ICE agents looking for love online were warned by the FBI to be careful about who they matched with. The reason was unusual: fake “tradwife” profiles.
An internal FBI memo reveals that immigration officers were warned earlier this year about women allegedly creating dating profiles designed specifically to attract people working in law enforcement.
The profiles reportedly leaned into the “traditional wife” aesthetic, the online trend built around conventional gender roles, homemaking and domestic life.
But finding a husband apparently wasn’t the idea.
The FBI said the alleged plan was to get immigration officers talking online or convince them to meet in person, work out who they were and then expose their identities on the internet.
In other words, the date was supposed to be bait.
The warning came from the FBI’s Chicago field office in February and was circulated to law enforcement agencies around the country.
According to the memo, a “small group of women” had allegedly begun creating the profiles in January.
They weren’t just using the tradwife look. The FBI said the accounts listed particular interests in an attempt to make themselves more attractive to people in law enforcement.
Once contact was made, the officer could then be identified and doxxed.
The bureau believed the aim was to embarrass immigration personnel publicly and discourage them from taking part in enforcement operations.
The FBI memo doesn’t say which dating apps were being used. It doesn’t identify the women allegedly behind the accounts or even say where they were based.
It also doesn’t provide an example of an ICE agent who actually fell for one.
The FBI itself cautioned that the information was “not finally evaluated intelligence.”
2026-09-20 01:02:00
