FBI issues warning as scammers target victims of crime

The FBI has warned of an ongoing IC3-impersonation recovery scam (Dec 2023–Feb 2025) in which fraudsters create fake IC3 profiles (e.g., ‘Jamie Quin’) and contact victims via email, phone, social media, and Telegram to coerce payments or collect sensitive personal and financial information; the advisory includes common indicators of the scam, a mock scam email example, and guidance to report suspicious messages to the official IC3 channels.