I’ve Been Cloned
Imposter Jason is Trying to Scam You on Medium
He’s Been Making His Rounds Since Yesterday and I’m Pissed Off
Just a heads-up for anyone who might be receiving comments from “me” on their Medium articles. I’m not sending you messages directing you to contact me via WhatsApp, which apparently is what this fake profile pretending to be me is asking everyone to do.
I reported this to Medium yesterday afternoon, but the fake profile that’s impersonating me is still up and still sending messages to my friends. I hope they can take care of this quickly. I hate the idea that some spammer is pretending to be me and sending everyone messages to contact him/her via WhatsApp.
I was first notified of this in a post The Cynical Manager tagged me in about it. Then I heard from my good friend Elizabeth Sobieski about it. And then my homie, Rusty Shackleford hit me up on Discord to tell me. Finally, my buddy Claire Franky then sent me this screenshot of the message they are sending to everyone:
After receiving a fifth message from one of my favorite people, Tom Owens: How I REALLY Feel…