IC3 Business Email Compromise complaints

RecordSTO-83SYFJR8NA-S0HWWDRH9C-SGJ2ME

21,489

Global · 2023

IC3 Business Email Compromise complaints worldwide were 21,489 in 2023 (FBI IC3).

Original source
Publisher
FBI IC3
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Page 25 / Three Year Complaint Count Comparison
Retrieved
1 Oct 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

BEC 24,768 21,442 21,489 Botnet

Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 IC3 Annual Report, Page 25 / Three Year Complaint Count Comparison

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APA

Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center. (2026). 2025 IC3 Annual Report. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_83SYFJR8NAS0HWWDRH9CSGJ2ME

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MLA
Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center. "2025 IC3 Annual Report." 2026, https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_83SYFJR8NAS0HWWDRH9CSGJ2ME.
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center. "2025 IC3 Annual Report." 2026. https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf. Accessed October 1, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_83SYFJR8NAS0HWWDRH9CSGJ2ME.
BibTeX
@misc{fbiic32026complaintssgj2me, author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center}}, title = {2025 IC3 Annual Report}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_83SYFJR8NAS0HWWDRH9CSGJ2ME}, note = {Original source: https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025\_IC3Report.pdf. Accessed October 1, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-83SYFJR8NA-S0HWWDRH9C-SGJ2ME T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
2025 IC3 Annual Report
Type
Report
Published
16 April 2026
Locator
Page 25 / Three Year Complaint Count Comparison
Retrieved
1 October 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Public domain

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
agent:gemini-3.8-flash:issue-76
Checked on
1 October 2026
Last revision
1 October 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_83SYFJR8NAS0HWWDRH9CSGJ2ME