Overview
- The FBI’s Internet Crime Report, released Tuesday, logged 1,008,597 complaints and $20.877 billion in losses for 2025, a 26% jump from 2024.
- Cryptocurrency-linked fraud accounted for $11.366 billion from 181,565 complaints, with fake investment platforms driving about $7.2 billion.
- People 60 and older suffered the steepest harm, filing 44,555 crypto complaints and losing $4.43 billion, with seniors often steered to crypto ATMs and QR code payments.
- The FBI counted 22,364 AI-related complaints tied to roughly $893 million, citing deepfakes, voice cloning, forged IDs, and hyper‑personalized messages.
- Investigators expanded countermeasures, with Operation Level Up warning more than 8,000 potential victims and preventing over $500 million as task forces pursue Southeast Asia–based scam networks.