Court-related scams

Alaskans targeted by scammers posing as government officials, FBI warns

The FBI reports Alaskans lost over $26.2 million to internet-based scams in 2024, with $1.3 million of those losses due to government impersonation scams.

Anchorage Daily NewsCorinne Smith, Alaska Beacon

Federal Court Scams

Malicious phone calls and emails targeting people and others who interact with the federal courts, instructing them to take action, may lead to people being scammed out of money or personal information.

United States Courts

Scammers target Alaskans with ‘hyper-aggressive’ fake debt collection calls

In the past year, Alaskans have been hit with many hyper-aggressive debt collection scams. According to the Better Business Bureau, its office received 17 reports from Alaska about how debt collection scammers tried taking, in total, more than $31,000 from different people.

KTUUJonson Kuhn

Avoid Scams: Investment Fraud and Pig Butchering

Avoid Scams: Investment Fraud and Pig ButcheringInvestment fraud involves criminals duping victims into investing money into fraudulent projects or fictitious assets.

USSS

Pig butchering involves cutting and preparing pork, bacon and ham —but that isn't really what it is, as it's only an allegory of sorts for something that isn't exactly “kosher” — and members of Judæo-Christian communities quickly change the subject rather than talk about it as a crime in order to avoid casting any suspicions of crime on any fellow members of their close-knit hometown communities.