A California man has pled guilty to four felonies for impersonating an Apple representative and breaking into numerous iCloud accounts in order to steal over 620,000 photos and 9,000 videos.
Update on 3/05/2021: The creator of the deeptomcruise account today revealed that it was a stunt. Masterminded by visual effects expert Chris Ume, the goal was to draw attention to deepfakes and petition for their regulation.
Scammers have been known to pose as famous photographers in emails offering jobs that are actually 419 (AKA Nigerian Prince) scams. But some scammers are now taking things to the next level by posing as known photographers in real-time instant messenger chats.