"Internet-enabled crimes and scams show no signs of letting up, according to data released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in its 2019 Internet Crime Report. The last calendar year saw both the highest number of complaints and the highest dollar losses reported since the center was established in May 2000.
IC3 received 467,361 complaints in 2019—an average of nearly 1,300 every day—
and recorded more than $3.5 billion in losses to individual and business victims.
The most frequently reported complaints were phishing and similar ploys,
non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion. The most financially costly
complaints involved business email compromise, romance or confidence fraud,
and spoofing, or mimicking the account of a person or vendor known to the victim
to gather personal or financial information.
Donna Gregory, the chief of IC3, said that in 2019 the center didn’t see an uptick in
new types of fraud but rather saw criminals deploying new tactics and techniques to
carry out existing scams.."
Internet crime
IC3 received 467,361 complaints in 2019—an average of nearly 1,300 every day—
and recorded more than $3.5 billion in losses to individual and business victims.
The most frequently reported complaints were phishing and similar ploys,
non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion. The most financially costly
complaints involved business email compromise, romance or confidence fraud,
and spoofing, or mimicking the account of a person or vendor known to the victim
to gather personal or financial information.
Donna Gregory, the chief of IC3, said that in 2019 the center didn’t see an uptick in
new types of fraud but rather saw criminals deploying new tactics and techniques to
carry out existing scams.."
Internet crime
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