Security News > 2024 > June > CISA warns of criminals impersonating its employees in phone calls
Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that criminals are impersonating its employees in phone calls and attempting to deceive potential victims into transferring money.
Those who suspect they're on the receiving end of a scam phone call where a criminal claims to be a CISA employee should never give in to their demands to send money, write down their phone number, and immediately hang up.
In November 2019, CISA also cautioned of phone scammers pretending to be CISA representatives and attempting to extort money "By claiming to have knowledge of the potential victim's questionable behavior."
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has also issued a warning in March about scammers pretending to be FTC employees and defrauding Americans of thousands of dollars.
Numerous consumers have reported falling victim to these scams, where imposters pose as FTC staff and use phone calls, emails, or text messages to coerce people into transferring or wiring money.
The majority of these scams were conducted via phone calls, which are slowly declining in frequency.