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Dec 05 2025 Crims using social media images, videos in 'virtual kidnapping' scams

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Proof of life? Or an active social media presence? Criminals are altering social media and other publicly available images of people to use as fake proof of life photos in "virtual kidnapping" and extortion scams, the FBI warned on Friday.... [...]

Posted by Jessica Lyons on Fri 05 December 2025 in The Register.

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