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Fake voting websites are being set up to confuse people and mislead voters, FBI warns

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Fake websites that look like official voting resources but contain false or misleading information are being set up to confuse voters, the FBI said in a warning issued Friday.

Cybercriminals are also creating spoofed email addresses that look like they came from trustworthy sources to send people misinformation about voting, according to the warning. The fake websites and emails are being set up by "foreign actors," the FBI said, but it did not specify who is behind the misinformation.

Tech companies like Facebook and Google have pledged to weed out content that misleads people about voting, but some sites could be slipping through the cracks.Cybercriminals are setting up fake voting websites to spread misinformation and confuse people ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, the FBISome of the fake sites aim to mislead voters to influence the election, while others try to use interest around voting to steal people's passwords.

Other versions of the scam use similar tactics to send people emails from spoofed addresses that appear to come from election officials, baiting them with emails that purport to contain information about voting in order to get people to click on malicious links., but the agency did not specify which entities may be behind the sites., criminals are using email listserv tools to send thousands of people emails posing as voting officials that encourage recipients to register to vote.

 

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