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thewayneNew report from the FBI says we set another record, up from $6.9B in '21, with crypto investment fraud nearly tripled.
The FBI operates the Internet Crime Complaint Center where people can report such activity, they logged 800,000 calls last year, or 2,000 A DAY. Phishing lead in complains at 300,000.
Wall Street Journal article, may be paywalled:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-lost-a-record-10-3-billion-to-online-scammers-last-year-fbi-says-274d6139
https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/03/15/1435247/americans-lost-a-record-103-billion-to-online-scammers-last-year-fbi-says
The FBI operates the Internet Crime Complaint Center where people can report such activity, they logged 800,000 calls last year, or 2,000 A DAY. Phishing lead in complains at 300,000.
Wall Street Journal article, may be paywalled:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-lost-a-record-10-3-billion-to-online-scammers-last-year-fbi-says-274d6139
https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/03/15/1435247/americans-lost-a-record-103-billion-to-online-scammers-last-year-fbi-says
