However, to receive the prize-money, the victims were asked to wire a delivery fee to Facebook.
Soon after The New York Times report was published, Facebook removed all 96 fake Zuckerberg and Sandberg accounts.
The remaining 109 fake accounts on Instagram were also removed subsequently.
Thank you so much for reporting this, said Pete Voss, a Facebook spokesman.
Its not easy, said a Facebook spokesperson.
We want to get better.
At present, Facebook is trying to enhance its software to automatically detect and remove such fake accounts.
source: www.techworm.net
