{"id":575,"date":"2011-02-25T16:14:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-02-25T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:38:02","slug":"ic3-reports-25000-scam-complaints-per-month-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/2011\/02\/ic3-reports-25000-scam-complaints-per-month-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"IC3 Reports 25,000 Scam Complaints per Month in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic3.gov\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-602\" title=\"ic3-468x60\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ic3-468x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ic3-468x60.jpg 468w, https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ic3-468x60-300x38.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)\u00c2\u00a0received its two-millionth complaint in 2010 -\u00c2\u00a0IC3 receives and processes 25,000 complaints per month and 2010 was it&#8217;s second highest year (slightly down from 2009) for scam reports. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/media\/annualreport\/2010_IC3Report.pdf\">Annual IC<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/media\/annualreport\/2010_IC3Report.pdf\">3 Report for 2010<\/a> has just been released and makes fascinating reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The most common victim complaints in 2010 were non-delivery of payment\/merchandise, scams impersonating the FBI\u00c2\u00a0 and identity theft.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0Victims of these crimes reported losing hundreds of millions of dollars.\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: MinionPro-Regular;\">Historically, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/Auctions-index.php\">Auction Fraud<\/a> has been the leading complaint reported by victims, with a high of 71.2 percent of all referrals in 2004. However, in 2010, Auction Fraud accounts for only\u00c2\u00a010 percent of referrals. This demonstrates the growing diversification of crimes related to the Internet. The steady decline in the total number of complaints and referrals of auction fraud over the last several years has altered the top complaint.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<pre>1.  Non-delivery Payment\/Merchandise         21.6%\n2.  Identity Theft                           16.6%\n3.  Auction Fraud                            10.1%\n4.  Credit Card Fraud                         9.3%\n5.  Miscellaneous Fraud                       7.7%\n6.  Computer Crimes                           6.1%\n7.  Advance Fee Fraud                         4.1%\n8.  Spam                                      4.0%\n9.  Overpayment Fraud                         3.6%\n10. FBI-Related Scams                         3.4%<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic3.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)<\/em><\/a><em> is\u00c2\u00a0a vital resource for victims of online crime. It serves as a conduit for law enforcement to<br \/>\nshare information and pursue cases that often span jurisdictional boundaries. IC3 was founded in 2000 as a joint effort between the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)\/Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 2009, NW3C developed the state-of-the-art Internet Complaint Search and Investigation System (ICSIS), which fosters seamless collaboration among law enforcement from multiple jurisdictions. Expert IC3 analysts also provide key analytical and case support.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)\u00c2\u00a0received its two-millionth complaint in 2010 -\u00c2\u00a0IC3 receives and processes 25,000 complaints per month and 2010 was it&#8217;s second highest year (slightly down from 2009) for scam reports. The Annual IC3 Report for 2010 has just been released and makes fascinating reading. The most common victim complaints in 2010 were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}