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Fake security camera
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<p>Fake security cameras (or dummy cameras, simulated cameras, decoy cameras) are non-functional <a href="/facts/Closed-circuit_television/1JCtvSmx">surveillance cameras</a> designed to fool intruders, or anyone who it is supposedly watching. Those cameras are intentionally placed in a noticeable place, so passing people notice them and believe the area to be monitored by <a href="/facts/CCTV/1JCtvSmx">CCTV</a>. </p><p>The cheapest fake security cameras can be recognized by not having real <a href="/facts/Camera_lens/TkL6sd1b">lenses</a> (the "lenses" are just an opaque piece of plastic) Other fake cameras include broken real cameras, <a href="/facts/Motion_detector/DqDHAPT6">motion sensors</a> disguised as cameras, or empty camera housings. They may have flashing lights, or a motor to simulate <a href="/facts/Pan%25E2%2580%2593tilt%25E2%2580%2593zoom_camera/7LttqsKk">pan-tilt motion</a>; the former can be a giveaway that the camera is fake. </p>