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Mike McRoberts

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

But, boy, it's so prevalent.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

And I just don't know how parents actually navigate it these days.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

But fantastic advice.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Because, you know, we all sit and laugh at some of the โ€“

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Oh, definitely.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Like the rugby league memes where you've got liquor sort of holding another player as a baby and think it's funny.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

But there's a real dark side to this too.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

It's being used for revenge.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

It's been used in pornography and putting other people's faces on bodies.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Yeah, well, the thing that got me really annoyed and frustrated with this particular one with me is that it's not just kind of like a weight loss thing, which is clearly rubbish or an investing thing.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

It was actually dealing with people's health, people with bad eyesight, people that are going blind, people that are vulnerable.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

And you really have to be careful with anything medical on the internet, I think.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

double check everything.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

There are so many scams out there.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

I had an invitation to go and speak at a literary conference at Harvard University.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Now, they knew that I was going to be in New York.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

This is a couple of months back.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

Knew all the details about my book, and I thought, well, this is pretty cool.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

And I was just about to click on yes, and I thought, I'll just check whereabouts in New York it is so I can work out how long it's going to take me to get there.

THE MORNING SHIFT
Mike McRoberts Had His Identity Stolen!

And when I did search it up, it was a scam.