Carding 4 Carders
Professional
An employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from the Texas city of El-told about scammers who pretend to be representatives of the local branch of law enforcement agencies and try to force victims to transfer crypto assets to them.
Fraud takes place in several stages, designed to make the victim believe that she received reliable information from the FBI.
In the first phase, the scammers send the future victim some kind of official notification on behalf of the Bureau's office in El Paso. The fake document is modeled on an official letterhead, including the FBI logo and the signature of Special Agent in El Paso John Morales.
In the letter, the scammers do not ask for money, but report that the law enforcement agency is investigating the fact of identity theft or an attack by foreign hackers. The main goal is to convince victims that a real investigation is underway.
After some time, the potential victim is contacted by a pseudo-FBI employee, who recommends transferring assets to a special secure account of the US government for the duration of the investigation. Scammers recommend sending money to this account via the mobile payment service's app. As a possible alternative, a QR code is sent to the victim, which redirects to the attackers ' website, usually pretending to be the site of a crypto service.
Fraud takes place in several stages, designed to make the victim believe that she received reliable information from the FBI.
In the first phase, the scammers send the future victim some kind of official notification on behalf of the Bureau's office in El Paso. The fake document is modeled on an official letterhead, including the FBI logo and the signature of Special Agent in El Paso John Morales.
In the letter, the scammers do not ask for money, but report that the law enforcement agency is investigating the fact of identity theft or an attack by foreign hackers. The main goal is to convince victims that a real investigation is underway.
After some time, the potential victim is contacted by a pseudo-FBI employee, who recommends transferring assets to a special secure account of the US government for the duration of the investigation. Scammers recommend sending money to this account via the mobile payment service's app. As a possible alternative, a QR code is sent to the victim, which redirects to the attackers ' website, usually pretending to be the site of a crypto service.
