#internetcrime — Public Fediverse posts

File this under - you should know better ... but this is why scammers keep trying!

Scofflaws try to impersonate FBI on social media.

Scenario 1 = scammers create fraudulent social media profiles and pages impersonating FBI personnel, and/or they infiltrate online groups for fraud victims and may attempt or contact victims directly.

Scenario 2 = victim is contact by fake FBI personnel and directs victims to a fake IC3 update page to report a scam or continues communicating through messaging apps.

NOTE: FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) doesn’t have a social media presence of any kind, and it doesn’t investigate crimes or offer to recover lost funds through social media.

“IC3 will never directly communicate with individuals via phone, email, social media, phone apps, online chat, or public forums.” https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/20/scammers-impersonate-fbi-on-social-media-prey-on-crime-victims/5275224 #FBI #Scammers #Scam #Fraud #FBI_IC3 #Internet #InternetCrime #CyberCrime #SocialMedia #Impersonation #Law #LawEnforcement

🚨🚨 Hold onto your hats, folks! We've just unearthed the largest theft #EVER, and it happened in plain sight! 💼🔍 Apparently, the early '90s internet was a criminal mastermind, pilfering 'intangible assets' while everyone was too busy surfing GeoCities and playing Minesweeper to notice.🤦‍♂️🌐
https://labyrinth.pika.page/posts/the-biggest-theft-in-human-history-occurred-in-broad-daylight #largesttheft #internetcrime #90snostalgia #cyberheist #hackers #HackerNews #ngated

FBI Warns of Growing ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Schemes in Maryland - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Baltimore office has issued a warning ab... - https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-warns-of-growing-pig-butchering-crypto-schemes-in-maryland/ #cryptocurrency #internetcrime #pigbutchering #cryptoassets #fbibaltimore #investment #financial #featured #maryland #overseas #bitcoin #crypto #fraud #scam #fbi #ic3

FBI Reports 45% Rise in Crypto Fraud, $5.6 Billion Lost, 71% From Investment Scams - The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has revealed... - https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-reports-45-rise-in-crypto-fraud-5-6-billion-lost-71-from-investment-scams/ #cryptocomplaints #techsupportscams #callcenterscams #investmentfraud #investmentscams #cryptocurrency #financialfraud #digitalassets #internetcrime #cryptofraud #fbireport #featured #crypto #fbi

Russian man charged with running money-back-guaranteed criminal marketplace - Enlarge / The front page of cardplanet.cc as it appeared on August 1, 2015. (credit: Internet Archi... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1601205 #paymentcardfraud #internetcrime #biz&it #policy