FBI Warns of Increasingly Sophisticated Email Scams

The FBI issues a new alert about the growing threat of email scams targeting individuals and businesses across the United States. Cybercriminals are employing more advanced techniques to trick victims into providing sensitive information, transferring funds, or unwittingly installing malware.

These scams, commonly referred to as Business Email Compromise (BEC) and phishing schemes, are becoming harder to detect as fraudsters now mimic legitimate email addresses and create convincing messages that often appear to come from trusted sources, such as colleagues, financial institutions, or government agencies. In some cases, scammers use artificial intelligence tools to mimic writing styles, making their emails. . .