Profit-driven cybercriminals and nation-state adversaries alike can paralyze public and private entities. In 2023, IC3 received a record number of reported complaints from the American public, with an increase in potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion. To promote public awareness and as part of its prevention mission, the IC3 aggregates the submitted data and produces an annual report on the trends impacting the public, as well as routinely provides intelligence reports about trends.
The top five crimes were phishing, personal data breach, non-payment, extorsion, and tech support scams. See page 30 for definitions.
Seniors are often targeted, with those over the age of 60 being particularly susceptible to financial losses.
- Age 60+ with a reported loss of $3.4 Billion
- Age 59-50 with a reported loss of $1.7 Billion
- Age 49-40 with a reported loss of $1.5 Billion
- Age 39-30 with a reported loss of $1.2 Billion
- Age 29-20 with a reported loss of $360.7 Million
- Age 19 and under with a reported loss of $40.7 Million
The top 10 states in 2023 by complaints and losses differ slightly. The overall state statistics begin on page 24.
Rank Complaints Losses
1 CA CA
2 TX TX
3 FL FL
4 NY NY
5 OH NJ
6 AZ PA
7 PA IL
8 IL AZ
9 MI GA
10 WA WA