Robert Prevost. It is the name of the American cardinal who happens to Pope Francis. After having chosen the name of Léon XIV as a new sovereign pontigo, it is very connected, notably present in social networks. Among them, Facebook, in which dozens of accounts are intended to be the 267th Pope, said Tech & Co.
Simply write “Robert Prevost” or “Robert Francis Prevost” in the search bar to find the real Robert Premost profile … but also many others usurping his identity. While the new sovereign pontiff is not very active on Facebook, the latter hastened to present himself after his choice.
Among these false accounts, many of them rushed to change their profile picture or cover photo in the last hours. Some have even done that. And others have not shared any publication.
Low active accounts
However, some accounts were a bit more active, publishing messages accompanied by photos of Léon XIV, as well as real. One of them, who has 527 subscribers, published a photo of the new Pope who greets the crowd with the word “gratitude.”
And some users believe that Leon XIV really is, as the comments show. “May God bless you, dear Pope,” said one of them, for example, in reaction to this publication.
Internet users can be trapped by these false profiles. This, especially because according to Victor Fell, a technology teacher who could argue with some of them, these stories belong to the passengers located in Niger, in other words, Crooks. As explained to Tech & Co, they request money in cryptocurrency for the poor.
Victor fell into its location thanks to an IP registrar, a tool that allows you to draw a user’s IP address. When clicking on one of these shepherds in a link that had sent him, he discovered that he was in the city of Benin, Nigeria.
Some signs allow us to see that it is not Pope Leo XIV who hides behind these accounts, the most obvious is the quality of the photos. Several of the fake profiles have published quite vague images. The fact that some have few friends or subscribers can also put the chip in their ear.
Source: BFM TV
