CBP warns against phone scam by fake Border Patrol agents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is repeating a warning about a phone scam "targeting residents nationwide to gain personal information that would bypass financial security protocols."

The agency said in a post to X on Sunday that scammers are posing as CBP officers and Border Patrol agents while promising money for information or threatening that law enforcement is on the way. 

The social media post directed to a previous warning from November that followed a "spike of phone calls...