# Facebook recovery scams use fake FBI profiles

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/facebook-recovery-scams-use-fake-fbi-profiles/
- Published: 2026-11-08T16:28:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T17:38:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-recovery-scams-use-fake-fbi-profiles
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Fake Facebook ads offered to recover money lost to scams.
- One profile used FBI and IC3 imagery to appear official.
- Meta removed the reported accounts and ads.

## Summary

Facebook ads and profiles offering to recover money lost to scams used professional-looking branding and imagery associated with the FBI and the US government. The examples prompted concern that fraud victims could be targeted again, and Meta said it removed the reported accounts and ads for violating its impersonation policies.

One ad promoted recovery of stolen assets and hacked cryptocurrency wallets, while a page using the name Grace K claimed to help victims with IC3 reports and suggested losses above $4,000 might qualify for federal review. The article says it found no basis for that threshold in published FBI guidance. The FBI says IC3 has no official social media presence and does not investigate crimes or recover money through Facebook Messenger or Telegram.

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