Alabama residents who fell victim to online scams have lost more money on average over the past year when compared to Americans in the remaining 49 states, according to a new study by VPNPro.
VPN experts conducted the study by using FBI data tracking total monetary losses experienced due to cybercrime. That total was then scaled against the number of victims in each state to determine the areas with the highest impacts.
Alabama ranked in the top spot for highest losses per person over the last 12 months, tallying an average of about $50,600 lost per victim, which is significantly higher than the national average of $18,300.
The study showed 4,893 people in Alabama reported being victims of cybercrime over the past year.
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The second state most impacted by online scams was New York, which reported a total of 25,112 cybercrime incidents in the past year and an average loss of $30,900 per victim.
Massachusetts was…
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