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Nicolas Cage victim of e-mail ID theft?

Okay, okay -- I'm a sucker for celebrity tech banter. :-)

Thanks to Nick Farrell over at The Inquirer for the pointer to this intersting celluloid tidbit.

An article on the Warner Brothers television tabloid show Celebrity Justice (CJ) web site reports that:

Hits like the recent "National Treasure" made Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage a box office favorite. But fame has its costs. "CJ" has learned that the actor is upset because someone has assumed his identity online, trying to sully his stellar reputation with lewd sexual e-mails.

Early Tuesday morning, Cage's reps turned exclusively to "CJ" with the following statement: "Nicolas Cage would like to make the general public aware that somebody has illegally and fraudulently been using the following e-mail address pretending to be Nicolas Cage: NCSaturn7@aol.com. Mr. Cage has informed the authorities, and this matter is under investigation."

Sources close to Cage tell "CJ" that they believe the impostor may be acquainted with the actor, someone who has access to the e-mail addresses of Nic's friends and business associates and is sending some of them graphic sexual messages. We're told Nic learned of this after some of the surprised recipients asked the actor about what they had received.

We're told the e-mail address was once used by the star and that's why the e-mails seemed authentic. We've learned that Nic's powerhouse lawyer Marty Singer has contacted the FBI and the LA County DA. However, the identity of the impostor remains a mystery.

posted by Fergie @ 6/23/2005 06:34:00 AM