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by rcfox 4152 days ago
Interesting... Recently my friend noticed a fake Twitter account under her father's name. He's also doctor in Toronto.

The Twitter account is just repeating a Wordpress site's RSS feed. On that site, there's a link to <his-name>.info, which according to a whois lookup was registered by someone at the "International Association of Healthcare Professionals" in New York. Google searches for that association reveal doubts of legitimacy[0] and scam warnings[1][2].

I haven't spoken to my friend or her father about it directly (I just noticed a tweet the other day) so I don't know if he was contacted about establishing a web presence or anything.

[0] http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecorg.html

[1] http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/The-International-Association-...

[2] http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-447-8360