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Three weeks before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm election, fraudsters are borrowing candidate names, logos and slogans to collect fake donations and harvest personal data, the FBI warned. “The FBI warns the public that scammers could exploit the 2026 US Midterm Election to perpetrate financial fraud schemes,” reads the public service announcement, which adds that these schemes target victims throughout the country and “have previously exploited state and local elections.” The alert updates a … More →…
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- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk – the NCSC uses the reports to take scam sites down.
- Forward scam texts to 7726, free on most UK networks.
- Never share a one-time code, and check any request for money by calling a number you already trust.
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