem like were created the same day using a template.

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The Cybercrime Police also said they have received around 60 complaints filed by social networks users regarding fake recordings, photos and videos encouraging violence during the protests.