In fact, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center found that Americans lost a whopping $57 million to phishing schemes in 2019 alone.
Scammers launch thousands of phishing scams every day, and they’re often successful at stealing personal information from targets, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). And, unfortunately, plenty of email phishing scams today are more sophisticated than the older varieties that would directly ask for your banking information.
Scammers can use your email to target you directly.
Scammers launch thousands of phishing scams every day.