Fake Voter Registration Scam
Scammers create fake voter registration sites to collect personal information including SSN and driver's license numbers.
🚩 Red Flags
- ⚠Voter registration link via text or email
- ⚠Site asking for SSN to register
- ⚠Urgency about registration expiring
- ⚠URL doesn't match your state's .gov site
🛡️ Protect Yourself
- →ONLY register at your state's official .gov site
- →DON'T CLICK voter registration links
- →VERIFY status at vote.gov or state site
- →REPORT fake sites to CISA
More Details
- “Your voter registration is about to expire”
- “Verify your registration before the election”
- “Click here to update your voter information”
- “Your polling location has changed - confirm here”
Common Questions
Fake emails/texts impersonate candidates or PACs with urgent donation requests. Links go to scam sites. Always donate directly at official campaign websites you navigate to yourself.
Not directly, but fake "voter registration" sites steal your SSN and personal info for identity theft. Only register at vote.gov or your state's official .gov site.
Be cautious. Scammers send fake "election alert" texts with malicious links. Get results from official sources like your state election board or major news outlets.
False information about voting dates, locations, or requirements designed to suppress turnout. FBI warns foreign actors actively spread disinformation during US elections.
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73% of Americans targeted(Pew, 2025)
|$470M lost to text scams in 2024(FTC)
|$16.6B total losses(FBI IC3, 2024)