The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported an increase in the number of complaints from 301,580 in 2017 to 351,000 in 2018, with losses exceeding $2.7 Billion.
Over the years of 2014 to 2018, IC3 received a total of 1,509,679 complaints and a total loss of $7.45 billion. Hot topics included Business Email Compromise (BEC), Payroll Diversion scam, tech support fraud and extortion.