Attackers use AI-generated text to appear believable to a reader to push social engineering, spear phishing, and financial fraud schemes such as romance, investment, and other confidence schemes or to hide common indicators of fraud schemes.

The FBI issued a warning about scammers using fake remote job ads to steal cryptocurrency from job seekers across the United States while posing as recruiters for legitimate companies.

The FBI warned about a new scam called the "Phantom Hacker" scam, which is specifically targeting senior citizens. It involves imposters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and government representatives to gain the trust of victims.

Criminals exploit widely publicized efforts by the People’s Republic of China government to harass and facilitate the repatriation of individuals living in the United States to build plausibility for their fraud.

Although the Ukrainian Government and other private organizations do maintain official donation mechanisms, people must be cautious and verify information about entities purporting to solicit aid for causes linked to the crisis in Ukraine.

The FBI is warning of ongoing widespread fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate law enforcement or government officials in attempts to extort money or steal personally identifiable information.