Little Rock FBI warns of ‘Phantom Hacker’ scam used to access financial accounts

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Little Rock FBI office is cautioning that hackers have developed a new scam to steal money from unsuspecting victims.

Called the “Phantom Hacker” scam, it works like this, according to agents: A scammer will call an intended victim while impersonating someone from a technology, banking or government agency. The scammer then persuades the victim that their foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial accounts and to move their money to a purported U.S. government account to keep it safe.

The victims transfer the money, which places it in an account under the full control of the scammers.

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(Story by Alex Kienlen, ozarksfirst.com)