26224ab4184a136f282-29f 20230225054027550 beie:beie director@blueeyesintelligence.org WEB-FORM International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) IJRTE 22773878 10.35940/ijrte.2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/ 03 30 2023 11 6 Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity, College of Health Science and Technology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, USA Trang Thi Thu Horn https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0399-4517 Dr. Mahmoud Yousef https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1153-620X Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity, College of Health Science and Technology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, USA Since its existence in December 2019, COVID-19 has significantly impacted different sectors of the economy in both the physical and digital worlds. In cyberspace, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the cybercrime landscape. In this study, we focus on data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the West North Central (Division 4) region. Data was collected for each state for different types of crimes and was divided into various age groups. Non-payment and non-delivery have the highest number of victims compared to other types of crimes. Moreover, over the past five years, the over-60 age group had the highest number of victims in Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Minnesota. However, the number of elderly cybercrime victims ranked second compared to other age groups in Iowa and Nebraska and third in North Dakota. 03 30 2023 59 64 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true No, we did not receive. No conflicts of interest to the best of our knowledge. No, the article does not require ethical approval and consent to participate with evidence. The research utilized publicly available data provided by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Trang Thi Thu Horn and Dr. Mahmoud Yousef developed the topic. Trang T. Horn performed the computation of data and wrote the manuscripts. Dr. Yousef supervised, reviewed the finding of the work, and provided feedback and suggestions as needed. Both authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript. 10.35940/ijrte.F7491.0311623 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/F74910311623/