{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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Americans reported nearly $18 billion in losses last year.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T13:46:23.162Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-27T11:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T13:46:23.162Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":50,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"One outlet provided a full report; 21 others provided digests, limiting corroboration of specific details.","critic":"The full report provided specific figures and attributed claims to named individuals and bodies.","hype":"Headlines use strong language like 'bilk Americans out of billions' and 'devastating consequences'."}},"tags":["#Cybercrime","#USGovernment","#Fraud","#Investigation","#ConsumerProtection"],"entities":["U.S. Congress","FBI","Federal Trade Commission","U.S. Secret Service","Maggie Hassan","Don Beyer"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["A U.S. congressional investigation concluded the government's response to cyberscams is fragmented.","Federal agencies do not have a unified system for tracking money seized from overseas scam operations or returned to victims.","Americans reported nearly $18 billion in cyberfraud losses to the FBI last year.","The report calls for a unified federal strategy and greater private sector engagement to combat scams."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A U.S. congressional investigation has found that the government's efforts to combat a surge in cyberscams are fragmented. The investigation, led by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, also found that federal agencies lack a unified accounting of money seized from overseas scam compounds or returned to victims."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Americans reported nearly $18 billion in cyberfraud losses to the FBI last year. In 2025, the FBI returned $336 million to scam victims. The Federal Trade Commission returned $1.83 billion to fraud victims in fiscal year 2025, and the U.S. Secret Service returned more than $770 million in seized assets in fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The report noted that the money returned represents only a fraction of total losses."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on reporting scope"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Washington Top News reported that the U.S. State Department said foreign law enforcement agencies it supports had seized proceeds in the low hundreds of millions of dollars, but directed Congress to ask other departments for details. The State Department also stated it has the necessary tools to combat the threat internationally. However, the report also expressed concern that U.S. State Department cutbacks eliminated an anti-scam program in Bangladesh. Other reports did not detail the State Department's specific contributions or its stated capacity to combat scams."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mention the U.S. State Department's cutbacks that eliminated an anti-scam program in Bangladesh, a detail included in the Washington Top News full report. The right-rated digests also do not mention the Aspen Institute's Kate Griffin's statement that the U.S. still lacks 'durable, sustainable scam prevention' and that reduced victimization is not yet apparent."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Independent (US)","url":"https://the-independent.com/news/world/americas/americans-stolen-money-cyberscams-us-response-b3074292.html","headline":"Why it's so hard for Americans to get stolen money back despite surge in seizures","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T16:29:05.000Z"},{"sourceName":"BizToc","url":"https://biztoc.com/x/a977e4db81db5ec4","headline":"Global cyberscams bilk Americans out of billions. A fragmented US response means few get money back","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T15:25:13.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Record","url":"https://troyrecord.com/2026/10/27/global-scams-congress-response","headline":"Global cyberscams bilk Americans out of billions. 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