Despite the constant warnings from law enforcement and highlighting red flags, scammers are only getting better at stealing money, according to a new report from the FBI.
This week, the FBI Denver office shared new data from 2024 showing scammers took $243,517,403 from Colorado victims in 2024, citing the latest FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report . That amount is $56 million more than 2023, according to the data. Across the country, more than $16 billion was taken from Americans.
News5 has talked with Lee Walters, a retired FBI agent who is the president of Excalibur Private Investigation, about how often people fall for scams and how easy it is for the scammer to trick people…