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...somebody keeps creating false Facebook pages of me online using professional information they have gathered from a professional social-networking website. Is there anything I or anyone can do to stop, or indeed trace who is sending these nasty messages? I have already reported it to the Police and to Facebook. Is there anything else I can do?

Answered by our panel of experts:

We would suggest the first thing to do is contact Facebook who are normally very responsive at dealing with this sort of thing. Essentially it is against the rules of Facebook for anyone to have more than 2 profiles in the same name - so you can use this to report the fake profile through Facebook.

They might be able to trace back to the page creator to make sure they do not do this sort of thing again. To find out more you can go to the Facebook Help Centre and search for 'how to report a fake account'.

Make sure that you protect your professional and personal identities so ensure that you make your privacy settings tight. Ensure that no one except people you know well can access personal info on you.

I know its tough but you are doing exactly the right things by contacting Facebook and the police. You may also want to put a note on your 'real' profile so that others know it is the real you!

If you would like further support the UK Safer Internet Centre's Professional Online Safety Helpline is set up to help professionals working with children on internet related issues. You can email them on helpline@saferinternet.org or call them on 0844 381 4772.

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