Published on: 2025-04-20 03:19:47
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, between December 2023 and February 2025, the FBI said it has received over 100 reports of fraudsters using this tactic. "Complainants report initial contact from the scammers can vary. Some individuals received an email or a phone call, while others were approached via social media or forums," the law enforcem
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-30 13:19:26
If there's any doubt that the United States is rapidly descending into oligarchy, a new move by Donald Trump's FBI might clear the air. After recording at least 80 separate incidents of vandalism or arson against Tesla vehicles and dealerships, the FBI has announced the creation of a brand new task force to investigate property damage inflicted on the EV company owned by top Trump operative Elon Musk. It's not yet known how large the task force is or what actions it will be investigating, as n
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday launched a task force "to try to nail the criminals setting fire to Tesla vehicles and charging stations," and is looking into an anarchist blog that has been "calling for more" attacks, The New York Post reported. "The bureau has received reports of 48 instances so far this month related to Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations and is investigating at least seven of them in conjunction with local law enforcement, The Post has learned,"
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-31 10:39:00
Facepalm: The FBI is once again warning about an SMS phishing campaign targeting drivers and car owners. The unknown cybercriminals are trying to steal users' data and money, though avoiding the scam seems easy enough: you just have to do nothing and completely ignore the incoming text message. In April 2024, the FBI warned US citizens about an ongoing smishing (or SMS phishing) campaign spreading unsolicited requests to pay for nonexistent road tolls. Now, the bureau's Seattle division is repe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-01 06:45:53
is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. A report in the New York Post on Monday revealed the existence of a new 10-person FBI task force focused on vandalism and other activity aimed toward Tesla in response to the actions of Elon Musk. Like Attorney General Pam Bondi’s re-announcement last week of old charges against people accused of targeting Tesla locations for vandalism an
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 20:09:19
The FBI is warning that fake online document converters are being used to steal peoples’ information and, in worst-case scenarios, to deploy ransomware on victims' devices. The warning came last week from the FBI Denver field office, after receiving an increasing number of reports about these types of tools. "The FBI Denver Field Office is warning that agents are increasingly seeing a scam involving free online document converter tools, and we want to encourage victims to report instances of t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 22:30:00
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation says it’s investigating a series of alleged incidents across the country in which “Tesla charging stations and dealerships were damaged.” On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi highlighted charges against three people accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at Tesla vehicles and, in at least one alleged incident, writing “profane messages against President Trump” near Tesla charging stations, among other crimes. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 05:50:57
Almost four years ago to the day, the FBI entered U.S. Private Vaults (USPV), a storage business in Beverly Hills, and raided the safe-deposit boxes there, pocketing tens of millions of dollars in cash, valuables, and personal items. Among those owners was Linda Martin, from whom agents took $40,200—her life savings—despite that she had not been charged with a crime. Those charges would never come. Although USPV itself was ultimately indicted in federal court, the government had no case against
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 00:12:05
In Brief The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to U.S. corporate executives. The fake ransom notes, first reported by U.S. cybersecurity company GuidePoint Security, claim that hackers have gained access to an organization’s network to steal sensitive data, and threaten to publish the stolen data unless a ransom demand is paid. The scammers are demanding between $250,000 and $500,000, according to the FBI, which says the l
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