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Please see this PSA for more information.\n\nIf you are approached by someone impersonating or claiming to work with IC3 or find a website impersonating the IC3, please file a complaint with the information. Be sure to include the website link in your complaint.\n\nThe Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is the central hub for reporting cyber-enabled crime. It is run by the FBI, the lead federal agency for investigating crime.\n\nFor more information about the IC3 and its mission, please see the About Us page.\n\nFile a Complaint with Us\n\nIf you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local police.\n\nThe IC3 focuses on collecting cyber-enabled crime. Crimes against children should be filed with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Other types of crimes, such as threats of terrorism, should be reported at tips.fbi.gov.\n\nFile A Complaint\nHow You Can Help\nTell us what happened.\n\nFile a report to share information with the FBI. 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Use the resources on this site to learn more about how to protect yourself and others from cybercrime.\n\nProtecting Our Digitally-connected World is a Top Priority and Focus of the FBI\nWe Need You\n\nBetween staying connected with family and friends, shopping and banking online, and working remotely, we all depend on security in our interconnected digital world. Criminals from every corner of the globe attack our digital systems on a near constant basis. They strike targets large and small \u2014 from corporate networks to personal smart phones. No one \u2014 and no device \u2014 is immune from the threat. The only way forward is together. In cyber security, where a single compromise can impact millions of people, there can be no weak links. Every organization and every individual needs to take smart, reasonable steps to protect their own devices and systems and to learn how to spot and avoid scams.\n\nChart includes loss data for the years 2020 to 2024. Over this time period, over $50 billion dollars were reported lost.\nFor more information, please read our most recent Annual Report:\nAnnual Report\nThe Information You Submit to IC3 Makes All the Difference\n\nCombined with other data, it allows the FBI to investigate reported crimes, track trends and threats, and, in some cases, even freeze stolen funds. Just as importantly, IC3 shares reports of crime throughout its vast network of FBI field offices and law enforcement partners, strengthening our nation\u2019s collective response both locally and nationally.\n\nDue to the massive number of complaints, we receive each year, IC3 cannot respond directly to every submission, but please know we take each report seriously. 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