Attackers try to fake the “from” fields in emails to impersonate a trusted person or brand.

Source: https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/email-security/

Cyber crooks are leaping at the opportunity to use the technology to, for instance, impersonate the children of elderly people and asking their parents to send money, or pretend to be someone’s boss demanding a transfer of funds.

Source: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/deepfakes-fueling-the-online-anarchy-researchers-weigh-in-on-the-complexities-of-regulation/543830

He just had to impersonate a blonde named Candy Cane in order to do it.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1327019/forgotten-2000s-horror-paul-walker-target-of-a-killer/

How scammers impersonate real businesses and make Ponzi versions on social.

Source: https://newmail-ng.com/immigration-cleared-about-60000-backlog-of-passport-applications-in-four-days-tunji-ojo/

It enables them to either impersonate users to make fraudulent purchases or sell personal details to other criminals online.

Source: http://www.times.co.sz/news/140916-businessman-defrauded-e71-500-in-online-shopping.html

Likewise, fraudsters prey upon emotions when they impersonate a family member pretending to be in trouble and urgently need money.

Source: https://mountaintimes.info/scam-jam-provided-tips-to-prevent-common-scams/

Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and British Columbia, investigators and official warnings suggest.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9437913/homeowner-impersonators-lined-32-fraud-cases-ontario-bc/

Mr Trump faces 13 charges including racketeering, soliciting a public official to violate his oath in office, conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery and making false statements.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/worst-mugshots-2023-far-bizarre-27743117

Musk has axed thousands of Twitter employees, rushed the launch of a subscription product that allowed scammers to impersonate major brands and suspended users with whom he disagreed, all of which have spooked brands from spending on the platform.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/12/ex-nbcuniversal-ad-chief-yaccarino-named-new-twitter-ceo-musk-says/

Scammers can use this information to impersonate you to banks, realtors and others, enriching themselves while bankrupting you or destroying your credit.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/voice-deepfakes-are-calling-%E2%80%93-here%E2%80%99s-what-they-are-and-how-avoid-getting%C2%A0scammed

So, he devised a plan with the entire tortoise family — the other tortoises would conceal themselves along the race path, ready to impersonate him whenever the hare looked away.

Source: https://themanitoban.com/2023/10/tortoise-tales-and-the-west-african-ethos/45743/

Some people who had blue check marks used them to impersonate public figures as a form of protest or comedy; those users were usually banned from Twitter and (if their accounts were later reinstated) were not given a new blue check mark.

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/blue-check-funeral.html?via=rss

The first 20 minutes are packed with his most politically-pointed barbs, choosing a voice to impersonate liberals that sounds not unlike fellow anti-vaxxer Jim Breuer, or even Carlos Mencia’s old shtick for mocking the intellectually disabled.

Source: https://decider.com/2023/06/19/rob-schneider-woke-up-in-america-fox-nation-review/

The researchers said that data increasingly came from botnets in 2022, which can enable cybercriminals to impersonate individuals online.

Source: https://www.govexec.com/technology/2023/03/government-employees-and-defense-contractors-still-have-got-bad-passwords-report-says/384080/