If someone tries to spoof or fake an account using your name, they will look at your public list of friends and will contact them to say you have got a new account, or they got deleted by accident and can you re-add them.
They can then carry out various scams under your name.
To stop this, do the following.
- Log into your Facebook account (PC or laptop rather than phone or tablet).
- Navigate to your timeline and select the 'Friends' option under your cover photograph.
- You should then see a pencil icon to the right OR a down arrow and you can click on that and select 'Edit Privacy'.
- Choose either 'Only Me' or 'Friends Only' options.
Source: Phil Bradley column in CILIP Update, Nov. 2017
