On April 6 the FBI released its 2025 Internet Crime Report, showing a 26% increase in reported financial loss over 2024 due to online crime. This report illustrates several opportunities to reduce scams and consumer […continue]
According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report, the most costly consumer scams in America are cryptocurrency investment frauds, with almost $4 billion per year in reported losses. Given that most experts […continue]
Increasingly, scammers–especially those in India–are shifting from making outbound spoofed calls using Voice over IP to making scam calls from prepaid SIM cards loaded onto SIM boxes inside the U.S. Tech support fraudsters are also […continue]
The Fraud Victim Rights Organization (FVRO) seeks to educate law enforcement officials and public policy makers about the best strategies for stopping consumer fraud. SUMMARY The TRACED Act requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to […continue]
On December 30, 2024 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Q3, 2024 traceback data. This information illustrates four important points for policy makers. The emerging trend toward making outbound scam calls using prepaid SIM cards […continue]
On September 30, 2024 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Q2, 2024 traceback data. This information illustrates three important points for policy makers. There appears to be an emerging trend toward making outbound scam calls […continue]
Today the White House approved partial sanctions against the government of Cambodia for failing to close so-called “pig butchering” scam call centers that use indentured slaves to defraud Americans of billions of dollars per year. […continue]
This bill will promote use of existing Federal grant funding to support local, State, and tribal police in investigating financial fraud. Local, State, and tribal police play a critical role in the fight against fraud […continue]
In January 2024, the Fraud Victim Rights Organization filed two complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding voice service providers who registered with the FCC using the names and addresses of real people in […continue]
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Cambodian Senator and business tycoon Ly Yong Phat for his, “role in serious human rights abuse related to the treatment of trafficked workers subjected […continue]
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