On social media, there are fraudsters that use other users’ photos to make fake pages and use them for their scams.

Some of the crimes that are committed on social media or the internet are: scam, information theft, online harassment, online shop scams and etc.

With the growth and expand of social media in the country, we are witnessing the expand of social media and online related crimes and invading peoples privacies. These factors will sequence corruption.

One of the most common online crimes is misusing other people and users’ private pictures. In other words, it’s true that scammers can’t have access to users’ phone numbers on apps such as Telegram or Instagram but it should be stated that user’s pictures are exposed to online scammers.

Fraudsters use other people photos to make fabricated and fake pages to share contents that are against the law and therefore commit a crime.

• Victims of online related crimes                                      

Victims are mostly women, therefore people should avoid sharing their private pictures on their social media accounts and pages such as Facebook or Instagram.

• Legal Action

If you are a victim of these crimes, we have some legal recommendations for you:

First, collect legal grounds. In other words, collect evidence of the crime that is being committed under your name or with your picture by taking screenshots or such.

Second, get your pictures off the social media.

Third, go to the Online Crimes Court and sue the invaders of your privacy.