Social media have been growing rapidly and become essential elements of many people's lives. Meanwhile, social media have also come to be a popular source for identity deception. Many social media identity deception cases have arisen over the past few years. Recent studies have been conducted to prevent and detect identity deception. This survey analyses various identity deception attacks, which can be categorized into fake profile, identity theft and identity cloning. This survey provides a detailed review of social media identity deception detection techniques. It also identifies primary research challenges and issues in the existing detection techniques. This article is expected to benefit both researchers and social media providers.

翻译：社会媒体发展迅速,成为许多人生活的基本要素; 同时,社会媒体也成为了身份欺骗的流行来源; 过去几年中出现了许多社会媒体身份欺骗案件; 最近开展了一些研究,以防止和发现身份欺骗; 调查分析了各种身份欺骗袭击,可分为假造特征、身份盗窃和身份克隆; 调查详细审查了社会媒体身份欺骗探测技术; 查明了现有检测技术中的主要研究挑战和问题; 文章预计将惠及研究人员和社会媒体提供者。