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Impersonation

Fake support, fake couriers, fake banks: how each one proves it is not who it claims.

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A message being started from a number copied from official material rather than from a chat window

Impersonation10 min read

The support chat that opened by itself

Because you arrived rather than being contacted, every instinct about unsolicited approaches is disabled — and searching for a helpline is how most people get there.

Account takeover / Impersonation
An app store listing on a phone, with the publisher name shown as a tappable link directly beneath the app title

Impersonation6 min read

Checking who actually published an app

A clone can copy the name, the icon and the screenshots. It cannot copy four years of unrelated software published under the same account, which is why the developer link is worth more than the review score.

متاجر التطبيقات / Impersonation