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  2. With 'pig butchering' scams on the rise, FBI moves to stop ...

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    Barry May lost more than $500,000 after falling victim to an online scam known as She promised huge returns. He sold property and liquidated his 401(k), sending the woman more than $500,000 ...

  3. Milford woman tries 'arrest warrant' scam on FBI agent - AOL

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    May 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Milford resident Kari Melissa Morales, 51, was part of a scam that texted people about fraudulent arrest warrants, demanding money, and ...

  4. FBI warns of 'romance and confidence' scams ahead of ... - AOL

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    The FBI says in 2022 more than 19,000 people across the United States fell victims to these scams and were duped out of more than $700M. FBI warns of 'romance and confidence' scams ahead of ...

  5. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...

  6. Swatting - Wikipedia

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    Swatting. Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage ...

  7. FBI Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch ( CCRSB) is a service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The CCRSB is responsible for investigating financial crime, white-collar crime, violent crime, organized crime, public corruption, violations of individual civil rights, and drug-related crime.

  8. A record $12.5 billion in online scams were reported to the ...

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    A record $12.5 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2023, fueled by a surge in cryptocurrency investment fraud, the bureau said in a report released Wednesday.

  9. FBI Cyber Division - Wikipedia

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    FBI Cyber Division. The Cyber Division ( CyD) is a Federal Bureau of Investigation division which heads the national effort to investigate and prosecute internet crimes, including "cyber based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber fraud." This division of the FBI uses the information it gathers during investigation to ...