FTC releases spotlight on the top ten text message scams

  • Fake bank security texts top the list
  • Fraud complaints doubled in 2022

FBI warns scammers are taking photos and videos from the Internet, using technology to make them sexually explicit, and then demanding money unless victims send either money or more explicit videos

FBI IC3 gives updated report on Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud

  • For December 2021 and December 2022 losses increased 17%
  • 277,918 incidents reported
  • Losses of $50,871,501
  • 27% increase in reports of  BEC involving real estate; losses up 72%
  • Also seeing increase where funds sent directly to a crypto exchange

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Diplomat charges that North Korea gets 50% of foreign currency from cyber attacks

FTC information about the new Inform Act; online sellers need to provide contact information about online sellers, and ways to report suspicious activity like counterfeit goods

Interpol warns of worldwide increase in scam call centers kidnapping workers after luring them in with fake jobs

Full report here