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Impostor Mega Millions scams typically contact targets by phone, text, or email claiming they’ve won a large prize and then demand fees, “insurance,” taxes, or other payments to release winnings; vict...
When a purchase of an online supplement turns out to be a scam, the quickest path to limiting damage is to document everything, stop further payments, and notify the correct federal and consumer agenc...
Allegations linking InfraGard to “gang stalking” circulate in activist blogs and petition sites but mainstream reporting and technical investigations focus on a separate, documented risk: a 2022–23 br...
Reporting illegal activity found on the dark web in 2025 follows established cybercrime reporting channels: the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) for cyber-enabled fraud, the FBI tips portal...
Federal statutes treat (CSAM) in two overlapping ways: traditional CSAM laws can reach realistic computer‑generated images if they are “indistinguishable” from images of real children or are based on ...
There are multiple paths for scam victims to seek compensation: government victim‑compensation programs that reimburse certain crime‑related out‑of‑pocket losses (e.g., New York’s Office of Victim Ser...
Viewing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) can trigger federal criminal statutes that make it illegal to “receive, access with intent to view, or possess” CSAM; U.S. law treats AI-generated CSAM the s...
Available sources do not mention a product or entity named “F.L.A.M.B.Y 2.0” specifically; therefore there is no direct reporting to label it a scam or legitimate (not found in current reporting). Rep...
Lipomax’s public materials claim a but provide no clear, centralized return procedure; independent consumer complaints report difficulty contacting customer service, inconsistent remedies (partial ref...
Victims of tied to fake “conspiracy payout” or advance‑fee payout claims face a patchwork of protections: law enforcement can investigate and trace funds, federal and state consumer agencies can pursu...
Federal prosecutors and courts are actively grappling with whether purely AI‑generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) can be criminalized the same way as real‑victim CSAM; federal practice treats ...
The single most frequently reported type of cyber-enabled fraud in the is (including spoofing), which the ’s reported as the top category by victims in recent data – about 193,000 affected individuals...
Federal law enforcement and health agencies provide criminal, civil and administrative avenues to pursue large-scale healthcare fraud and protect beneficiaries—most notably the 2025 National Health Ca...
There are documented arrests tied to the creation, possession and distribution of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (), including a high-profile case against for producing and sharing , but the...
Immediately after a , individuals should prioritize containment steps that block criminals from converting leaked data into “fullz” identity dossiers—freezing credit, enabling account safeguards, and ...
Yes: law enforcement has arrested people for possessing AI‑generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and federal and state prosecutors treat computer‑generated depictions as criminal in many cases...
Signing up for a website that hosts Child Sexual Abuse Material () is legally dangerous territory: criminalizes possession, distribution, production, receipt, and access with intent to view CSAM — inc...
The ’s public-tip intake—collected via tips.fbi.gov and related portals—produced electronic records that captured submitted content (including anonymous tips and links to publicly available social med...
and its close variants (smishing, vishing, spoofing) are the single most commonly reported cyber scams by number of victims, outpacing romance and in volume of complaints to government hotlines in rec...
Coordinated cyber harassment victims in 2025 have a patchwork of protections: a mix of state criminal statutes and civil remedies, federal criminal laws that apply when harassment crosses state lines ...