Online fraud up over 20% per year, says FBI operation
 

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (I3C) has released its annual report of online misconduct, with 2007 showing a huge increase in the amount of money lost to theft.

Though the number of complaints has been steadily decreasing since its peak in 2005, the total losses were the highest yet at $239.09 million. This is an increase of $40.65 million over 2006, or about 20.5% year over year.
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*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Onli...n/1207595471)*

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