Authorities warn that scammers are impersonating EU regulators as the MiCA regulatory deadline nears, targeting cryptocurrency users who may be trying to prepare for compliance. According to reporting carried by Yahoo Finance and Decrypt, the fraud involves criminals posing as regulators—specifically using identities linked to France’s regulator—and contacting customers who are described as “stranded” by the situation. The messages allegedly direct recipients to move assets, often toward counterfeit or fraudulent websites. France’s watchdog states that the impersonation includes claims that the regulator is in contact with affected customers, with the goal of convincing them to take actions that would enable theft or other fraud. The warnings emphasize that some targets are being lured through fake communications designed to look official. The reports do not indicate that the impersonation is limited to France alone, but they cite France’s watchdog as the source of the alert about impersonation of its staff. Users are effectively urged to be cautious about unsolicited regulator-like contact and to treat such claims as potentially fraudulent.