Dani Whitaker is a Streaming Producer for KOAA News5 in Colorado Springs.
DENVER — The Denver branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a new scam by the name of"The Phantom Hacker."A scammer pretends to be a customer support representative from a legitimate tech company and reaches out to their intended victim via phone call, text, email or website pop-up.
The scammer then requests the victim to go into their bank accounts to determine whether there have been any unauthorized charges. The victim is told to transfer the money via wire transfer, cash or wire conversion to cryptocurrency, often directly to overseas recipients.The scammer may tell the victim to send multiple transactions over the span of a few days or months.The victim is contacted by a scammer posing as the Federal Reserve or another U.S. government agency.
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