JS Online: More Criminals Trolling The Web

JS Online: More Criminals Trolling The Web

$68 million lost to fraud last year
By DAVID DOEGE
ddoege@journalsentinel.com
Posted: June 24, 2005

Like everything else about the Internet, cyber crime’s growth is exploding.

The number of Internet crime complaints in the nation last year climbed about 67% over the previous year, from 124,509 to 207,449, according to information from a clearinghouse set up by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.

The total loss from all reported cases of Internet fraud in 2004 was $68.14 million.

25 June, 2005 |

1 comment to “JS Online: More Criminals Trolling The Web”

Paul, June 25th, 2005 at 8:57 pm:

• The internet makes things easier…even crime. I bet the same thing happened with the autombile. All of a sudden it was easier to get away.

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