As internet-related crimes become more common than ever, online criminals have successfully defrauded billions of dollars from people throughout 2021.
of the FBI Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3) annual report; concluded that victims lost $6.9 billion as a result of various successful online scams.
Last year, there were 847,376 record internet crime complaints, representing a 7% increase over 2020. However, this figure is also higher than 2019. 81% higher; which makes sense given that the pandemic has significantly impacted the amount of people targeted. For this purpose, including those who hold their meetings virtually; Those working from home were especially the focus of malicious scammers.
IC3, that this has led to the new Business Email Settlement (BEC) and Email Account Settlement (EAC) schemes becoming more common; It said it was an attempt to “abuse this trust in virtual meetings to instruct victims to send fake bank transfers.” The report approximates exactly how this particular method outperformed the victims. 2.4 billion dollars announced that he had
Other types of crime that contributed to the aforementioned $6.9 billion figure in 2021 included:
- Confidence fraud/love – $956,039,739
- Enterprise data breach – $151,568,225
- Credit card fraud – $172,998,385
- State impersonation – $142,643,253
- Investment – $1.45 billion
- Personal data breach – $517,021,289
- Real estate/rent – $350,328,166
- Fraud – $82,169,806
- Technical support – $347,657,432