A new breed of scammer now lifts your online photos to create a fake online identity, using your real name. For example, they might use your photos to create a Facebook account, using your name. Someone who knows you might search for you, see the pictures, invite the fake account into a friendship, setting themselves up for a scam.

The scammers obviously know who you are, and block you from these accounts making it difficult for you to detect.

This is a fascinating read.