Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns

Three weeks before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm election, fraudsters are borrowing candidate names, logos and slogans to collect fake donations and harvest personal data, the FBI warned. “The FBI warns the public that scammers could exploit the 2026 US Midterm Election to perpetrate financial fraud schemes,” reads the public service announcement, which adds that these schemes target victims throughout the country and “have previously exploited state and local elections.” The alert updates