联邦贸易委员会警示冒充官员新骗局：谎称手机号涉诈骗、威胁停号索要「保证金」
联邦贸易委员会（FTC）10月22日发布消费者警示，称有骗子冒充 FTC 官员打电话行骗：对方声称接听者的手机号码在另一个国家被注册并被用于诈骗，还会发来伪造的官员证件照片「证明身份」，并威胁要停用这个号码。
据 FTC 披露，这套骗局的后续步骤是把接听者「转接」给假冒的警察做所谓笔录、索要身份证件，接着声称接听者将被逮捕，须缴纳一笔「保证金」才能脱身。FTC 明确表示，真正的 FTC 工作人员永远不会要求汇款、不会威胁停用任何人的电话号码、不会要求对方保密，也不会发送证件照片来验证身份。
FTC 在警示中给出的举报渠道是其诈骗举报网站 ReportFraud.ftc.gov。
FTC Warns of Impostor Scam Claiming Phone Numbers Were Used for Fraud
The Federal Trade Commission issued a consumer alert on October 22 describing a scam in which callers impersonate FTC officials: they claim the recipient's phone number was registered in another country and used to commit fraud, send photos of fake official badge IDs to 'prove' who they are, and threaten to deactivate the number.
According to the FTC, the callers then 'transfer' the recipient to impostor police officers to take a supposed statement and demand identity documents, before claiming the recipient faces arrest unless a 'security deposit' is paid. The FTC states that real FTC staff will never demand money, never threaten to deactivate anyone's phone number, never demand secrecy, and never send badge photos to verify their identity.
The FTC lists its fraud reporting site, ReportFraud.ftc.gov, as the channel for reporting such scams.
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