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>It’s no surprise that scam artists have been pretending to be celebrities for many years. What is alarming, however, is how often they have pretended to be female WWE talent in the past few years and how often their schemes are successful.
>Liv Morgan recently posted about a man who lost his house and retirement, believing he was interacting with her. Asuka has also mentioned someone believing they were in a relationship. This stems from a self professed “Asuka Fan” who attempted to sneak onto her property while nude, believing that he had been talking to her online. He was arrested before getting onto her property line. Rhea Ripley also spoke out against fans mailing things to her home. And, perhaps most alarming of all, several years ago a man was arrested after trying to break into a home shared by Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, as he believed he was entering their home for a consensual sexual encounter.
>Social media and the increased popularity of WWE among poorer, more naive parts of the United States have caused a major increase in these scams. It’s gotten so bad that the state of Alabama has a bill in their Senate now to prosecute anyone “taking advantage of the mentally infeeble via the internet”.
>So how is WWE responding? This week an email went out to all female onscreen talent telling them to avoid one-on-one social media interactions with male fans. No DMs, no private messages, nothing. In addition, any future meet and greet sessions will be supervised by security staff, and any single males can be denied access if they are deemed to be a credible threat.
>Finally, WWE is beginning a massive update to its social media policies. The full plan is expected to be rolled out by Wrestlemania, but it’s expected to involve changes to acceptable photos that can be posted, specific coaching about word choices, and even some guidance on how to spot a “dangerously attached fan”.
>Liv Morgan recently posted about a man who lost his house and retirement, believing he was interacting with her. Asuka has also mentioned someone believing they were in a relationship. This stems from a self professed “Asuka Fan” who attempted to sneak onto her property while nude, believing that he had been talking to her online. He was arrested before getting onto her property line. Rhea Ripley also spoke out against fans mailing things to her home. And, perhaps most alarming of all, several years ago a man was arrested after trying to break into a home shared by Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, as he believed he was entering their home for a consensual sexual encounter.
>Social media and the increased popularity of WWE among poorer, more naive parts of the United States have caused a major increase in these scams. It’s gotten so bad that the state of Alabama has a bill in their Senate now to prosecute anyone “taking advantage of the mentally infeeble via the internet”.
>So how is WWE responding? This week an email went out to all female onscreen talent telling them to avoid one-on-one social media interactions with male fans. No DMs, no private messages, nothing. In addition, any future meet and greet sessions will be supervised by security staff, and any single males can be denied access if they are deemed to be a credible threat.
>Finally, WWE is beginning a massive update to its social media policies. The full plan is expected to be rolled out by Wrestlemania, but it’s expected to involve changes to acceptable photos that can be posted, specific coaching about word choices, and even some guidance on how to spot a “dangerously attached fan”.
