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Meta has scrutinized the email, too, noting supposed inconsistencies in the plaintiffs’ claims, including that Clegg started at Meta after the OnlyFans bribery conspiracy allegedly started. In the court filing, Fenix also pointed out that plaintiffs have accused Perrella, but in their complaint, plaintiffs say that wire transfers allegedly sent to Perrella were sent to someone with a similar name at “Cristian Peralta Trust.”



Similar names and slight name changes are all part of social engineering


How?


You use their name and an email that looks almost identical to the original persons. Or when wiring, change the spelling or name on your account (create a trust where you have wide latitude on naming that mimics the other persons name). Look at the details of the OF episode that was on here a few days ago.




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