{"id":465590,"date":"2025-02-15T01:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T01:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=465590"},"modified":"2025-02-15T00:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T00:18:47","slug":"crypto-scammers-net-over-9b-in-2024-as-ai-supercharges-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-scammers-net-over-9b-in-2024-as-ai-supercharges-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto scammers net over $9B in 2024 as AI supercharges fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malicious actors stole roughly $9.9 billion from the crypto ecosystem last year \u2014 the lowest amount since 2021, according to a recent\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/chainalysis\/\">Chainalysis<\/a><\/strong> report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm added that the figure is expected to rise to $12.4 billion as more fraudulent addresses are identified.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the report warned that AI-powered fraud techniques and the professionalization of the scam ecosystem are driving illicit activity to unprecedented levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>AI supercharging crypto fraud<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generative AI has significantly lowered barriers for scammers, enabling them to create compelling synthetic identities, fake investment schemes, and deepfake-driven scams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report revealed that 85% of scams involve fully verified accounts that bypass traditional identity verification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elad Fouks, head of fraud products at Chainalysis, said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;GenAI is amplifying scams by making fraud more scalable, cost-effective, and harder to detect. It allows criminals to impersonate real users, generate fake content, and orchestrate elaborate investment scams.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Huione Guarantee platform, a peer-to-peer black-market hub, has become a key enabler of AI-driven scams. It offers illicit services like AI-generated identities, deepfake voice technology, and synthetic verification tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-chain data shows a pattern where payments to Huione's AI software vendors spike just days before major pig butchering scams see inflows. This indicates that fraudsters reinvest illicit gains into AI tools to fuel future schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The rise of pig butchering and HYIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among various fraudulent schemes, high-yield investment scams (HYIS) and pig butchering scams accounted for most illicit crypto flows, receiving 50.2% and 33.2% of scam revenue, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While inflows to HYIS schemes dropped 36.6% year-over-year, pig butchering scams surged nearly 40%, reflecting a growing trend of romance and investment fraud targeting unsuspecting victims. These operations, which often originate in large scam compounds in Southeast Asia, have expanded globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pig butchering is a scam method that lures victims into investing in a fake crypto scheme. The bad actors convince the unsuspecting investor to progressively allocate more money with fake promises and then steal the amount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December 2024, Nigerian authorities arrested 48 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals for running a crypto investment scam targeting victims in Europe and the Americas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Interpol disrupted global scam networks, including an operation in Namibia, where 88 trafficked youths were forced into crypto fraud in June 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Scams are evolving<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, fraudsters have diversified their methods, shifting from long-term investment scams to quick-hit job frauds, where victims unknowingly send crypto deposits disguised as fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eric Heintz, global analyst at International Justice Mission (IJM), said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;These scams are particularly insidious because they prey on job seekers, especially those desperate for work.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As scammers refine their techniques, Huione is expanding its financial infrastructure. 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