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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -

Virginians lost more than $11 million and West Virginians nearly $2 million to Internet scams in 2011.
    
The totals were reported Thursday by the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3. The Fairmont, W.Va., center said complaints nationally topped more than 300,000 and totaled more than a half-billion dollars in losses to individuals. The complaints were a 3.4 percent increase over the previous year. More than one-third of the complaints involved financial losses.
    
Officials acknowledged the complaints received by the center represent a small fraction of the Internet-based crime in the U.S.
    
The center received complaints of Internet-based crime that ranged from identity theft to romance-based appeals that often lead to requests for money.