São Paulo · Brazil
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Cybercrime, data breaches & AI disputes
Urgent Stop someone impersonating your company abroad
Someone abroad is pretending to be our company. How do we stop it?
WONE Global coordinates takedowns, legal notices and reports to the authorities in each country where the impersonation runs, and helps you warn customers.
Countries in the typical case Australia · India · Bangladesh
The situation
What is happening
Someone abroad uses your company name to defraud customers or job seekers.
What is at stake
Victims blame your brand, regulators may ask questions and the fraud continues until it is taken down.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Mid-sized companies
- Founders and growing companies
- Private clients and families
A scenario
Professional services firmCorporation · from Australia · in India, Bangladesh
Fraudsters are using its name to offer fake jobs in South Asia.
Where it ends The scam shut down.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Fake website using our name”“Scam using our brand”“A deepfake is being used to impersonate a company executive”“Someone is using our business identity on social media”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global coordinates takedowns, legal notices and reports to the authorities in each country where the impersonation runs, and helps you warn customers.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Disputes & Resolution and Technology, Data & Cyber.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1Takedowns.
- Week 1Police reports.
- Week 2Public warning.
- ThenMonitoring.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Where the impersonation runs
- 02Takedown routes
- 03Reporting obligations
Outcomes
What you receive
- Takedowns and notices
- Reports to authorities
- Customer communication
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Australiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Bangladeshin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Brunswick · AustraliaWONE Global Partner · Australia
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Markets in the typical case
Corridors
Services and subject
Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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