Barnaby Armstrong accused of being fake, reassures followers of his authenticity

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) warns the public to be cautious when dealing with individuals impersonating popular influencers and highly ranked individuals.

The impersonators appear to be operating a “cloning scam”, using emails, where they assume the identity of Mr. Barnaby Armstrong.

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a supplemental notice of proposal rulemaking, that would prohibit the impersonation of individuals. The proposed rule changes would extend protections of the new rule on government and business imperfection that is being finalized by the Commission today.

The Commission is also seeking comment on whether the revised rule should declare it unlawful for a firm, such as an AI platform that creates images, video, or text, to provide goods or services that they know or have reason to know is being used to harm consumers through impersonation.