Transcription of 2020 Internet Crime Report
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1 2 2020 Internet Crime Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .. 3 About the Internet Crime Complaint IC3 History .. 5 The IC3 Role in Combating Cyber Crime .. 7 IC3 Core Functions .. 8 Hot Topics for 2020 .. 9 Business Email Compromise (BEC) .. 10 IC3 Recovery Asset Team (RAT) .. 11 RAT Successes .. 12 Tech Support Fraud .. 13 Ransomware .. 14 2020 Victims by Age Group .. 16 2020 - Top 20 International Victim Countries .. 17 2020 - Top 10 States by Number of Victims .. 18 2020 - Top 10 States by Victim Loss .. 18 2020 Crime Types .. 19 Last 3 Year Complaint Count Comparison .. 21 2020 Overall State Statistics .. 23 Appendix A: Definitions .. 27 Appendix B: Additional information about IC3 Data .. 30 3 INTRODUCTION Dear Reader, In 2020, while the American public was focused on protecting our families from a global pandemic and helping others in need, cyber criminals took advantage of an opportunity to profit from our dependence on technology to go on an Internet Crime spree.
(BEC) schemes continued to be the costliest: 19,369 complaints with an adjusted loss of approximately $1.8 billion. Phishing scams were also prominent: 241,342 complaints, with adjusted losses of over $54 million. The number of ransomware incidents also continues to rise, with 2,474 incidents reported in 2020.
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