{
  "id": 17144970,
  "title": "FTC Takes Down 19 Fake FTC Sites in Impersonation Scam Crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ftc-takes-down-19-fake-ftc-sites-in-impersonation-scam-crackdown",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T23:22:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/cybersecurity/fraud-prevention/2026/ftc-takes-down-19-fake-ftc-sites-in-impersonation-scam-crackdown/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) battle against impersonation scams has included the removal of websites that impersonated the FTC itself, the agency said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release. The FTC sent letters to domain registrars and other website providers that resulted in those companies taking down 19 websites that impersonated the agency over the […] The post FTC Takes Down 19 Fake…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}