--- title: The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams... description: The FTC has implemented a new rule to combat impersonation scams that cost people $1.1 billion last year. The agency is also considering changes to target... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back | daily.dev og:description: The FTC has implemented a new rule to combat impersonation scams that cost people $1.1 billion last year. The agency is also considering changes to target... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OMatsAYWa.png og:image:alt: The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The FTC has implemented a new rule to combat impersonation scams that cost people $1.1 billion last year. The agency is also considering changes to target impersonation of individuals, including video deepfakes and AI voice cloning. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#identity-theft](https://daily.dev/tags/identity-theft) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa"},"datePublished":"2024-04-01T19:57:32.002Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"The FTC has implemented a new rule to combat impersonation scams that cost people $1.1 billion last year. The agency is also considering changes to target...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/548b7c00bfa95878725d8da75f3c8e69?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/548b7c00bfa95878725d8da75f3c8e69?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Verge","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Verge","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eacb57b3570d4f04b1f0dc8f834d8135","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-ftc-is-trying-to-help-victims-of-impersonation-scams-get-their-money-back-omatsaywa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"identity-theft","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Verge","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back"}]} ```