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FBI IC3 2024 Internet Crime Report
governmentThis official FBI report provides empirical baseline data on real-world harms from cyber-enabled fraud, including AI-assisted scams; relevant to AI governance and deployment risk discussions as evidence of societal impact from misuse of AI tools.
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Summary
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2024 Annual Report documents $16.6 billion in losses from cybercrime and cyber-enabled fraud in the United States, representing the highest recorded figure in the IC3's history. The report analyzes complaint volumes, crime typologies, victim demographics, and geographic distribution, with dedicated sections on elder fraud and cryptocurrency-related crimes. It serves as a primary federal data source on the scale and nature of internet-facilitated criminal activity.
Key Points
- •$16.6 billion in reported losses from cybercrime in 2024, the highest annual figure recorded by the IC3 since its founding in 2000.
- •Cryptocurrency is increasingly central to fraud schemes, used for both payment facilitation and as a vector for investment scams and pig butchering.
- •Elder fraud remains a disproportionate harm, with older victims suffering higher average losses than other demographic groups.
- •AI-enabled threats including voice cloning and deepfakes are emerging as significant tools for social engineering and impersonation scams.
- •The IC3 functions as the primary federal intake mechanism for public internet crime complaints, informing FBI investigations and policy priorities.
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FED E RA L BU R EAU OF I NVES TIG ATION 2
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2024 BY THE NUMBERS ......................................................................................................................... 4
IC3’s ROLE IN COMBATTING CYBER CRIME ......................................................................................... 5
IC3 CORE FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 6
IC3 COMPLAINT STATISTICS ................................................................................................................. 7
PAST FIVE YEARS .................................................................................................................................. 7
2024 COMPLAINTS BY AGE GROUP ................................................................................................... 8
2024 CRIME TYPES ............................................................................................................................... 9
CYBER-ENABLED FRAUD................................................................................................................... 11
CYBER THREATS ................................................................................................................................. 12
IC3 RECOVERY ASSET TEAM ……….................................................................................................... 13
POSITIVE IMPACT ............................................................................................................................... 14
INTERNATIONAL COMPLAINT COUNTRIES....................................................................................... 16
TOP 10 STATES ................................................................................................................................... 17
THREE YEAR COMPLAINT COUNT COMPARISON ............................................................................ 18
OVERALL STATE STATISTICS .............................................................................................................. 20
CRIME TYPES BY AGE GROUPS ......................................................................................................... 24
2024 IC3 ELDER FRAUD....................................................................................................................... 26
COMPLAINTS FILED BY INDIVIDUALS 60+ ........................................................................................ 27
CRIME TYPES REPORTED BY 60+ ...................................................................................................... 28
THREE YEAR COMPARISON ...............................................................................................................
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