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2. Surge in fraud for those 60 or older costs them billions, FBI ...

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   The FBI's elder fraud report was compiled by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which found that complaints filed by victims over the age of 60 rose 11% from 2022 with 101,068 complainants ...

3. ‘Phantom hackers’ are targeting people across the US. What ...

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   In the first half of 2023, 19,000 complaints were filed with the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, according to the release. The estimated loss from the reported scams totaled over $542 million.

4. How to protect yourself and loved ones against ‘grandparent ...

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   In 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 101,000 complaints by people 60 and over about a wide array of scams, according to an annual report.

5. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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   Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance. [1] Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and ...

6. Internet Crime Complaint Center - Wikipedia

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   The Internet Crime Complaint Center ( IC3) is a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity. The IC3 gives victims a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations on the Internet.

7. FBI Cyber Division - Wikipedia

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   FBI Cyber Division. The Cyber Division ( CyD) is a Federal Bureau of Investigation division which heads the national effort to investigate and prosecute internet crimes, including "cyber based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber fraud." This division of the FBI uses the information it gathers during investigation to ...

8. A record $12.5 billion in online scams were reported to the ...

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   A record $12.5 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2023, fueled by a surge in cryptocurrency investment fraud, the bureau said in a report released Wednesday.

9. Older Americans are losing thousands of dollars to cybercrime ...

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   At least 101,000 Americans ages 60 and older were victims of digital fraud last year, with the average person losing $33,915, according to a new report from the FBI.. The biggest dollar-amount ...