According to CryptoSlate, citing an FBI warning issued on November 12, FaceStealer primarily leverages stolen real-person webcam videos combined with generative deepfake content to impersonate acquaintances via hijacked legitimate communication accounts. Targets are invited to fake Zoom or Teams meetings and then induced to install malicious programs under the guise of fixing audio issues or similar pretexts. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that the FBI has lawfully obtained over 900 victim webcam videos; this figure does not represent a count of 900 individual victims. The FBI recommends verifying meeting invitations through alternative channels and avoiding the execution of so-called fix scripts provided during meetings. The report adds operational and preventive details to a previously reported scam of the same nature rather than documenting a new wave of thefts.