FBI Warns of Spoofed IC3 Website

Threat actors likely spoofed the official government website for personal information theft and monetary fraudulent activity.

The FBI on Friday issued an alert on threat actors spoofing the official Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) government website.

The FBI’s IC3 website is the central hub for reporting cybercrime-related activities, such as online extortion, hacking, identity theft, money laundering, and ransomware attacks. Launched in 2000 as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC), it was renamed in 2003.

Spoofed websites, the FBI explains, can be used for the theft of personal information and to facilitate monetary fraud or other illicit activities.

To deceive users into accessing the spoofed websites, threat actors rely on alternative spelling of words, or use a different top-level domain than the legitimate site.

Individuals could access a spoofed FBI IC3 website when attempting to find the official domain to submit a complaint, the FBI explains.

“Threat actors create ...