FBI report finds crypto scams accounted for over $11B in losses in 2025

The FBI recently released its annual report on internet crime and found that cryptocurrency-related scams accounted for the most reported losses among all scam categories last year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints in 2025, up from 859,532 in 2024, with Americans’ reported losses nearing $21 billion last year. Crypto scams accounted for over half of the $20.877 billion total losses reported by IC3, with over $11.366 billion in losses described as being related to cryptocurrency. Additionally, there were 181,565 complaints described as being related to cryptocurrency out of the roughly 1 million complaints received last year….