Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Matt Growcoot]
Famed natural photographer and National Geographic contributor Paul Nicklen has warned people that fraudsters are using his likeness to scam people.
Taking to Instagram where he has 7.3 million followers, Nicklen posted an uncanny photo that purports to show him in a hospital bed with injured legs.
“THIS IS FAKE!!,” he writes. “This is a scam and it is being used to exploit innocent people. I am healthy and well.”
Nicklen says that he is “so saddened” at the alarming reports of scammers who are attempting to steal from vulnerable people.