Americans lost over $10,000,000,000 to online scammers last year

New 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

Cop pulls over man for speeding, livestreams the encounter on Tik Tok - revealing ID info

Unbelievable. He wasn't speeding and was using cruise control when he was pulled over. Cop lets him go with a verbal warning. Turns out the cop was live-streaming on Tik Tok and showed the guy's drivers license. A little later he receives a message on Facebook that tracked him from the Tik Tok feed.

The guy filed a complaint with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, the investigation resulted in the officer being suspended for two days without pay. Now the guy is suing for emotional distress, invasion of privacy, etc.

A two day suspension? That's a firing offense IMO, to violate someone's privacy like that. Either management didn't think it was worth firing over, or the union blocked it.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/