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>> Americans lost a record $10.3B to online scammers last year, FBI says I laugh a little at the language. What is the net loss? How many Americans have gain
by sandworm101 4y ago
>> Americans lost a record $10.3B to online scammers last year, FBI says
I laugh a little at the language. What is the net loss? How many Americans have gained money through online scams? If we want to talk about the impact to the economy, those dollars are not necessarily leaving the equation. Illegal market activity is still market activity.
- mrgriscom 4y agoI just had some fraudulent withdrawals on my bank account pretending to be paypal. They did the two sub-$1 authorization transactions, then took out $400 then "reversed" it by putting it back into my account... maybe to attract less suspicion and execute a larger fraud later?? Anyway, my bank reversed the withdrawals and I just got to keep the $400 the scammers deposited in.
- optimalsolver 4y agoWas that just the bank refunding you?
- optimalsolver 4y agoMost of these scammers are abroad (India, Africa, Eastern Europe), which is why these crimes are next to impossible to prosecute.
- notch898a 4y agoI thought wire fraud was extra-territorial. Didn't they get SBF that way?
- kube-system 4y agoThe FBI doesn’t measure economic activity, they measure crime.