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Cyber ​​Crime Uphill 3.4%


CALIFORNIA - Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to report, there were 314 thousand complaints regarding cyber crime in 2011. The figure was up 3.4 percent from a year earlier. Forms of cyber crime is reported to vary, ranging from identity theft and fraudulent use of personal information under the guise of romance.

 
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), is a partnership organization between the National White Collar Crime Center FBI in the United States Department of Justice (U.S.). Nationally, the average victim who filed the complaint has suffered losses ranging from USD4.187. So proclaimed Phys, Thursday (17/05/2012).


 
"Fraud is the most common identity theft, fraudulent transactions and shipping. Usually duped victims when making a transaction on one of the purchase, then the victim send money for goods that never came, "said one FBI official in Sacramento, and Bryan.


 
Head of IC3 William Hinerman said, "Cyber ​​crime is regarded as a much bigger problem than the numbers released. Nationally, many victims do not report it. We know there are tens of millions of computer users in the United States and all people who get the spam message. "


 
When merilisi statistics on cyber crime, Deputy Director of the IC3, Ken Brooks says satisfied with the increase in complaints - because, it means more and more Americans are aware about cyber crime. Not only that, they began to realize there is a place to report the incident.


 
California, a city of the highest level of complaints regarding cyber crime with the 34 169 complaints. Then followed by Florida, Texas, New York and Ohio.


 
However, overall, the city is nicknamed the Golden State at least has a better fate. Currently, California occupies position 13 in the United States related to cyber crime. U.S. states that reported cyber crime with a relatively high scale is Alaska, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Nevada and Colorado. Based on these calculations based on complaints per 100 thousand inhabitants,


 
In terms of financial loss, California was ranked last with a loss of USD14.73. This value is relatively small compared to the Washington DC who recorded a loss of USD1.119 per 100 thousand people.

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