FBI Warns of Deepfake Videos Impersonating IC3 Leadership

The FBI warns that scammers have escalated a long-running IC3-impersonation scheme by using AI-generated deepfake videos of senior FBI officials, social-media messaging, and lookalike ic3.gov complaint portals to extract additional personal and financial information from prior victims; the bulletin emphasizes that IC3 does not contact individuals via social platforms or request payment and urges users to verify .gov URLs and type ic3.gov directly.