In 2022, individuals aged 60 and older in the United States lost more than 990 million U.S. dollars in online investment fraud. This was the cyber crime type causing the most significant monetary damage to the victims over 60 years. Cryptocurrency scams ranked second, causing the victims around 828 million U.S. dollar in losses. Tech support scams followed third, registering nearly 588 million U.S. dollar losses n the examined year.
Monetary losses of cybercrime victims among individuals over 60 years in the United States in 2022, by type of crime
(in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Monetary loss in million U.S. dollars
Investment
990.24
Cryptocurrency
827.63
Tech Support
587.83
Confidence/Romance
419.76
Business e-mail compromise (BEC) - potential business victimization**
369.77
Cryptocurrency wallet
260.7
Government Impersonation
136.5
Real Estate
135.24
Personal Data Breach
127.73
Business e-mail compromise (BEC) - personal victimization**
based on cases reported to the IC3, wider industry metrics may vary
Supplementary notes
*Cryptocurrency and Cryptocurrency wallet s relate to the medium or tool used to facilitate the crime and are used by the IC3 for tracking purposes only.
**Regarding BEC losses: A whole number is given to depict the overall victim count and is then broken out into separate counts to identify when a Victim over 60 may be reporting victimization on behalf of a business or personally.
Ransomware adjusted losses do not include estimates of lost business, time, wages, files, equipment, or any third-party remediation services acquired by a victim. In some cases, victims do not report any loss amount to the FBI, thereby creating an artificially low overall ransomware loss rate. Lastly, the number only represents what victims report to the FBI via the IC3 and does not account for victims directly reporting to FBI field offices/agents.
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