According to PANews, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its 2024 report, revealing a significant increase in cryptocurrency-related scams affecting the elderly in the United States. The report indicates that individuals aged 60 and older filed 33,369 complaints related to cryptocurrency scams, resulting in losses totaling $2.84 billion. This figure represents more than 30% of the total $9.3 billion lost to cryptocurrency scams throughout the year.
Overall, IC3 received 149,686 cryptocurrency-related complaints in 2024, representing a 66% increase compared to the previous year. The report highlights investment scams and fraud at cryptocurrency ATMs as the main methods used by perpetrators, with losses amounting to $5.8 billion and $247 million, respectively.