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What is happening to you?

Someone is using my name

People who run these campaigns often present themselves under another person’s name, sometimes that of a previous victim. This way complaints end up against an innocent person and the real culprit stays hidden. If someone uses your name, you are a victim too.

How to recognise it

  • There are profiles with your name or photos that you did not create.
  • People you do not know accuse you of things you did not do.
  • You receive reports or complaints about messages you did not write.

What to do

  1. Document the fake profiles with links and screenshots and report them to the platform as identity theft. On Telegram there is the official bot @NoToScam.
  2. File a complaint: in Italy, impersonation is a crime (Article 494 of the Italian Criminal Code); in Switzerland, misuse of identity (Art. 179decies SCC).
  3. Let your contacts know that a fake profile exists.

What to avoid

  • Do not create profiles yourself to unmask them.

Other situations

  1. 01I am being shamed onlineChannels and groups expose you to contempt with photos, insults and false accusations.
  2. 02My personal data has been leakedAddress, phone number, family members or documents published to expose you (doxxing).
  3. 03I or my family are being threatenedMessages or calls with threats of violence, including against your relatives.
  4. 04Intimate images are being shared or threatened to be sharedIntimate photos or videos, real or fake, attributed to you.
  5. 06My website, my accounts or my phone are under attackThreats to take the site down, stolen accounts, a phone being spied on.
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