In 2018, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) also received 20,373 BEC-related complaints, which is up from 15,690 complaints in 2017. Aggregate losses from internet-enabled theft, fraud, and exploitation reached $2.7 BILLION in 2018, and losses from BEC scams accounted for almost one-half of this figure. The FBI also said in a July 2018 public service announcement that, Based On The Financial Data, Banks Located In CHINA AND HONG KONG Were The Primary Destinations Of Fraudulent Funds, while financial institutions in the UK, MEXICO, AND TURKEY Were Also Prominent Destinations.

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