I had shame, I had guilt, I thought, 'how could I be so naive?'"Ī four-time scam victim, Hampton is a walking cautionary tale. "I spent two years being homeless because of this," said Henderson resident Terri Hampton. In Nevada, newly released data from the FBI and Federal Trade Commission shows 9,090 victims lost $127,315,394 to online scams last year. "I'm college educated, I'm smart, and I remember coming out of this and going, how the did I get here?!" mused Orlando, Florida resident Rebecca D'Antonio.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Victims nationwide have unwittingly helped online scammers set a new record: bilking Americans out of $10.3 billion in 2022.