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Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline.

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Writer Linda Geddes recounts investigating a LinkedIn impersonator who used her byline, after being tagged in a post by someone praising an article attributed to her.

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“How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn.”
Guardian AI, 17 Oct 2026, 11:00.

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