FBI Panics Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE
The FBI sent a memo to ICE saying women wanted to “embarrass” the immigration agents.
The FBI believes women pretending to be “tradwives” are targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in order to dox them, The Guardian reported Thursday.
In February, the FBI in Chicago disseminated a brief memo warning that a “small group of women allegedly were creating fictitious online dating profiles with the purpose of attracting and then doxxing law enforcement participating in immigration enforcement.”
“These profiles were incorporating imagery of a ‘traditional wife’ aesthetic and listing specific interests in an attempt to appeal to … individuals in law enforcement,” the memo continued. “The objective was to lure affiliated law enforcement personnel into an online or in-person interaction under the guise of a date, after which the individuals would be publicly exposed and doxed online. The tactic is intended to generate public embarrassment and deter immigration enforcement activity.”
The memo was obtained through a public records request by Property of the People, a government transparency non-profit. The ...