February 3, 2009. Consumers need to be vigilant when seeking employment on-line. The IC3 continues to receive numerous complaints from individuals who have fallen victim to work-at-home scams.Victims are often hired to "process payments" "transfer funds" or "reship products. These job scams involve the victims recei…

March 11, 2010. Shortly after the earthquake in Haiti last January, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) established a telephone hotline to report suspected fraud associated with relief efforts. That number, (866) 720-5721, was initially staffed for the purpose of reporting suspected scams bein…

November 3, 2009. Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts. In a typical scenario, the targeted entity receives a "spear phishing…

November 4, 2003. The number of reported Internet auction frauds is increasing and hundreds of new complaints are received daily. Many of these frauds originate in Eastern Europe in former communist countries. Consumers are strongly cautioned against entering into Internet transactions with subjects exhibiting the fo…

Cyber Sweep Executive Summary: Operation Cyber Sweep represents a coordinated initiative targeting an expansive array of Cyber Crime schemes victimizing individuals and industry worldwide. This initiative highlights numerous investigations that have been successfully advanced through cooperation and…

Operation E-Con Executive Summary Operation E-Con is a coordinated initiative focusing on significant Cyber Crime activity both in the United States and a number of other countries across the Globe. The events highlighted in Operation E-Con, represent the culmination of significant investigative act…

FBI Bot Roast Botnet. U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NATIONAL PRESS OFFICE June 13, 2007 (202) 324-3691 www.fbi.gov OVER ONE MILLION POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF BOTNET CYBER CRIME Washington, D.C. – Today the Department of Jus…

May 20, 2008. Washington, D.C. The FBI is asking people to beware of emails claiming to be raising money to help the victims of the recent earthquake in China. Tragic incidents such as 9/11, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Minnesota Bridge collapse, and the Virginia Tech shootings have all prompted individuals w…

July 17, 2006. On June 28, 2006, the FBI recovered the laptop computer and external hard drive taken during a burglary on May 3, 2006, from aVA. employee's residence. A result of forensic examinations indicates the data housed on the laptop and hard drive has not been compromised in any way.On June 2, 2006, the IC3 …

2009 Press Releases. Internet Crime Complaint Center. IC3. Pop-up Advertisements Offering Anti-virus Software Pose Threat to Internet Users. Fri, 11 Dec 2009. Holiday Shopping Tips. Mon, 30 Nov 2009. Fraudulent Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transfers Connected To Malware And Work-At-Home Scams. Tue, 3 Nov 2009. …