sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported

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Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported

sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates that online scams cost Americans almost $150 billion last year – seven times...

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and if we exclude obvious scams?

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