US Treasury's FinCEN says scammers tried to steal an average of $301M per month via business email compromise scams in 2018, up from $110M per month in 2016 (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
US Treasury's FinCEN says scammers tried to steal an average of $301M per month via business email compromise scams in 2018, up from $110M per month in 2016  —  The frequency of business email compromise (BEC) scams has increased year over year and so did the value of attempted thefts …

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