Some snippets from the Internet Crime Complaint Center 2012 Report released last week —

• Almost 290,000 complaints received
• Total Loss over $500 million
• 8.3% increase in total reported loss since 2011
• Average dollar loss for those reporting loss over $4,500
• 43% of complainants in 40 – 59 age group
• Top states by complaint count:

from Internet Complaint Center 2012 Report

• Top 5 countries filing complaints by count:

US
Canada
UK
Australia
India

• FBI Impersonation E-mail Scams — over 14,000 complaints totaling over $4.6 million in losses (40% more men reported complaints than women)
• Intimidation/Extortion Scams — over 8,000 complaints totaling almost $11 million in losses (60% more women reported complaints than men)
• Hit man scams continue (where emailer portrays him/herself as a hit man demanding money not to execute contract) — over 1,300 complaints.  Uptick in social media use in executing this scam

More on Internet Crime Complaint Center here.