The FBI has issued an alert June 24 saying cyber-criminals posing as lawyers are contacting scam victims and offering their services to recover their losses.

The FBI said the emerging criminal tactic is used to further defraud cryptocurrency scam victims.

“Using social media or other messaging platforms, fraudsters posing as lawyers representing fictitious law firms may contact scam victims and offer their services, claiming to have the authorization to investigate fund recovery cases,” according to the alert. “To validate the contact, the ‘lawyers’ claim they are working with, or have received information on, the scam victim’s case from the FBI, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), or other government agency.”