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Online scammers swindled people out of a record amount of money in 2024, according to a newly released report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 said Wednesday in its "2024 ...

Scammers and cybercriminals stole a record total of $16.6 billion from Americans in 2024, marking a 33% increase in losses from 2023, the FBI said in a new report on April 23. The report released by ...

the state ranked #22 in the number of complaints received by the public $146 million in losses were reported in South Carolina in 2024, an increase of $27 million from 2023 people age 60 and over ...

The FBI warns that scammers impersonating FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) employees offer to "help" fraud victims recover money lost to other scammers. Over the last two years, between ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its latest annual report, according to a press release yesterday. The 2024 Internet Crime Report combines ...

In its 2024 Internet Crime Report, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, reported a staggering $9.3 billion in losses attributed to cryptocurrency-related scams—a 66% increase from the ...

Although the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received fewer complaints in 2024 than in 2023, financial losses were up 33% annually to $16.6 billion, according to its annual report ...