I reached out to the press department at Instagram with some questions including how many of its users are victim's of impersonation but a spokesperson for the company declined to comment. It remains unclear how, or even if, that crypto trading site is connected to my impersonator. I asked to speak with a press representative or executive, but as of this publishing have not received a response. ![]() I also sent emails to the website promoted in my impostor's profile (which according to is registered to ). Sadly I didn't inherit any of the fake me's followers. My stolen pics instantly disappeared, in fact Instagram vaporized my impersonator's entire account. Then I filled out the report form again, and uploaded the same selfie with my license and in minutes. I hopped on my Instagram account and tapped edit profile and temporarily changed Ray to Raimondo in my profile. Then I realized there's a painfully obvious fix. ![]() I wondered if I was seriously going to need to change the name on my passport to shut my impostor down. I did some google searches to see if I could find an Instagram customer service number, and as you might expect that search was futile. It's a big problem because all my IDs, including my passport use my birth name, so not one matches my Instagram profile.Īrnold's email from Insta looked like one of those coded emails that you can't reply to, but I replied anyway and got no response. ![]() It took a while for me to realize the issue: My first name on my license is spelled "Raimondo," which is my birth name, and that does not match the shortened version of my name that I use on Instagram, which is "Ray." That little spelling issue prevented the report against my impostor from being processed. continue with your request because we haven't received an acceptable ID that matches the information listed on the account." The salutation read: "Thanks, Arnold"
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