ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS OF FAKE FBI BITCOIN PHONE SCAM INVOLVING “SPOOFED” DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PHONE NUMBER
Posted on Mar 23, 2023 in Latest Department News, Newsroom
HONOLULU, HI – Scammers are calling Hawaiʻi residents pretending to be Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”) brokers. The callers are mendacity and telling potential victims that they owe unpaid fines and are going to be arrested until they instantly make a cost in Bitcoin or different cryptocurrency, or utilizing different strategies.
The scammers are “spoofing” a Hawaiʻi Division of the Legal professional Normal telephone quantity — (808) 586-1282 — in an obvious try and lend fraudulent authenticity to their rip-off. “Spoofing” makes false info seem on a telephone’s caller ID — normally a pretend native quantity or, as on this case, an area authorities regulation enforcement company. The scammers use “rip-off scripts” to attempt to steal cash or precious private info.
“Legislation enforcement companies, together with the Division of the Legal professional Normal and the FBI, won’t ever — and I repeat, by no means — name Hawaiʻi residents on the telephone demanding them to transmit cash, whether or not within the type of cryptocurrency, an nameless cost card, a wire switch, or every other means, to be able to keep away from imminent arrest,” says Hawaiʻi Legal professional Normal Anne Lopez. “These individuals are legal scammers. Instantly grasp up the telephone, don’t name them again, and on no account reveal private info or ship them cash.”
The Division of the Legal professional Normal is coordinating with the FBI to guard Hawaiʻi residents. When you or somebody you understand has been the sufferer of those telephone scammers, contact the Division of the Legal professional Normal’s Investigations Division at (808) 586-1240.
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Media Contact:
Dave Day
Particular Assistant to the Legal professional Normal
(808) 586-1284
E mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://ag.hawaii.gov
