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  2. Impersonation scams; How to protect yourself - AOL

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    MILWAUKEE - As technology evolves, scammers are adapting. Bryan Sevener, CEO of Valortech, shares how to protect yourself against impersonation scams.

  3. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars are ...

  4. Scammers most commonly impersonate these companies, FTC says

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    The Federal Trade Commission released a report this week offering insight into the most common and most successful impersonation used by scammers, including Best Buy and Amazon.

  5. Shelly Chartier - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Rob Marku. . ( m. 2014) . Website. www.elliemarku.com www.shellychartier.com. Shelly Lynne Chartier (born 1983/1984) [1] is a Canadian woman who became infamous for her online involvement in a catfishing scandal involving NBA basketball player Chris Andersen and a teenage aspiring model, Paris Dunn, among others.

  6. Police impersonation - Wikipedia

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    Police impersonation has a long history. In 17th and 18th-century London, impostors presented to be constables, marshalcy, or sheriffs ' officers to extort bribes or commit sex crimes. [6] Between 1685 and 1701, 29 men in London were caught assuming the identities of law officers. [7] In 18th-century Qing China, the police, officials, and yamen ...

  7. Arizona official uses deepfake version of himself to warn ...

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    Arizona’s Secretary of State Adrian Fontes posted a video warning voters ahead of the 2024 election to protect themselves from being duped by AI-generated deepfakes and other fabricated ...

  8. Instagram - Wikipedia

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    The company admitted that "we cannot determine which specific accounts may have been impacted", but believed that "it was a low percentage of Instagram accounts", though TechCrunch stated in its report that six million accounts were affected by the hack, and that "Instagram services more than 700 million accounts; six million is not a small ...

  9. Instagram and Threads features down as thousands report ... - AOL

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    Thousands of people faced issues using Meta social media services Instagram and Threads, according to users and media observers. Over 3,000 people reported issues with Instagram alone on Monday ...