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CUenta pantalla

English translation: impostor account / fake account

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Spanish term or phrase:CUenta pantalla
English translation:impostor account / fake account
Entered by: Richard Vranch

00:03 Oct 27, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Spanish term or phrase: CUenta pantalla
“No eran mas que cuentas pantallas a imitación de aquella se (las auténticas) siendo otras las cuentas desde las que realmente se comunicaron...”

This is an excerpt from court documents involving internet fraud. The fraudsters used “cuentas pantallas”, which were identical to the victim’s Accounts, to commit fraud.
Richard Vranch
Local time: 04:23
impostor account / fake account
Explanation:
I've usually seen this in reference to "empresas pantalla", meaning dummy corporations, "fronts" or fake companies.

I imagine this is the meaning here, i.e., impostor/dummy accounts accounts that are imitating actual ones.

Empresa pantalla es una expresión apropiada y su plural es empresas pantalla.

Cada vez es más frecuente encontrar en los medios la expresión empresa pantalla: «Las pesquisas revelan el uso de empresas pantalla en nuevos contratos irregulares», «La trama utilizó empresas pantalla en nuevos contratos».

Se trata de una expresión adecuada, dado que el Diccionario académico define pantalla en una de sus acepciones como ‘la persona o cosa que distrae la atención para encubrir u ocultar algo o a alguien’; así, la expresión empresa pantalla, en el contexto de los ejemplos anteriores, equivale a otras como empresa tapadera, empresa fantasma, empresa interpuesta o empresa de papel.
http://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/empresa-pantalla-expresio...

Facebook, for example, refers to imitators as both "impostor accounts" and "fake accounts", although the term "fake account" includes completely made up identities:

Report an Impostor Account
If someone has created a Facebook account that's pretending to be you or someone you know, please use this form to file a report.
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/169486816475808

Fake Accounts
How do I report a fake account?
A fake account is an account where someone is pretending to be something or someone that doesn't exist. Fake accounts can include accounts for fake or made up people, pets, celebrities or organizations. To report a fake account:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1216349518398524?helpref=hc_gl...


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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 21:23
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3 +2impostor account / fake account
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
impostor account / fake account


Explanation:
I've usually seen this in reference to "empresas pantalla", meaning dummy corporations, "fronts" or fake companies.

I imagine this is the meaning here, i.e., impostor/dummy accounts accounts that are imitating actual ones.

Empresa pantalla es una expresión apropiada y su plural es empresas pantalla.

Cada vez es más frecuente encontrar en los medios la expresión empresa pantalla: «Las pesquisas revelan el uso de empresas pantalla en nuevos contratos irregulares», «La trama utilizó empresas pantalla en nuevos contratos».

Se trata de una expresión adecuada, dado que el Diccionario académico define pantalla en una de sus acepciones como ‘la persona o cosa que distrae la atención para encubrir u ocultar algo o a alguien’; así, la expresión empresa pantalla, en el contexto de los ejemplos anteriores, equivale a otras como empresa tapadera, empresa fantasma, empresa interpuesta o empresa de papel.
http://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/empresa-pantalla-expresio...

Facebook, for example, refers to imitators as both "impostor accounts" and "fake accounts", although the term "fake account" includes completely made up identities:

Report an Impostor Account
If someone has created a Facebook account that's pretending to be you or someone you know, please use this form to file a report.
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/169486816475808

Fake Accounts
How do I report a fake account?
A fake account is an account where someone is pretending to be something or someone that doesn't exist. Fake accounts can include accounts for fake or made up people, pets, celebrities or organizations. To report a fake account:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1216349518398524?helpref=hc_gl...




Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or cloned.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil, that hadn't occurred to me. Facebook appears to use that term too!
agree  neilmac: I thought "dummy account" too, but you've covered that anyway....
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil.
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