The Internet Crime Complaint Center released alerts relating to fraudulent government-services sites and web defacements almost a month after the victimization of the NCUA and a Montana credit union.
The fake government website alert warns consumers of fraudulent government services websites that mimic legitimate ones. Scam operators lure consumers to these fraudulent websites to steal personal identifiable information (PII) and collect fees for never delivered services, IC3 said.
"From May 2012 to March 2015, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received complaints regarding criminals hosting fraudulent government services websites in order to acquire Personally Identifiable Information and to collect fraudulent fees from consumers," the alert said.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
