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FBI official urges Americans to report romance, phishing and phone scams
Summary
An FBI representative warned that overseas "scam compounds" run romance, email-phishing and telephone scams, urged people to report suspicious contacts to the FBI hotline, and described the agency's role in following financial trails to disrupt these operations.
An FBI official warned that criminal syndicates abroad run "scam compounds" that "operate very methodically," using romance schemes, email phishing and telephone scams to target Americans. The official urged anyone receiving an unknown email or phone call asking for money to contact the FBI.
The speaker emphasized financial investigation as the primary disruption tool, saying, "They follow the money, which we, the FBI, follow." He framed early reporting as the best detection method and urged the public to use the FBI's hotline when they suspect fraud.
