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The IC3 was founded in 2000 as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC), and was tasked with gathering data on crimes committed online such as fraud, scams, and thefts. [1] Other crimes tracked by the center included intellectual property rights matters, computer intrusions , economic espionage , online extortion , international money ...
Scammers are impersonating agents from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Division of Consumer Affairs, trying to extort money from people who hold professional licenses.
When the FBI receives threats over the Internet, it can use National Security Letters to obtain the real name, street address and Internet logs of the sender, and those who provide the information were forbidden by the PATRIOT Act from revealing the request to anyone, until the Doe v. Ashcroft case overturned that gag rule. [77]
Wisconsin consumer protection officials said the scammers are falsely claiming to have damaging video recordings or other personal information.
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
The FBI is warning of a scam targeting older people in which fraudsters pose as technology, banking or government officials reporting an account breach by foreign hackers. The new scam, dubbed ...
The suspect was charged with ten counts of securities fraud, two counts of mailing threatening letters to further a scheme of extortion, two counts of possessing an unregistered explosive device, and one count of using an explosive device in the commission of a crime.
The FBI said some of the letters contained an unknown substance that was being examined. The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating suspicious packages that were sent to ...