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US Better Business Bureau releases annual report on complaints to its Scam Tracker system
- Median dollars lost increased from $100 to $130
- Crypto romance frauds top the list
- Employment scams second; romance scams third
- Online shopping falls out of the top 3 for the first time
- Publisher’s Clearinghouse most impersonated organization
- Top platform or hearing from scammers was Facebook, at 57%
- 45% of scams involved crypto
FTC announces plans for National Consumer Protection Week March 2-8
Canada’s Fraud Protection Month in March focusses on impersonation fraud