FBI Warns Scammers Use AI Deepfakes and Fake IC3 Websites to Target Fraud Victims

The FBI warns of an evolving recovery-scam campaign where criminals impersonate the IC3 and FBI using AI-generated deepfakes, spoofed IC3 complaint portals, and social media impersonation to re-target prior victims, harvest sensitive information, deliver malicious links, and extort or otherwise steal recovered funds; the alert urges users to only access www.ic3.gov directly, verify .gov domains, and avoid sharing sensitive information via unsolicited communications.