Criminals are impersonating the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3, to scam victims. Between December 2023 and February 2025, the FBI has received more than 100 reports of IC3 ...

The FBI warns that scammers impersonating FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) employees offer to "help" fraud victims recover money lost to other scammers. Over the last two years ...

Nationwide, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a "staggering" $16.6 billion stolen last year, up 33% from 2023, the report said. "Scammers are increasingly using the Internet to steal ...

Often, scammers impersonate agents with the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3. They may email or text scam victims and offer to help recover the money stolen from them.

In its 2024 Internet Crime Report, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, reported a staggering $9.3 billion in losses attributed to cryptocurrency-related scams—a 66% increase from ...