🧩 Scam Ecosystem Professionalization & Illicit Markets
Scam networks are now highly organized: centralized marketplaces like Huione Guarantee provide infrastructure—AI tools, hosting, laundering, victim data—to criminal groups. Vendors processed over $375M in scam‑related transactions in 2024 alone.
What it means
Scam operations are run like businesses with specialized support services.
AI vendors showed ~1900% growth since 2021.
Visual: Marketplace storefront, toolkit icons (AI, lists), money flow arrows.
