August 19, 2025 – CBI – Lakewood, CO – There have been reports of scammers impersonating members of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reaching out to people by phone posing as a CBI Cyber Crimes Special Agent. The party provides an unlikely story about detecting a cyber crime and asks the potential victim to provide him or her with a lot of personal information, including financial accounts and remote access to their computer. The caller provides a call back phone number that is not a CBI number. These scammers are very professional and may have a surprising amount of real information about the caller and the CBI (gathered from publicly available information).
If you receive a suspicious call, you should contact the relevant law enforcement agency directly to verify the information. In the case of the CBI, people can call our victim assistance hotline (855-443-3489).
No one from the CBI will ever request a payment over the phone. The CBI does not solicit for any public funds.
If you receive a suspicious call from someone alleging to be a CBI employee or other law enforcement official, please report the information to your local police department and visit the website: https://www.stopfraudcolorado.