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U.S. Embassy warns of fake social media accounts posing as Embassy officials

20 May, 2025

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The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has observed a recent increase in social media accounts impersonating officials of the U.S. Embassy.

The embassy encouraged social media users and followers of U.S. Embassy Sri Lanka?s official accounts to verify the authenticity of any account claiming to represent the Embassy or its officials, avoiding engagement with or reliance on information from impersonator profiles.

The embassy said for its most accurate and up-to-date information, skip the fakes and go straight to the source.

The embassy requested the public to visit its official website at https://lk.usembassy.gov/ and follow only its verified Embassy social media accounts:

The embassy encouraged the public to follow Ambassador Julie Chung?s official profile on X (@USAmbSL) for accurate updates about the United States in Sri Lanka.

The embassy noted that the Ambassador does not have profiles on Facebook, Instagram, nor Telegram.

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