The FBI says scammers posing as DHS agents are contacting foreigners (from UAE, Saudi, Qatar, and Jordan so far) who are studying in the U.S. or planning to do so, claiming they have immigration issues, and threatening prosecution or deportation if they don't pay. www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA... - ThreadSky

ericjgeller.com • 9 days ago

The FBI says scammers posing as DHS agents are contacting foreigners (from UAE, Saudi, Qatar, and Jordan so far) who are studying in the U.S. or planning to do so, claiming they have immigration issues, and threatening prosecution or deportation if they don't pay. https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250513

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longbeachlib.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sad thing is I wouldn't be surprised if the DHS was actually doing this

jcwill324.bsky.social•9 days ago

Plot twist: they aren’t scammers. They are militia members deputized by ICE and CBP, who figure since the President is getting his piece of the action, so should they.

riverofdiversity.bsky.social•9 days ago

Given that supposedly “official” ICE & DHS officials wear masks & refuse to identify themselves, makes the distinction irrelevant. 🤷

jjeddademinred.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is anyone surprised?

alkisky.bsky.social•9 days ago

I can understand why the FBI issued that warning. They only want bona fide DHS agents to be the ones terrorizing foreign students in the U.S.

peregrine12345.bsky.social•9 days ago

lol 😆

itsnotathing.bsky.social•9 days ago

Are you sure they are not Trump officials?? I would not be surprised. Trump himself is a shake down artist.

rcinnc1.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yea, sounds like coyotes but with a different name.

gm0rk.bsky.social•9 days ago

Legitimate chance some of these are real DHS agents shaking people down.

Not like anyone's going to punish them for it.

southernviolet.bsky.social•9 days ago

The problem is that DHS and the FBI are acting like scammers and criminals so how can we tell whoch is which on aight? We cant. So better just to defend yourself vigorously against all of it. Its all criminal terror anyway.

digory29.bsky.social•9 days ago

Can we trust this FBI though?

soxinmi.bsky.social•9 days ago

And DHS is looking to hire them? Angry they didn’t think of the bribe to stay plan?

mudshark58.bsky.social•9 days ago

So... if Ka$h Patel's FBI says they're "scammers, posing as DHS agents," then... does that mean that these people really *are* DHS agents, or no?

hirosh7.bsky.social•9 days ago

This cottage scam industry boom is due directly to the Trump regime's immigration policies.

joemuggs.bsky.social•9 days ago

Do you think?

ljp713.bsky.social•9 days ago

How could anyone tell? Given the assholes who are following this administration’s efforts to rid the US of legal citizens?

deon-botl.bsky.social•9 days ago

And this government is so openly and proudly corrupt that a scheme like this could easily be government policy

walletninja.bsky.social•9 days ago

the trump admin would never do something so corrupt.

elshoggotho.bsky.social•9 days ago

With DHS and ICE agents refusing to show ID, they might as well be.

mothermarywilson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gee, it seems anyone can pose as an agent since they don't wear badges and cover their faces. Scammers online and also on the streets.

flangeman.bsky.social•9 days ago

tbh, what's the difference between the scammers and actual ice agents?

hokie4packers.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yeah, they are called ICE

misterhill2.bsky.social•9 days ago

…happening for some time, too ☝🏼 This is is one of a litany of problems with a masked, plain-clothed secret police force. There’s no identifying authority. It’s kidnapping, human trafficking, and this parade of dipshits have essentially deputized the MAGA citizens to carry out their own EO bullshit

chekovsgunman.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trump is just mad he didn't think of that first

msmilack75.bsky.social•9 days ago

ugh

donhondo13.bsky.social•9 days ago

Scammers?...sure.

everylittlebreeze.bsky.social•9 days ago

Something about this is really mind-twisting.

pedelpusher.bsky.social•9 days ago

How about the ones posing as DHS agents that are going around picking people up off the street

used2balawyer.bsky.social•9 days ago

Those scammers are known as ICE.

bentonduncan.bsky.social•9 days ago

How would anyone know the difference?

bobbryan2.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is the fbi verifying that they're scammers and not off duty entrepreneurs?

dtipson.bsky.social•9 days ago

My partner absolutely got one of these, and I would put odds on the lists these scammers bought coming from some DOGE script kiddie deciding to exploit the almost non-existent or ignored data protections in their work to just sell it for money

julieonthecove.bsky.social•9 days ago

now if we made it illegal for masked men with out warrants to cosplay ice

bgrosserichter.bsky.social•9 days ago

It was only a matter of time

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•9 days ago

How can you tell the difference between anonymous poorly-written messages from the regime, and anonymous poorly-written messages from scammers? Or between masked-with-shades thugs from the regime, and masked-with-shades thugs just out to kidnap-rape-whatever?

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