After California held primary elections last week for governor, Congress and Los Angeles mayor, President Donald Trump quickly began questioning the results.
Two days after the primary, he posted on Truth Social: “Look what’s happening in California. The Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the vote.”
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.