FBI Reports Over $10 Billion in Losses From Online Scams in 2022

An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris, France, on March 16, 2013. AFP via Getty Images/Thomas Samson

Over $10 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2022—the highest number in the last five years. Over 480,000 Americans suffered financial losses.

Though the number of impacted scam victims increased only moderately (13,000 up from 2021), the accumulated financial losses expanded by $3 billion.