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Online scams cost $485 million in U.S. in 2011: survey

WASHINGTON — Online scams including identity theft schemes, “advance fee” and “romance fraud” cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday. The Internet Crime Complaint Center annual report said the number of complaints about online fraud rose 3.4 percent to 314,246. The most…