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"Catfishing" -- Will the Real [Name] Please Stand Up.

Written by Zach Heck | May 18, 2017

Social media makes it incredibly easy to impersonate virtually anyone.  As a result, online scams (often referred to as "catfishing") involving impersonation of someone to deceive a third party have been on the rise.  Currently, victims of catfishing schemes have little recourse, but Oklahoma is leading the charge with its Catfishing Liability Act of 2016.  Faruki's Zach Heck recently wrote about the new statute for the American Bar Association's tyl.  Read complete article".