Americans should remain vigilant about 'Phantom Hacker' scams that have become more common, the FBI said. They can impact people's live savings.
Americans should remain vigilant about "Phantom Hacker" scams that have become more common, the FBI advises. The agency’s Denver field office recently raised the alarm about them, saying in an October 19 press release that the "cold and calculated" scammers using the new financial scheme have swindled some Americans out of all the funds they have socked away over the years.
Separately, back in February, the Federal Trade Commission said that consumers experienced nearly $8.8 billion worth of fraud-related losses last year. Its data indicated that about $2.6 billion of that total was due to various forms of impostor scams.
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