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Asked · 2026-07-30
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Preserve first. The most common mistake is to report and block immediately, which frequently removes your own access to the evidence. Screenshot the profile, the posts, the URL and the timestamps before you do anything else.
The Cybercrimes Act 2015 creates offences covering identity-related conduct online, and the platform's own reporting process usually acts faster than any other route. Where the impersonation has been used to obtain money from people who know you, that is worth reporting formally as well.
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