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Watch out! Scammers are already taking advantage of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to register deceptive domain names and to send phishing emails

FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center 2022 fraud report

  • Losses reported more than doubled since 2020; $4.2 billion in 2020, $10.3 billion in 2022
  • BEC scams increasingly asking for crypto as payment
  • Investment frauds were top source of complaints; losses to that more than doubled from $1.4 billion in 2021 to $3.31 billion
  • Tech support and government impersonation both up sharply
  • Largest number of complaints from victims 30-39, though 60+ lost more money
  • ID theft, lottery fraud, counterfeit goods down somewhat
  • Phishing complaints were number 1 complaint topic
  • State by state breakdowns here

US and German authorities take down infrastructure of darkweb crypto money laundering mixer ChipMixer; had laundered €2.73 billion

France 24 TV:  Mafia Africa:  A dive into organized crime in France

Full report here