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‘The Phantom Hacker’: FBI El Paso warns public of new financial scam

In Consumer Alerts
October 02, 2023

Odessa American reports:

EL PASO FBI El Paso is warning the public of a new scam dubbed “The Phantom Hacker.” Scammers are impersonating technology, banking, and government officials in a complex ruse to convince a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial account. The scammers then instruct the victim to immediately move their money to an alleged U.S. Government account to “protect” their assets. In reality, there was never any foreign hacker, and the money is now fully controlled by the scammers. Some victims are losing their entire life savings, a press release said.

Read more about the scam at Odessa American.