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The FBI has reported that around 19,000 victims of tech-support scams sent in complaints from January to June of this year with estimated losses of over $542 million. See: 19 Dangerous Scam Phone ...
And seniors are taking the brunt of it. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing ...
Many scammers create fake donation websites or make fraudulent pleas for help to separate you from your money. Before donating, vet the charity first to make sure it’s not a scam.
The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...
Cashback website. A cashback website is a type of reward website (often also available on a mobile app) that pays its members a percentage of the money that they spend when they purchase goods and services via its affiliate links. [1] [2] [3] [4]
However, the ease of which companies that carry out technical support scams can be launched makes it difficult to prevent tech support scams from taking place. [61] Major search engines such as Bing and Google have taken steps to restrict the promotion of fake technical support websites through keyword advertising.
Less than 20 minutes later, Fred—who asked his last name not be used to avoid attracting unwanted attention—had been robbed of more than $100,000 of Bitcoin, Ethereum and cash.
The unit maintains a website called Cyber Shield Alliance (www.leo.gov) [4] which provides access to cyber training and information for the public, and the means to report cyber incidents to the FBI. [3] The FBI reports that since 2002, they have seen an 80 percent increase in the number of computer intrusion investigations. [3]