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Article: FBI'S INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER RELEASES 2006 STATISTICS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 16, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation issued the following press release:
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today released its annual Internet Fraud Crime Report. From January 1 through December 31, 2006, the center received 207,492 complaint submissions. These filings were composed of fraudulent and non-fraudulent complaints primarily related to the Internet and included many different fraud types to include auction fraud, non-delivery, and credit/debit card fraud, as well as non-fraudulent complaints, such as computer intrusions, spam/unsolicited email, and child pornography.
"This report demonstrates how widespread and sophisticated internet crime ...