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   Scammers build fake FBI crime reporting portals to steal personal info -    
   warns FBI   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:05:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Someone is spoofing the FBI's IC3 website in an attempt to steal PII, it   
   warns.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Fake Internet Crime Complaint (IC3) websites are being used to scam people   
   into giving away sensitive personal and banking information, according to the   
   Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).    
      
   The bureau recently issued a new public service announcement to warn about    
   the malicious landing pages, which are the US governments main hub for   
   reporting cybercrime.    
      
   It collects complaints about online scams, fraud, identity theft, ransomware,   
   and other internet-enabled crimes, and then shares it with law enforcement   
   agencies to help investigate and track digital threats across the country and   
   globally.   
      
   Impersonating the government    
      
   Anyone, be it victims, or third parties, can file a report through IC3s   
   official website. While not every case gets a direct response, the data helps   
   the FBI understand broader trends and take action when possible.    
      
   Threat actors create spoofed websites often by slightly altering   
   characteristics of legitimate website domains, with the purpose of gathering   
   personally identifiable information entered by a user into the site,    
   including name, home address, phone number, email address, and banking   
   information, the FBI warned.    
      
   For example, spoofed website domains may feature alternate spellings of words   
   or use an alternative top-level domain to impersonate a legitimate website.    
      
   Members of the public could unknowingly visit spoofed websites while   
   attempting to find FBI IC3's website to submit an IC3 report.    
      
   Cybercriminals spoof legitimate websites all the time. Fake Google or Amazon   
   login pages are created to steal the credentials for Workspace or cloud   
   services . Fraudulent banking homepages are created to trick people into   
   handing over access to their bank accounts, and social media sites are    
   spoofed to access business accounts and propagate malware via paid   
   advertising.    
      
   These sites are usually paired with a phishing email campaign, which are used   
   to redirect the victims without raising any suspicion.    
      
    Via BleepingComputer   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/scammers-build-fake-fbi-crime-reporting   
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