The Federal Trade Fee has proposed a rule to battle federal government and small business impersonation scams—a perennial scourge that has cost customers hundreds of millions of bucks around the past five a long time. The proposed rule would codify the effectively-recognized theory that impersonation cons violate the FTC Act, as do these who provide impersonators with the signifies to harm buyers. The proposed rule would allow for the Fee to get better cash from, or seek civil penalties from, scammers who hurt people in violation of the rule. “The proposed rule will grow the Commission’s toolkit to combat the substantial damage prompted by governing administration and enterprise impersonation frauds,” explained…