300,000

Number of consumer complaints logged by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center nationally in 2017, with $1.4 billion in reported losses. The center logged its 4 millionth complaint that year.

21,887

Florida victims of cyber-crime, second only to California

$47.3 million

Amount reaped by cyber-criminals based in Florida, who were third in the nation in total criminal haul

$110.6 million

Floridians’ losses to cyber-criminals. As the third most populous state, Florida is roughly the third most fertile field for cyber-crime in the nation.

 

Top Cyber-Crimes
(by number of Florida victims)

Crime	Victims
Non-payment/non-delivery	6,236
Personal data breach	2,484
Identity theft	1,789
Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming	1,602
Overpayment	1,504

 

Top Cyber-Crimes
(By Florida victim loss)

Crime	Victim Loss
Business email compromise/email account compromise	$62.7 million
Confidence	13.2 million
Non-payment/non-delivery	9.6 million
Real estate/rental	5.7 million
Personal data breach	5.2 million
Corportate data breach	5.1 million

 

Florida Victims
(by age)

Age	Complaints	Loss
Under 20	589	$379,944
20-29	2,619	4.9 million
30-39	3,159	11.1 million
40-49	3,516	16.1 million
50-59	3,389	23.3 million
Over 60	4,285	28.9 million

Source: FBI internet Crime Report, 2017

 

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