Fraudsters Posing as Henrico Government Targeting Residents

Fraudsters posing as Henrico government targeting residents

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Henrico County is warning residents of fraudulent emails and invoices asking residents to make large payments to continue in the county's Board of Zoning Appeals process. According to the county, residents are reportedly receiving emails and invoices from people pretending to be from the county's planning department, targeting those with cases before the county's Board of Zoning Appeals. The scammers are asking peop…

The Federal Criminal Office warns against a phishing wave via SMS. Since the beginning of the month news circulates, in which it is claimed that allegedly collected loyalty or bonus points will soon expire. In order to redeem these points in time, a link is sent along, which leads to an external website. This is nothing more than a clever attempt at fraud, according to the police on Wednesday. According to BK, the recipients are accused of choos…

Scammers are using AI to impersonate senior officials, warns FBI

FBI警告称有犯罪分子利用AI生成的语音和短信冒充美国高层官员进行诈骗。目标主要为政府人员及其联系人。攻击者通过发送恶意链接窃取个人信息。公众需提高警惕，核实身份并避免点击可疑链接。

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Scammers are using fraudulent text messages and AI-generated voice messages, according to a new warning from the FBI.Since April 2025, malicious actors have been impersonating senior US officials to target individuals, particularly current…

Scam of the day – May 22, 2025 – Celebrity Imposter Scams Increasing

For years I have told you about scammers posing as various popular celebrities luring unsuspecting people into scams  However, with the increased of Artificial Intelligence these imposter scams, generally perpetrated through emails, text messages and social media have become both more believable looking and more frequent as the deepfake and other AI technology becomes readily available to less technologically savvy scammers.  Scammers pose as ce…

The Federal Criminal Office (BK) warns against a phishing wave via SMS. Since the beginning of the month, news circulates in which it is claimed that their allegedly collected loyalty or bonus points will soon expire.