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Pig butchering cost Americans $5.6 billion last year. The term, used by scammers to describe crypto investment schemes, was especially apt in 2023, as losses increased 45% over the 2022 totals ...

Crypto scams, including pig butchering, cost Americans $5.6 billion in 2023, according to a new report from the FBI. People over 60 are prime targets.

The impacts of these schemes are devastating. Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday. Scammers use elaborate tactics ...

In brief: The FBI says that fraudsters swindled over $5.6 billion from Americans last year via cryptocurrency-related schemes, a significant 45% increase from the already high losses in 2022.

Crypto scams ... $1.71 billion, while another $410.75 million was stolen through phishing attacks. Two incidents accounted ...

Cybercriminals and online scammers stole a record $16.6 billion last year, the FBI said Wednesday.

Consumers lost a whopping $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to the FBI's latest Cryptocurrency Fraud Report.

Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said.

Scammers stole a record $16.6 billion in 2024, the FBI said on Wednesday. That marked a 33% increase from 2023, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center's annual report.