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Las Vegas cybersecurity expert offers tips to avoid Real ID scams as deadline approaches

May 5, 2025 – Published on 8 News Now Las Vegas

The looming May 7 deadline to get a Real ID has scammers ramping up their schemes.

A cybersecurity strategist shared with 8 News Now all the ways scammers are using the Real ID enforcement deadline to their benefit.

“They’re trying to create a pressure campaign, and taking advantage of the fact a lot of people don’t really understand what it is and why they need it,” Paul Keener said, a Las Vegas-based cybersecurity strategist with GuidePoint Security.

They’re after social security numbers, date of birth, addresses – the trifecta to create a false identity to open an account. From posing as government agencies to offering online services, requesting personal information, and using fear tactics.

Keener also went on to add that using AI to make their texts and calls sound more believable.

“There’s also deepfakes to sound like someone is calling from Nevada DMV, it’s a little bit more scary,” he said.

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