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Hugh Bonneville horrified as identity frauds continually impersonate him online

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Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville says he is the victim of identity fraudsters who keep pretending to be him online. The 57-year-old TV star says he is regularly alerted to con men trying to impersonate him online – and says they send awkward DMs to people he knows.

The actor claims the fakers are also trying to “lure” his friends away from him, with the online incidents occurring every other week.

Hugh doesn’t specify what platform the attacks happen on, but he does have Twitter, Instagram and Facebook profiles all in his name, and fears followers might be duped by fake accounts.

Opening up about his ordeal to the Daily Mail, Hugh said: “Roughly every two weeks, some numpty who can't spell sets up two new accounts pretending to be

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