For months somebody (I don’t know who) has been running a Facebook profile that bears my name, my personal information and several photos of me.
An old high school friend had connected with the faker, instead of me. Several of the people with whom fake Matt is friends also appeared to be fakes, including a copycat of Vertex Pharmaceuticals ( VRTX – news – people ) founder and chief executive Joshua Boger. (Boger has a real Facebook profile but isn’t friends with me. He declined to comment on the fakesters.) I couldn’t see this Fake Matt’s profile myself, even by searching for my name.