2008 Annual Report on Internet Crime from the FBI
and National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

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The Justice Department's and FBI's 2008 Annual Report on Internet Crime.

The number of complaints received rose 33% in 2008 compared to the prior year.: 275,284 (2008) compared to 206,884 (2007).

Other noteworthy date include:

• Non-delivered merchandise or payment was the the most reported offense
• The highest median losses included check fraud ($3,000), confidence schemes ($2,000), and Nigerian letter fraud ($1,650)
• More than 77% of the perpetrators were male
• Over 50% of the perpetrators live in California, New York, Florida, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Washington State
• While at least 66% of reported perpetrators were in the U.S., a sizeable number were also in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada, China, and South Africa
• 74% of the fraud occurred via e-mail, and 28.9% via web pages
• Men lost more money than women: a ration of $1.69 versus $1.00
• Roughly one-third (1/3) of the complainants resided in California, Florida, Texas, and New York

You can read the complete FBI and U.S. Department of Justice cybercrime report below: