FBI warned immigration authorities about fake tradwife dating profiles

The FBI warned immigration officers internally that a group of women were creating fake online dating profiles with tradwife aesthetics to lure and dox them.

The FBI’s Chicago field office distributed a memo in February warning the country’s law enforcement agencies that a small group of women were creating the fake accounts in January targeting immigration authorities.

The dating profiles were “incorporating imagery of a ‘traditional wife’ aesthetic and listing specific interests in an attempt to appeal to an individuals in law enforcement,” according to the memo.

“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 memo reads. “The tactic is intended to generate public embarrassment and deter immigration enforcement activity.”

NBC News was provided the memo by Property of the People, a nonprofit organization focused on government transparency, which obtained it through a state open records request. The memo was first reported by The Guardian.

The FBI confirmed the authenticity of the memo to NBC News.

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