AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI

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Meanwhile, the FBI says to verify the identity of anyone who contacts you, examine all sender addresses for mistakes or inconsistencies, and check all images and videos for distorted hands, feet or unrealistic facial features.

In an unrelated deepfake scam, Sandeep Narwal, co-founder of blockchain platform Polygon, raised the alarm in a May 13 X post that bad actors were also impersonating him with deepfakes.

Nailwal suggests the best way to avoid being duped by these types of scams is to never install anything during an online interaction initiated by another person and to keep a separate device specifically for accessing crypto wallets.

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Author / Journalist: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte

Category: Crypto

Markets: United StatesMali

Topics: Officials Using Install Deepfake Voice Hackers Nailwal Information Messages Steal Scam

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Published On: 2025-05-16 @ 03:03:51 (12 hours ago)

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News Source URL: cointelegraph.com

Language: English

Article Length: 539 words

Reading Time: 3 minutes read

Sentences: 14 lines

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