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Why your dead loved one's photos might be living fake lives online

I have been catfished for two years by someone using my dead sister's photos to create fake dating profiles and I cannot get the platforms to stop it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Digital identity theft can continue after death, forcing families to watch their loved ones' images animate false relationships.

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