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FBI Email Warning: Criminals Using Your Name in Crypto Scam

Victims receive an email from someone claiming to be an FBI agent, often introducing themselves with a name like "Agent Patrick Z." The email says that criminals are using the victim’s name or identity as part of large cryptocurrency scams, such as stealing funds through fake USDT transactions. The message claims the FBI is investigating, and urgently requests personal details—including copies of ID, proof of address, and payment evidence—so they can "clear" the victim’s name and recover lost money. In reality, this is a scam to collect personal information and possibly set up further fraud in the victim’s name.

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What’s different in this version

These traits set this message apart from the usual pattern.

  1. Claims criminals have been using the victim’s name for scams

  2. Pretends to be a government agent offering to clear the victim’s record

  3. Requests sensitive documents and personal history

  4. Plays on fears of being falsely connected to criminal activity

  5. Uses poor grammar, unofficial sender addresses, and urgent language

How this scam works

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    Step 1: You receive an email that looks official (Interpol logo, legal wording) with a subject like “Update on an ongoing administrative offense.”

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    Step 2: The message asks you to open an attached document that cites a made-up case number and a short deadline (often 48 hours).

  3. 3

    Step 3: The attachment instructs you to reply to a non-official email address to avoid arrest or public exposure.

  4. 4

    Step 4: If you respond, the scammer ramps up the fear and demands payment (sometimes via bank transfer, crypto, or gift cards) or sensitive information to “close the case.”

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    Step 5: If you ignore them, the threats continue for a while and then stop. Real law enforcement does not work this way.

✓ Do this

  • Stay calm. Real police do not email threats or demand payment by email.
  • Delete the email without replying. If you opened the attachment, run a security scan.
  • Verify concerns directly with your local police using phone numbers from their official website.
  • Keep a copy (screenshots) if you plan to report it.

✗ Avoid this

  • Do not reply to the sender or the contact email in the attachment.
  • Do not pay any “fines,” buy gift cards, or send crypto to resolve this.
  • Do not open unknown attachments or click links from unexpected legal threats.
  • Do not share your full name, ID numbers, bank details, or passwords.

Verbatim excerpts from the scam

Exact lines from emails or messages—searchable text so you can compare wording.

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    "My name is Agent Patrick Z of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) leading this investigation stating the case of a criminals impersonating and this is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its main federal law enforcement agency and we are an intergovernmental organization and we help the police in all of them work together to make the world a safer place, which led to our idea of these criminals who actually scammed you of more than hundreds of thousands of dollars through cryptocurrency most especially USDT with the help of a sending you some fake USDT and kept requesting so much funds from you all in the name to activate the account and the fake bank statements and while their whereabouts and the stolen money including yours have not been apprehended and immediate action is now being taken and more importantly it is the demand for funds by the victims of these incidents and this is, which actually brings us here because you are currently featured on their current culprit list and they have been scamming you under different names or identities, fake payment and insinuations and these are fake management emails etc and I will require the below: * Your full name * Identification card * Home address * Amount cheated by these criminals * Evidence of how you made those payments to them, plus details even though we have some of them and we will provide them too,. And demand from you an immediate response as soon as possible from you"