On your website, Uscis warns that it only contacts people through its official channelsso if any applicant receives an email that they consider suspicious they should be careful, because Criminals use these types of techniques to deceive and steal money or information.
The agency has found that Scammers impersonating Uscis basically have three purposes:
- Confuse and complicate the immigration process that is being carried out.
- Use social networks, email or phone calls to carry out attacks.
- Impersonate government officials to manipulate the victim into providing personal information.
In that sense, recommends paying attention to emails that may appear legitimate, for example, showing the agency's shield, but they are not sent through official channels and show a different email address from the sender.
Another way you can detect a possible uscis phishing fraud is if the email has typographical and spelling errors. Also if it includes suspicious links that do not end in .gov, but in .net, .org, .com or .info.
Uscis asks those who are carrying out a process Be wary of emails offering assistance to expedite your case if money is given; a quick profit is promised; or you are invited to download attachments from senders you don't know. They also ask not to transfer money to an account other than the official one.
What to do if you receive a suspicious email from Uscis?
In case you receive an email that you believe does not come directly from Uscis, it is best to forward it to the agency's webmaster mailbox, through which it will be confirmed whether the message is a scam or not, and you will be given more information on how to make a report.
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