“In 2022, investment scam losses were the most (common or dollar amount) scheme reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3),” the FBI shared in its 2022 Internet Crime Report. This category includes crypto-investment scams such as liquidity mining, celebrity impersonation, “pig butchering“, and many more. Business email compromise (BEC) scams are overall the second most financially destructive, followed by tech support scams and personal data breaches. 2022 Internet Crime Report: Additional findings The number … More
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