Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here's what to look out for
- Scammers are pretending to offer FBI support to victims
- Victims are becoming double-victims after falling for this trap
- FBI's IC3 warns never to pay for support – support will come from law enforcement
Scammers are increasingly impersonating FBI personnel and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to defraud people who have already lost money to cybercrime, ultimately leading to them being exploited twice in quick succession by capitalizing on their weaknesses.
Attackers pose as support for recovering lost money and assisting with IC3 complaints, but the real objective is to defraud victims out of even more money or sensitive information.
But savvy victims should be able to identify these scams relatively easy, because despite a rising volume, the attack vector remains highly suspicious.
Victims are being hit twice via fake FBI scams
Rather than targeting the FBI's website, scammers send direct messages to victims or attract them via posts...
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