Psst: wanna buy a legit FBI email account for $40?

Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40. These are active accounts, which miscreants have compromised so their peers can pose as government officials and cops in pursuit of further crimes, according to Abnormal …

[elDog]

Just add @Real to the front of your purchased X/ FBI address

and you'll have a direct line to the new fake White House.

Oh, it look like WhiteHouse.gov is available for only $47!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Just add @Real to the front of your purchased X/ FBI address

Does that include the tenant ?

[Fruit and Nutcase]

X-Files

Are these available?

[e-mail] and [e-mail]

[blu3b3rry]

I wonder what the going rate for [e-mail] is?

I'll start the bidding at one McDonalds Happy Meal.

[Anonymous Coward]

FFS

If the FBI aren't going to use 2FA, then why are they allowed to run https://www.ic3.gov/

[Anonymous Coward]

Is It Real or Is It Memorex

Now, how are we supposed to tell the real government scams from the fake ones?