FBI warns seniors about billion-dollar scam draining retirement funds, expert says AI driving it
A Cyber Security Specialist He warns that a deception used to evacuate all life savings or retirement accounts has become “destructive” for the elderly.
FBI Los Angeles on July 15 published According to the agency, a reminder of Phantom Hacker Scam, which has been over $ 1 billion since 2024 to X. The FBI warned that the deception is targeting the elderly and that the victims may lose their “life savings”.
. Working to Deception In three stages: “Technical Support Depotter”, “Financial Institution Warehouse” and “US government warehouse”.
In the first stage, a technology support fraud will contact victims via text, telephone conversation or E -mail, and then direct them to download a program that provides remote access to their computers. Then, the fraudulent victims ask the victims to open their financial accounts to “identify unauthorized accusations”. Then, the scammer will choose an account for the target, then the victim will tell the victim that they will receive a call for more instructions from the “fraud department” with the bank’s accounts.
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The FBI warns about a deception targeting Americans.
In the second stage, the financial institution shall call the victim of the fraud and declare that his funds are “accessed by a foreign hacker” and that he should be moved to a “safe” third party account. The victims are instructed to send money through money transfer, cash or crypto currency and are told to send “more than one transaction for days or months.”
In the third stage of the deception, the sacrifice may communicate by someone posing as a US government employee who wants to move the individual to a “pseudonym name” account to protect his funds.
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Pete Nicoletti said that families should meet with their loved ones about Phantom Hacker deception.
Check Point Head Information Security Officer Pete Nicoletti told Fox News Digital that the deception has become “destructive” for the elderly, and that families should discuss with their loved ones to protect them. Nicoletti said that scammers are now personalized with some tactics and target people with their special interests.
Bilgi Security Officer Pete Nicoletti at Check Point said that families should discuss ways to protect themselves from fraud.
“The family needs to have a dinner time discussion,” Nicoletti said. “But you know, the elderly send something on Facebook. Corvette collector. Criminals actually use artificial intelligence to search for such features and profiles. And they will send you an e -mail or message that says that the corvette you ordered a month ago is now available. You know, for $ 500, you can get it… and we will deliver it to you right away. And of course, senior, ‘Well, I’m a collector in a corvette. Maybe I was forgotten and I didn’t know I ordered Corvette or you know. “
As a result of the Phantom hacker deception, more than 1 billion dollars from the elderly.
Nicoletti said that the victims had taken their money back even after noting that the authorities were stolen.
“The destructive,” he said. “If [victims report their funds stolen] There is a chance on the same day. I think in one -digit percentages. You know, 10%, 15%. I heard, heard people withdraw their money. Beyond that, it’s not good if it is delayed. Gone. “
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