The fraudsters impersonate the FBI’s personality. Here is how to discover them

Internet criminals impersonate employees of the FBI department Drafted to combat online fraud, in an attempt to benefit from people who have already lost money in front of digital scammers.

The FBI said on Friday that between December 2023 and February 2025, more than 100 complaints were received from people trying to transfer themselves as representatives Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The center takes online fraud reports, along with other digital crimes.

Although it may seem specially rude compared to other types of online fraud, IC3 impersonating complaints represent a small part of those who were reported to IC3 every year. In 2023 alone, the last year is available, IC3 register More than 880,000 online fraud complaints represent $ 12.5 billion.

In IC3 fraud, the FBI says that Internet criminals were initially in contact with their goals in various ways, including through emails, phone calls, social media and online forums. Almost all the fraudsters claimed that they recovered the money lost, or said they were helping to recover lost money.

In fact, the fraudsters were looking to revive the people who have already lost money due to previous online fraud, says the FBI.

In one case, the FBI says that the fraudsters created female personalities on social media and online groups for financial fraud victims, pretending to be victims themselves. After that, the fraudsters will encourage the actual victims to communicate via Telegram to a male character who created the name “Jaime Quin” who claimed to be the “main director” of IC3.

Once you contact him, the “Quin” character will claim that she has recovered her missing money, but then she will use this lie to make victims to deliver their financial information, allowing those dispensed to get them again.

How to avoid deception

Here’s how to discover and avoid FBI and other fraud.

The FBI does not use Telegram. The FBI does not communicate through correspondence applications, social media, public forums, e -mail or texts. Delete and report these types of unwanted messages.

It also does not receive help. IC3 will never be asked to pay to recover lost money in a fraud process, or to refer you to a company requesting payment to recover your money.

Keep your own information. Never share sensitive data such as your banking information, log in to the account via the Internet or the social security number with a person who has reached you via the Internet or via the phone.

Ignore requests for money. Never send money, encoded currency or gift cards as a form of payment for a person you do not know or deal with online or on the phone only.

Helps prevent future crimes. Reporting fraud and fraud attempts ICS. Victims between the ages of 60 years or more who need help in submitting a complaint with the Ministry of Justice’s hotline at 1-833-Fraud-11 (833-372-8311).