Americans lost $10.3 billion to internet scams in 2022, FBI says

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Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide variety of internet scams last year, according to an FBI report released this month.

The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022.last year, according to an FBI report released this month.

The most highly reported crimes were phishing expeditions, with 300,497 victims reporting over $52 million in losses in 2022, according to the bureau. Phishing, defined as "the use of unsolicited email, text messages, and telephone calls purportedly from a legitimate company requesting personal, financial, and/or login credentials," is frequently successful because phishing emails will often resemble those from people victims know personally, prompting them to click on unsecured links.

By far, the most heavily targeted industry for ransomware attacks was the healthcare industry, followed by critical manufacturing' and government. Earlier this year, the Justice Department disrupted a ransomware gang called HIVE, which was responsible for 87 incidents targeting critical infrastructure, the report says.

 

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FBI IS FRAUD ALERT THEY HAVE BEEN STEALING MY WEALTH SINCE 93 .. I was born Jesus and Jesus turnt into GOD being left unanswered FBI SHOULD BE CLOSING DOWN IN THIS COUNTRY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

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Did they try looking in Ukraine?

In the meantime they’ll continue to waste time and money on politically motivated acts on behalf of the Biden Administration.

Does that $10.3 B include what😠scammed off all of his 'net schemes . None'd be surprised if he has his own scam category

Be smarter or have somebody help you with your money

Dont take any money action or personal information from emails period

Less than the money we have sent Ukraine for no good reason

Eiiya

Best guess at money sent to a former POTUS “fundraising”?

And 100 billion to Ukraine

They are constant ... Between social media, emails, calls, Trump's donation button and text messages we are pretty much constantly bombarded with scammers.

Some of those scams were Trump auto-donations.

Scams? They’re called criminals. If someone breaks into your house with a gun and steals your money, u call the police. A “scam” it’s your fault. Fucked up world we live in.

Investigate the Trump Family! They run most of the scams!!!!!

Wow!

How much did they lose to Ukraine?

Moral of story……Don’t be stupid, if it’s too good to be true it’s a scam.

Im still waiting for someone to stop mind controlling me with what could be a computer..

Marriage is a scam for the male.

Pffft, couldnt be me losing that much On an unrelated note, has anyone seen $10.3 billion dollars? I dropped it :(

Does that include Drumpf’s scam to his MAGAt’s?

BovadaOfficial Blackjack has been scamming me for years I agree

Support Ukraine is the first that comes to mind

So how does the FBI help out older folks getting scammed etc?

Thanks Biden

And a third of them were perpetuated by the FBI

Just in case anybody wonders why somebody would do such a thing.

No one in the FBI is trustworthy and they using this propaganda to censor stuff !! Stop the bs as the gig is up with you con artists !

We lost more to Zelensky

Good glad to hear that

MAGA needs to get better at using the internet.

MAGA Hats.

Internet scams? You mean Crypto?

Scam industry exponentially growing up

This is so sad and frustrating! We have to be so careful online and even then it's hard to avoid getting scammed.

The biggest internet scam was Sec. Yellen saying inflation is temporary. Thanks

How many people were jailed? FBI too busy going after parents at school board meetings? Too busy going after Trump ?

Like trump NFTs?

well ... you are the only country in the world with free money , so this is definitely going to happen. maybe talk to your indian coalition to stop scamming your elderly

How many of the scams were organized by the FBI?

Those caught scamming poor people should get life in prison, with no access to lube.

Americans lost triillions to a plandemic scam supported by the FBI.

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