#CryptoScamSurge

🚨 Brutal increase in crypto scams in 2025

What is happening?

So far in 2025, the number of cryptocurrency scams has skyrocketed, and they are more sophisticated than ever. Criminals are using artificial intelligence (AI), emotional deception, and increasingly difficult-to-detect phishing techniques.

🔥 The most serious:

Over $2.5 billion lost to scams and hacks this year.

The Bybit hack alone resulted in losses of $1.5 billion.

“Pig Butchering” scams (when someone pretends to fall in love with you or become your friend for weeks only to scam you with fake crypto investments) have grown by 40%.

🧠 How do they do it?

Type of scam Description

Pig Butchering They impersonate friends or partners, then convince you to invest in fake platforms.

Deepfakes They use fake videos or audios of influencers or celebrities to promote scam tokens.

Phishing and fake contracts They send you links that look real, but if you connect your wallet… they drain it.

Pump & Dump They artificially inflate the price of a token, sell it, and let it crash.

Crypto ATMs They force victims (especially the elderly) to send money using crypto ATMs.