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Article: Report: Internet crime up.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
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- Law Enforcement Technology
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that losses due to Internet crime between 2006 and 2007 represent a $40 million increase in a single year. IC3 received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were referred to law enforcement around the nation, amounting to nearly $240 million in reported losses. Internet auction fraud ...