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FTC fraud data. I’ve covered the annual fraud data from the Internet Crime Complaint Center, and also data from Australia. I expected the FTC to release its compilation of fraud data for 2024, but I’ve not seen that. Sources report that even though the FTC has done this every year since 2008, it is not doing a fraud data book this year. Sad to see. Of course the FTC has its tableau site where one can find data, but it is not nearly as easy to get the big picture. In my view this is a loss for the public.
Reviews and recommendation” We went to see Operation Hail Mary, at a local movie theater — and it is just excellent. Written by Andy Weir, author of The Martian, it is very much a crowd pleaser, with stellar reviews — and no politics at all. Sure to be one of the best movies of the year. And its worth seeing it in a theater on a big screen.
