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Seeking Victim Information in Business Email Compromise Investigation

Seeking Victim Information in Business Email Compromise Investigation

If you were directed to this questionnaire via an FBI victim notification letter, it is because you have been identified as a potential victim of a business email compromise, or BEC, scheme. (Learn more about BEC schemes at fbi.gov/bec)

To assist in the investigation and receive information about resources available to victims, please answer the questions below to the best of your ability. It may be that you have already given this information to an FBI agent, but please provide it again on this questionnaire. Based on your responses, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information.

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1. Do you believe you have been the victim of a business email compromise scheme?


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3. Did you transfer any funds from your account as a result of this scheme?


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4. Has any money been recovered?


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6. Have you previously reported this incident to law enforcement?


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7. What happened to you and/or your company financially as a result of this offense? Select all that apply.
8. May the FBI contact you for additional information?


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Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj