The number of individuals under age 21 reporting that they've been victims of cyber-fraud has surged 156% over the last three years, a study shows.
Online-scam complaints from the under-21 crowd to the FBI reached about 23,200 last year, up from 9,000 in 2017.
Being ultra-tech-savvy apparently isn't enough to protect you from online scams, a new report suggests. "It is alarming," said David McClellan, president of Social Catfish. "The generation we think of as being the most savvy with the internet ... is where the numbers are growing the fastest when it comes to scams."
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