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=== Lincoln Lewis ===
TheIn 2019, the identity of an [[Australia|Australian]] actor, [[Lincoln Lewis]], was used by an impostor over four years. The actions resulted in the suicide of one victim, who had at one point reached out to the real Lincoln Lewis as they had attended [[primary school]] together, so the victim was familiar with some aspects of his life that were discovered and exploited by the perpetrator. The perpetrator, who turned out to be a female, Lydia Abdelmalek, operated from at least mid-2011 until arrested in mid-2016, and in early 2019 was found guilty of stalking six people.<ref name="2019-04-09_ABC">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-09/lincoln-lewis-warns-of-social-media-catfish-dangers/10985118 "Lincoln Lewis warns of social media dangers after online impersonator convicted of stalking"], [[ABC News Online]], 2019-04-09</ref><ref name="2019-04-09_ABC_JO">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-09/lincoln-lewis-fake-catfish-internet-stalker-court-trial/10919538 "Catching a catfish: A terrifying story of virtual deceit and inexplicable malice, perpetrated by the last person anyone expected"], James Oaten, ABC News Online, 2019-04-09</ref>
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