New Yorkers and people across the nation are being victimized by a plethora of scams.
The Federal Trade Commission reported impostor scams cost New Yorkers almost $600 million between 2022 and 2023.
Across the country, investment scams have caught more people than any other. Scammers cashing in on the cryptocurrency craze took around $4 billion from people in the U.S. in 2022, double the amount people were scammed out of in 2021.