FBI Warns About Ransom Scams Involving Fake 'Proof of Life' Photos

Naveen Athrappully : Dec 8, 2025
The Epoch Times

[TheEpochTimes.com] Criminals are altering images of people obtained from social media or other public sites to create fake "proof of life" photos as part of virtual kidnapping for ransom scams, the FBI said in a public service announcement on Dec. 5. According to the agency, criminal actors typically get in touch with their targets via text messages, claiming to have kidnapped people close to them and demanding ransom payments. ... "Generative AI reduces the time and effort criminals must expend to deceive their targets," the agency said in a December 2024 alert... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: iStock-NongAsimo)