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FBI s Internet Crime Complaint Center hits 6 million complaints
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and last updated 2021-05-19 23:34:44-04
TAMPA, Fla. â Online criminals are staying busy during the pandemic.
The FBI reports its Internet Crime Complaint Center logged its six millionth complaint on May 15. The center saw complaints increase nearly 70 percent between 2019 and 2020.
âThe cyber actors have absolutely taken every advantage of that opportunity to increase the number of people that theyâre targeting which is why I think weâre seeing an increase again across the board of all different types of fraud schemes and internet crimes,â said FBI Special Agent Andrew Sekela.