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FBI Warns of Deepfake Videos Impersonating the Leadership of its Own Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

FBI Warns of Deepfake Videos Impersonating the Leadership of its Own Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

2026-07-21  Ian Fleming

The Bureau confirmed scammers have combined social media impersonation, generative AI video and lookalike complaint portals into a coordinated campaign. In one variant, a fraud victim who mentioned filing an IC3 complaint was contacted on Facebook Messenger by someone posing as an FBI agent, who supplied a link to update the report. The link either carried malicious code or collected further financial details.


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