Our partners with the Cuyahoga County Scam Squad want to warn you about an alarming new con that is wiping out people’s life savings. Officials say it targets folks who are typically savvy about potential scams — yet some are still falling for this one. This sinister scam is popping up throughout the country and the feds say it t often tricks people by using pop-ups to get their attention. Then it claims to be generated from a legitimate government agency that’s warning them that their financial information has been hacked.
The FBI says the ‘Phantom Hacker’ scam targets folks who are typically savvy about potential scams — yet some are still falling for this one.According to the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office, the scam often tricks people by using pop-ups to get their attention, then it claims to be generated from a legitimate government agency that’s warning them that their financial information has been hacked.
The scammers then tell you to contact them. They say they need remote access to your computer in order to run a scan for malware. Afterwards, they claim your computer and accounts have all been hacked. “They’ll get somebody purporting to be a representative of the U.S. government,” said Johnston. “There have been letters sent on U.S., what appears to be U.S. government letterhead. It is not, it’s completely fraudulent.”
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