Reddington Project

We are a team that actively fights against the impersonators of the actor "James Spader", who run criminal businesses with his identity.

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

IMPORTANT UPDATE!
#ReddingtonProject #FraudPrevention

To protect our team's safety and digital security, we have made the decision to permanently discontinue guiding victims through the process of filing law enforcement reports and organizing evidence, effective immediately.

While we understand this is difficult news, recent events have shown that providing this direct assistance exposes our team to unacceptable security risks. We must prioritize the safety of our members.

What happens next?

Scam Fighting Continues: Our core mission remains unchanged. We will fully continue our fight against fraud and focus entirely on scam prevention and public education.

No Direct Support: The chat on this account has been deactivated. We can no longer reply to personal messages, guide victims, or help sort evidence.

Where to find help
If you have fallen victim to a scam, please contact official law enforcement and professional support organizations immediately.

🇺🇸 United States
FBI / Law Enforcement:
File an official cybercrime report directly with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
-> https://t.co/21qIrG5UpD

🇪🇺 Europe / International
European Cybercrime Centre: Find your national reporting portal and official cross-border advice.
-> https://t.co/c9Kx1edMp8

🇩🇪 Germany
Law Enforcement:
Contact your local police station or use the online portal (Online-Wache) of your federal state.
-> https://t.co/BbQ8xUJX04

Victim Support:
Reach out to Weisser Ring e.V. at
-> https://t.co/5xaFkRd3t4

Thank you for your understanding and your continued support as we refocus our efforts entirely on prevention. Stay safe online! 🛡️

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

@Dannyy7j Yes, I absolutely agree with you. These scammers pull out all the stops, without a shred of compassion. At the same time, though, they demand empathy for themselves.

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#JamesSpader #ReddingtonProject
There are times when I just lose my temper. And that's exactly what happened here. This anonym comment took place in the Facebook group "james spader one n only," which we've already reported several times because scammers gather there.

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@theseanter450 You're NOT James Spader!!!

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@JAMESSPADER2167 You're NOT James Spader!!!

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@Spaderjt You're not James Spader!!!

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Yes, that would be a great idea. The same goes for celebrities who aren't on social media. At the very least, their agencies could set up verified placeholder profiles so that users have a way to report these accounts as imposters. And reporting it as fraud usually doesn't work, since the perpetrators carry out the fraud in external messaging apps first.

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This is the same problem we see on Facebook. As soon as someone doesn’t have an account, it’s not possible to report an impersonation. This needs to be changed urgently on both platforms. If necessary, a drop-down list could be provided from which celebrities who aren’t active on social media can be selected, because everyone should be protected against identity theft.

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Mr. Stone. I hope you can help us with a fake account on your facebook platform. This page is not from the real actor "James Spader". This is the same scam network that has already carried out seven fake verification attempts in the past. They keep coming back. This page has already reached over 12,000 followers and is therefore a risk to any fan who hasn't yet realized that the real actor isn't active on social media. Here is the account that has us concerned.

https://t.co/5DaWLctjWF

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Mr. Shatner, I’m sorry to have to ask for your help again regarding a fake account belonging to your former colleague James Spader. We’ve already tried reporting it several times ourselves, but of course Mr. Stone hasn’t responded. We have another one here with over 12,000 followers. It has the same introductory text as the seven previously verified fake profiles.

We’re afraid this one might soon become number eight. Warm regards from our team. And of course, we only report the problematic ones here; we handle the many other smaller fake accounts ourselves.

This is the fake account (Facebook):
https://t.co/5DaWLctjWF

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James Spader
- 100064434802531 -

➡️ #JamesSpader
➡️ #Impersonation
➡️ #ReddingtonProject

Please report this fake account:
https://t.co/5DaWLctjWF

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James spader
- 61591464810150 -

➡️ #JamesSpader
➡️ #Impersonation
➡️ #ReddingtonProject

Please report this fake account:
https://t.co/X3XumI6FCY

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Officialjamesspader
- 61592341541245 -

➡️ #JamesSpader
➡️ #Impersonation
➡️ #ReddingtonProject

Please report this fake account:
https://t.co/XB5pWj8JUG

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

So etwas haben wir mal direkt über WhatsApp erhalten. Da gab sich die Person auch als FBI Agent aus, ebenfalls mit der Begründung im Zusammenhang eines Betrugsfalls. Das ist jetzt einige Monate her und selbstverständlich ist nichts passiert. Diese Betrüger versuchen es immer wieder. Vor allem, weil das FBI auch die angeblichen Verdächtigen per X-Chat, WhatsApp oder im Facebook Messenger kontaktiert. Da kann man einfach nur noch gegen die Wand laufen.

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The Scammers' Tricks (Part 1) https://t.co/9igFJvGcmg

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Thank you so much for that kind compliment. Cheating people would be completely against our principles. I often wonder how people who do things like that can even look at themselves in the mirror in the morning without feeling guilty.

While there are certainly people in financial distress, that still doesn’t give anyone the right to misuse identities or deprive others of their hard-earned income. The criminal path is always the wrong path.

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Skepticism is always healthy, Evelyn. And staying informed is always the right approach. Of course, we aren’t perfect either, no one is. Through this work, we sometimes see dangers where there aren’t any, or vice versa. Nietzsche’s saying is very fitting here: If you stare into the abyss for too long, it will eventually stare back at you. I’m not sure if it’s phrased exactly the same way in English, I just translated it from the German version.

That’s why keeping the distance is always a good idea, so we don’t get pulled into that abyss.

There was a time when we used to chat with the scammers so we could report them to the police. We had one such case in 2024/25. We don’t do that anymore, because the perpetrators are highly manipulative and it’s extremely exhausting to communicate with them. They literally wear you down mentally, which isn’t without risk.

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

@toddjamesspader @Steeb_Himself You're NOT James Spader!

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Warning! This is a fake profile.
#JamesSpader is NOT on social media.
https://t.co/OCSjwMOGt8

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Yes, Meta is absolutely stubborn. They’re more likely to block those who fight fraud than the fraudsters themselves.

Just earlier this year, we lost a great volunteer because Meta suspended her account. According to Facebook’s algorithm, her warnings had supposedly compromised cybersecurity. It sounds like an absurd joke if the situation weren’t so serious.

And lately, Meta has been deleting warnings from the reviews of fake accounts again. This affects not only us but also the team fighting against the Tom Ellis imposters. But we’re not giving up, we won’t let this company silence us.

We did this every day for a very long time, but now we take relaxing breaks every now and then. These breaks are absolutely necessary to take a step back from the world of fraud every now and then. But it’s not all for nothing, in 2024, there were still thousands of fake accounts using only James Spader’s identity, a number that has since dropped to just under 180. This shows that we’re not wasting our time.

[Reddington Project @ReddiProject]

Yes, I completely agree with you. We can see it here in the posts from the Brandenburg police. They post many recent cases of fraud here on X under the hashtag “GenugBetrug,” and sometimes also provide information on how people can protect themselves from it. We then repost some of these posts on our account. On Facebook, the police even explain it in great detail.

Their cybercrime division is excellent. One of the investigators there is very empathetic and takes his job very seriously.

We’re also aware of these scammers who pose as investigative agencies. There are tons of them on Facebook, too. They’re very active in anti-scam groups, where they post offers to “help”, claiming they can recover lost money, restore a blocked Facebook account, and pull off many other absurd tricks to get their hands on data or money.

We call this type of scammer “hyenas” because they always target those who have already been victims of fraud. The so-called scavengers, even if that sounds very harsh.