Crypto Impersonation Scams Grew 1,400% as AI Supercharged Fraud
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Crypto impersonation scams grew 1,400% as AI supercharged fraud
Impersonation scams grew more than 1,400% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis, with the average payment into those clusters rising more than 600%. Across all scam categories the average crypto payment climbed from $782 to $2,764. An attack class does not scale like that because more people are running it. It scales because […] This story continues at The Next Web
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AI-Powered Crypto Scams Generate 4.5 Times More Revenue
Artificial intelligence is making cryptocurrency scams cheaper to operate and easier to scale, with AI-enabled fraud increasingly helping criminals generate significantly higher revenues. According to Chainalysis, impersonation fraud increased by more than 1,400% in 2025, while at least $14 billion flowed into cryptocurrency scams during the year. The figure could eventually exceed $17 billion as […] The post AI-Powered Crypto Scams Generate 4.5…
AI-Powered Crypto Scams Are Making 4.5 Times More Money
Artificial intelligence is making cryptocurrency scams cheaper to operate and easier to scale, with impersonation fraud rising more than 1,400% in 2025. Chainalysis estimates that at least $14 billion flowed into crypto scams during the year and projects the total could eventually exceed $17 billion as more illicit wallets are identified. The average scam payment also climbed from $782 in 2024 to $2,764 in 2025, while payments linked to imperson…
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