2024 Internet Crime Report
Cited in 2 Likelier entries (2 risks, 0 decisions).
Used in 2 entries
For each citing entry, the verbatim excerpt and Likelier's calculation notes (how the source's number was converted to the lifetime-probability framing) are shown below. Click through to read the full claim ledger.
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Over 140,000 cryptocurrency-related complaints in 2024, totaling approximately $9.3 billion in losses; individuals over 60 filed ~33,000 complaints with $2.8B in losses
“"The IC3 received more than 140,000 complaints referencing cryptocurrency in 2024, resulting in roughly $9.3 billion in losses."”
Calculation notes
FBI IC3 captures reported crypto fraud losses in the US: more than 140,000 cryptocurrency-related complaints in 2024 totaling roughly $9.3B, of which individuals over 60 accounted for about 33,000 complaints and $2.8B. These are reported losses only; actual losses are likely higher since many victims never file. They span investment scams, romance scams with crypto payment, and other fraud where cryptocurrency was the payment method. This is an aggregate dollar figure, not a per-holder loss rate — the losses are highly concentrated among the minority of holders who are victimized, so it cannot be turned into a probability that a given holder suffers a total loss.
Source date: 2025-04-23 · Accessed: 2026-04-19
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859,532 internet crime complaints received in 2024, of which 256,256 involved a reported monetary loss; total reported losses of $16.6 billion, a 33% increase over 2023
“"IC3 received 859,532 cybercrime complaints in 2024, of which 256,256 complaints involved actual losses."”
Calculation notes
IC3 is a separate federal complaint channel from the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network (cited above); both are complaint-based floors, not full-population surveys. Used in the body text as a second, independent federal data point corroborating the scale of reported fraud/cybercrime losses; not used in the native/normalized lifetime-probability calculation, which relies on the AARP measured-prevalence figure and the FTC per-year hazard rate.
Independence note: FBI IC3 complaint data is methodologically independent from both the FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and the AARP survey panel; some victims report to more than one channel, so the two complaint counts are not additive.
Source date: 2025-04-23 · Accessed: 2026-07-03
