The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that cybercriminals are impersonating the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and even cloning its website to steal victims’ personal and financial data.Attackers are exploiting public trust in federal law enforcement by creating fake IC3-branded domains and lookalike reporting portals, then driving victims to these sites via phishing emails, messages, and search engine manipulation so people think they are filing a legitimate cybercrime report.
The alert—referenced as PSA I-091925—describes threat actors spoofing the official IC3 website and related communications, with the goal of harvesting names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and banking details under the pretext of gathering evidence for an investigation or helping recover lost funds.The FBI stresses that visiting these fake sites or responding to unsolicited “IC3” outreach could lead not only to identity theft and financial fraud but also to further compromise through follow‑on scams using the stolen data.
Security experts situates this campaign within a broader surge in impersonation attacks, noting that law enforcement, government agencies, and major brands have all been targets of cloned sites and spoofed communic
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