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Americans Lost a Record $10.3 Billion to Online Scammers Last Year, FBI Says

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Americans Lost a Record $10.3 Billion to Online Scammers Last Year, FBI Says

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Americans’ losses to online scammers rose to $10.3 billion last year from $6.9 billion in 2021. Photo: Bryan Olin Dozier/Zuma Press
March 14, 2023 10:24 am ET
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Americans lost more than $10 billion to online scammers last year, new government data show, the highest level since the Federal Bureau of Investigation began tracking losses in 2000.

The FBI said its Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, recorded more than 800,000 complaints in 2022, or more than 2,000 complaints a day.

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