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Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) releases 2025 data

  • 1 million complaints, all time high
  • 20 billion in losses, up 4 billion from 2024
  • Extortion of young men most reported fraud
  • Largest scam type was crypto romance fraud;$7.2 billion in losses
  • BEC fraud levels still increasing, as are romance frauds
  • Government impersonation frauds almost doubled
  • Lottery frauds increased significantly, losses almost double
  • Tech support frauds up 25%

VERY GOOD AND IMPORTANT!  Podcast with Erin West and two journalists on why and how Cambodia became a haven for scam compounds and crypto romance fraud (43m) Part 1 of 2

Indiana adopts new law banning Bitcoin ATM’s

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