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Read moreInvestment fraud overtakes business email compromise as most reported fraud
Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: FBI Tags: IC3 Tags: 2022 Tags: report Tags: investment fraud Tags: crypto-investment fraud Tags: pig butchering Tags: hacked socail media According to the FBI’s annual report, investment fraud overtook business email compromise as the most reported and most damaging type of fraud in 2022. |
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