Cache Me If You Can | The FBI’s Latest Internet Crime Report

For the last 25 years, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has collected reports from victims of online scams, and its latest annual report found that Internet-based fraud shows no signs of slowing down.

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Sources:

• IC3 Turns 20 [FBI]
• Internet Crime Complaint Center Marks 20 Years [FBI]
• Avoid Scams: Online Sales and Auction Fraud [Secret Service]
• FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report [FBI]
• Internet Crime Report 2024 [FBI]
• List of U.S. states and territories by population [Wiki]
• Operation Level-Up: How the FBI Is Saving Victims from Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud [FBI]
• International Cybercrime Malware Service Dismantled by Federal Authorities: Key Malware Sales and Support Actors in Malta and Nigeria Charged in Federal Indictments [DOJ]
• IC3.gov
• Cybercriminals and scammers stole a record $16B in 2024, new FBI report says [USA Today]
• FBI says online scams raked in $16.6 billion last year [NBC News]
• Scammers stole $16.6 billion from victims last year [Axios]
• Cybercrime losses up to $16 billion in 2024, FBI says in annual report on Internet crimes [UPI]

Column | Scam losses hit almost $17 billion. The fix is bigger than self-help. [Washington Post]