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Feb 24, 2023 · The 2022 headline is this: scammers took a LOT of money. The latest FTC data book says people reported losing $8.8 billion to scams. That’s $2.6 billion more than 2021. Except the number of reports are down by half a million (2022: 2.4 million reports. 2021: 2.9 million reports). Here are some highlights from 2022:
Mar 22, 2023 · Within those complaints, cryptocurrency investment fraud rose from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 billion in 2022, with the most targeted age group reporting this type of scam being 30-49.
Mar 13, 2023 · The revelation was part of an annual report produced by the FBI. The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022. Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide variety of internet scams last year ...
- Luke Barr
Aug 14, 2024 · Highest losses through cybercrime in the United States in 2023, by state (in million U.S. dollars) U.S. cyber crime victims 2023, by age. Number of cyber crime victims in the United States in 2023 ...
Newly released Federal Trade Commission data shows that consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30 percent over the previous year. Consumers reported losing more money to investment scams—more than $3.8 billion—than any other category in 2022.
Apr 4, 2024 · In 2023, the IC3 received a record number of complaints from the American public: 880,418 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion, which is nearly a 10% increase in complaints and ...
Oct 18, 2023 · Introduction. According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers in this country lost nearly $8.8 billion to a wide variety of online, phone call initiated, and in-person scams in 2022 alone – via phishing attacks, Ponzi schemes, identity and credit card theft, investment scams, online shopping scams, romance fraud, sextortion, and other deceptive activities.
