Internet Crime Complaint Center
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Sep 23, 2026
Mike BlissGUEST
They'll immediately try to send it to the FBI.
Mike BlissGUEST
They'll report it to IC3.
Mike BlissGUEST
One of them told me, oh, we put it into IC3.
Mike BlissGUEST
We still haven't heard anything back.
Mike BlissGUEST
And I'm like, you probably won't.
speaker_1HOST
You need that paper trail to prove to the banks and the courts that a crime occurred.
speaker_0HOST
And you should also file a report online with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3.
speaker_1HOST
Fourth, speak with a legitimate real estate attorney in your area.
speaker_1HOST
Because this involves the legal ownership of your home in the master filing cabinet, you want a professional guiding you through the court process to invalidate the fraudulent document.
Tracy BrinkmannHOST
And here we are in 2026.
Tracy BrinkmannHOST
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3, received over a million cybercrime complaints in 2025, in that year, which was up from 859,000 in 2024, the year before.
Tracy BrinkmannHOST
And here's a stat that should stop every one of you AI entrepreneurs out there cold in your tracks.
Tracy BrinkmannHOST
AI enabled scams generated four and a half times more revenue per operation than traditional scams.
Alan PaceHOST
In most cases, opening an account took a name and an email address, and even the FBI has taken notice.
Alan PaceHOST
In April of this year, the Internet Crimes Complaint Center released its 2025 report.
Alan PaceHOST
And for the first time in its roughly 25-year history, it included a section on artificial intelligence.
Alan PaceHOST
More than 22,000 complaints tied to AI and close to $893 million in reported losses.
Keegan BillingsHOST
The FBI warned that scammers were impersonating law enforcement officers and government officials to dupe people into giving up money and personal information.
Keegan BillingsHOST
The FBI said almost 61,000 complaints regarding such impersonation scams were reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center between January 2025 and July of 2026.
Keegan BillingsHOST
Those losses from these complaints totaled over $1.6 billion.
Keegan BillingsHOST
That's according to the FBI.
Teresa PaytonGUEST
You know, the FTC has taken a pretty strong stand.
Teresa PaytonGUEST
And if you see something that looks criminal, you can report it to the FBI at IC3.gov. and say, there's a link here, and this looks criminal, somebody's gonna get hurt.
Teresa PaytonGUEST
There is a desk that reads every report filed on ic3.gov,
Bethany MandelHOST
every one.
Hannah SmithHOST
Anywho, at this point, a lot of the customers who have not received refunds are gathering together to report her to the Better Business Bureau.
Hannah SmithHOST
And a few days later, someone posts on the thread that they have made a complaint to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Hannah SmithHOST
And other people say, I'm going to do that too.
Hannah SmithHOST
So now you have all of these knitters reporting Danielle to the FBI saying, Now, I could not figure out if the FBI actually looked into this.
Chad RychlewskiGUEST
There's a whole chapter on that where we go into some of the different federal, state, local folks that you could contact.
Chad RychlewskiGUEST
Like IC3 is one of them.
Chad RychlewskiGUEST
There's a website that you can go to.
Chad RychlewskiGUEST
I'm just going to say it and be frank.
Richard BirdGUEST
Like we're not basing it on actual losses.
Richard BirdGUEST
In fact, in 2025, for the first time ever in history, cyber insurance premiums went down and the FBI IC3 hit a brand new record.
Richard BirdGUEST
Like there is no insurance market in the world where losses go up and premiums go down at all.
Richard BirdGUEST
That defies mathematics.
Maria AvgitidisHOST
You have to find a way to report it to the FBI.
Maria AvgitidisHOST
IC3.gov, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, is the right place to file a report.
Maria AvgitidisHOST
We've done it on behalf of you, but you also have to do it.
Maria AvgitidisHOST
Report it to the FTC.
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