WSJ: How Much Do You Know About Cyber Scams? Take the Journal’s Quiz.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The cyber scammers are still stealing your money, and, in many cases, they seem to be getting better at their chosen field, according to recently released data from the FBI.

The 2024 Internet Crime Report is the latest edition of an annual report on cybercrime scams reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It combines information from 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime and details reported losses exceeding $16 billion. 

How much do you know about the latest scams? Test yourself on our quiz.

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1. By how much did financial losses to cybercrime rise in 2024 from 2023? 

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2. Which age group suffered the most losses from all types of cyber fraud?

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Poland’s soaring economy sets stage for tight presidential race as US, EU watch closely

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

Poland is going to vote in a presidential runoff Sunday. The country is one of the few economic success stories in Europe. 

Its economy is growing far faster than some of the larger economies. It grew 2.9% last year, eclipsing 2.8% growth in the U.S. And it slammed Europe’s three largest economies with minus 0.2% growth for Germany and plus 1.1% for both in France and the U.K. 

Poland's economy has grown 11 times larger since 1986, almost twice as fast as the U.S. did over the same period.

"The last year or two has seen a boom, and it's getting publicity," Mateusz Urban, a senior economist at Oxford Economics in Warsaw, Poland, told FOX Business earlier this year. "There really is a European tiger right at Germany’s door." Read more here.

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LIVERPOOL: TRAGEDY INSTEAD OF JOY.. @REALCONSTABLE @BATCHELORSHOW

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#FRANCE: PLUM TREES RIPENING. @REALCONSTABLE @BATCHELORSHOW

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EU. DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN RETHINKING NUKE POWER. @REALCONSTABLE @BATCHELORSHOW

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FRANCE: NUCLEAR POWER FLEET. @REALCONSTABLE @BATCHELORSHOW

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FOX News Digital: Denmark rethinks nuclear ban after Spain-Portugal blackout exposes green energy vulnerability

By SIMON CONSTABLE

FRANCE: After four decades of Denmark’s ban on nuclear power, the country is now considering reversing its anti-atomic stance. And that move may be part of a big change in how electricity gets generated in Europe. 

The Danes took note of the massive power outage last month that cut off electricity for the whole of Spain and neighboring Portugal plus some of southern France. The problem was that there was no reliable base power such as nuclear energy running on the grid at the time. Instead, those countries had to rely on frequently unstable renewable energy, such as solar and wind. 

Yet when the blackout arrived, Spain’s Prime Minister categorically ruled out an overreliance on solar and other renewable energy as a reason for the grid crashing. Still increasing numbers of people don’t see it that way. Read more here. 

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