[…] FBI: More Than $12 Billion Lost to Online Fraud in 2023 : American consumers and business owners lost a record $12.5 billion last year to online scammers, marking a 22% spike in cybercrime over 2022, according to the FBI. … The agency says it also received a record number of complaints about online crimes last year — 880,000 — a bump of nearly 10%. … Losses due to online investment scams top the FBI’s list of 2023 cybercrimes, costing Americans $4.57 billion last year, up 38% over the $3.31 billion lost in 2022. Next on the list — with a price tag of $2.9 billion — are bogus business emails, where bad actors compromise legitimate business accounts and trick unsuspecting consumers into sending money, sensitive data or both. Tech support scams rose 15%, making them the third costliest scam of the year, totaling nearly $1 billion. Losses due to ransomware climbed 74% in 2023, draining Americans of nearly $60 million. […]