Stay Vigilant: Read Immigration-Related Agency Scam Warnings

AILA has created a running page of the various immigration-related agency scam warnings so you can best protect your clients.

Agency Fraud/Scam Warnings

EOIR

• EOIR Warns of Scammers Spoofing Agency Phone Number

DOS

• Diversity Visa Fraud Warning: Program Scammers Sending Fraudulent Emails and Letters

USCIS

• Scam Alert: USCIS Does Not Request Forms I-9 Via Email

CBP

• CBP Warns of Scammers Posing as U.S. Border Patrol Agents and CBP Officers
• CBP Warns Migrants of Telephonic Scams

CIS Ombudsman

• CIS Ombudsman’s Office Issues Fraud Alert on Scam to Obtain Personally Identifiable Information from Victims

DHS OIG

• DHS OIG Issues Fraud Alert on DHS Impersonation Schemes
• DHS OIG Issues Fraud Alert that Law Enforcement Telephone Numbers Being Used
• DHS OIG Issues Fraud Alert on Scam to Obtain Personally Identifiable Information and Extort Money from Victims

Related Resources

• Flyer: Beware of ICE Imposters
• Phishing and Social Engineering Scams Up 6,000 Percent Since COVID-19