The FBI said on Wednesday that scammers had stole $ 1..6 billion dollars in 2021.
According to the annual report of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, it has identified 2023 to 33%. More than a quarter of the allegations have been reported Money was lost in a scandalOn average with more than 19,000 dollars.
“Almost all aspects of our life have become digitally connected, the attack surface of cyber actors has increased significantly,” the FBI’s Operation Director of Criminal and Cyber B Chad Yarbru said in a note.
The FBI said most of the losses occurred due to fraud, Ranswayawar was the largest threat to critical infrastructure in 2024, the FBI said. Complaints related to Ranswear have increased by 9%.
Experts say that the reported loss is probably an inherent of the actual amount of money lost to the scammers, as not all goals report this phenomenon to law enforcement or FBI.
Rich Bruun told CBS News that he never saw the faces of criminals who scandal him for $ 1.7 million in three months.
Instead, one day he works on his computer, a message claims that his information has been compromised and he claims that he was under investigation for “uploading illegal computer”.
“Contact this number, lock up your computer, don’t turn off your computer,” the message reads the message to CBS News.
The criminals agreed to open access to the Vietnam War elder for money wire and to clear the issues to clear the issues.
Brun has never recovered any money.
Scandal by the number of 2024
The age limit related to all complaints is not included, but in the age range of age, people over the age of 60 have filed the most, with more than 147,000 complaints. They also lost the money, the $ 1.8 billion, which was more than a quarter of the total loss reports reported in 2021 and increased by 5% compared to 2021.
The average loss among people over the age of 60 was $ 83,000, four times higher than the average overall loss in 2024.
People under the age of 20 may lose money to a scandal, reporting about $ 22.5 million in 2024 charges in 2024.
The FBI says the use of the Internet or other technologies involves fifty percent of the losses.
Scandal The FBI said the top cause of the loss was Racking more than $ 5.5 billion. Compromised business email and Scandal The leadership is $ 2.7 billion and the loss is more than $ 1.5 billion respectively Personal Data Violation The loss was over $ 1.4 billion dollars.
Romance scandal The list is sixth on the list, people have reportedly lost more than $ 672 million to these projects.
Residents of California have reported the most damage. Vermont is the state of the United States which is very low -reported damage. The North Marina Islands, the US region, reported the lowest losses in 2021.
When most of the funds lost Cryptocurrency Was used, the FBI said, then Wire transfer And credit or debit card.
“Cryptocurrency investors have become an persuasive way of being cheated, laundering and other illegal schemes,” said Yarbru. “
Scott McFarlen and Nicole Saganga contributed to this report.
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