An impersonator has been utilizing Johnny Depp’s title to loot folks.
Due to the continuing rip-off, folks have misplaced 1000’s of {dollars}. Many complaints have been launched relating to the scammer via an internet site named ‘Gizmodo’ pleading Freedom of Information of request to the Federal Trade Complaint (FTC).
People complained saying that the impersonator has been posing to be Depp for over a 12 months. So far, the authorities have acquired round 197 complaints.
The victims are firstly approached on Facebook and later the scammer takes the dialog to messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Zangi.
The cash change is completed via bitcoin, Zelle, PayPal, reward playing cards and Coinbase.
McAfee has reported that The Tourist actor is among the many widespread ten actors, whose title is commonly used for scams. Most of the victims are of the identical age as Johnny.
This type of rip-off has been named as ‘Pig Butchering’. The time period was devised in 2010 for the primary time. It entails use of flattering messages and romance to acquire cash from the victims.
Other public figures who are sometimes impersonated in such scams embody Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
