FBI saved victims $285m from crypto scams: report

The Federal Office of Investigation of the United States said it helped save around $ 285 million that the victims would have lost against cryptocurrency scams.

According to a report Published on February 13, the FBI underlined an initiative nicknamed “Operation Level Up” as having seen the police help the potential victims of “the pork butcher saving millions of dollars in cryptographic fraudsters.

This initiative managed to save around $ 285 million that victims of “fraud in cryptocurrency investment” would have lost.

“The level of the level is a proactive initiative to identify and inform victims of investment fraud in cryptocurrency. Using sophisticated techniques, the FBI identifies the victims who are actively fraud and intervene quickly by calling these victims directly, “the FBI wrote in the report.

In January 2025, FBI efforts saw the agency, contact more than 4,300 people, potential victims who have almost lost hard money. Those who have been informed of the scams during cryptography and helped include a person who was about to invest $ 1 million and another who planned to sell their house for $ 500,000.

The intervention of the FBI has seen the individuals fall from investments, saving themselves from potentially enormous losses. In November, the FBI said that it was investigating a Cryptographic romance scam of $ 5 million.

According to the report, the public must note that the crooks are highly qualified and experienced professionals.

The most likely to become the prey of fraudulent regimes are those aged 30 to 60, experienced investors and technology assets that are considering the next investment jewel. In addition to social media, the crooks travel the ecosystem of targets via text messages, investment groups, networking websites and dating websites. Most people realize that they are victims after losing money.

In 2023, for example, the FBI recorded complaints that reached $ 3.9 billion in money lost in investment fraud linked to crypto. Although the figure is important, the authorities say that the sub-declaration means that it could be much higher.

The FBI says that it receives around 3,200 complaints related to cryptographic scams each month.

A way to avoid falling victim is to “fight». This means stopping for a while to consider the offer. An assessment will probably note the “false sense of emergency” that criminals are trying to paint.