The scams, some of which were fueled by AI, can be especially effective because they exploit the built-in authority and urgency people associate with institutions.

Crypto Scams and Senior Fraud Drive $21 Billion in 2025 Cyber Theft, FBI Reports ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO (WTVO) — Illinois ranked fifth in the nation for cyber crime complaints and eighth for total financial losses in 2025, ...

Nevada ranks third in the number of criminal cyber complaints filed in 2025, according to an annual report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a division of the FBI. The report said roughly ...

The FBI recently released its annual report on internet crime and found that cryptocurrency-related scams accounted for the ...

The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report shows cyber-enabled crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion, with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence-related complaints among the costliest.

Older Americans bore nearly 40% of all crypto fraud losses in 2025, as investment scams and crypto ATM fraud ran rampant.

The state logged 32,977 complaints last year, resulting in reported losses of $535 million, an increase from $479 million in ...