高中英语外刊阅读60篇（2022第一期）

美国每年因互联网犯罪的损失巨大，最近又出现了与疫情相关的新型诈骗方式。本文节选自： The Wall Street Journal（2021.03.19） Americans Are Losing Billions Due To Internet Crime The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2020 Internet Crime Report which found that 2020 was a record year for both victims of internet crime and dollar losses in the United States. 791,790 complaints were logged by IC3 in the last calendar year with total losses amounting to $4.2 billion. The most frequent internet crimes recorded in 2020 were phishing, non-payment/non-delivery scams and extortion. Business Email Compromise schemes were the costliest internet crimes last year with adjusted losses of $1.8 billion. 2020 was notable for the emergence of schemes exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic with both indi‐ viduals and businesses targeted. Some 28,500 complaints were received relating to Covid-19 scams with most of them aimed at the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). They mainly involved grant fraud, loan fraud, and phishing for Personally Identifiable Information. In many cases, victims did not realise they had been targeted until they attempted to file their own legiti‐ mate claims for unemployment insurance benefits. Another growing problem throughout the pandemic has been criminals impersonating government representatives over the phone, via email and through social media. Through charades and threats, they managed to gain both money and personal information. Scams have also emerged as the pace of vaccina‐ tions accelerated where people have been asked to pay for jabs out of pocket or to provide personal infor‐ mation in exchange for appointments. 第一篇 美国每年因网络犯罪损失数十亿美元1 1 英语外刊阅读 美国联邦调查局的互联网犯罪投诉中心发布了 2020年互联网犯罪报告，报告发现 2020年美国 互联网犯罪的受害者数量和损失金额都创下了记录。上年，互联网犯罪投诉中心共记录了 791790 起投诉，总损失达 42亿美元。 2020年记录到的最频繁的互联网犯罪是网络钓鱼、非支付/非配送诈骗和敲诈。商业电子邮件 篡改诈骗是去年损失最高的互联网犯罪，调整后损失达 18亿美元。 值得注意的是，2020年出现了利用新冠肺炎疫情的诈骗，个人和企业都是其作案目标。（相关部 门）大约收到了 28500份关于新冠诈骗的投诉，大部分诈骗的目标都是《新冠病毒援助、救济和经济 安全法》。 它们主要涉及补助金欺诈、贷款欺诈和个人身份信息