加密騙局正在爆炸，導致財務損失不斷增長

它始於一條短信，似乎是針對別人的。賓夕法尼亞州居民埃德·海杜克（Ed Hayduk）回答。

A simple text message, seemingly a case of mistaken identity, kicked off a chain of events that would leave Ed Hayduk, a resident of Pennsylvania, in the lurch with a staggering $50,000 lost to a cryptocurrency scam.

一條簡單的短信似乎是一個錯誤的身份案例，開始了一系列事件，這將使賓夕法尼亞州的居民埃德·海杜克（Ed Hayduk）陷入困境，損失了一個驚人的50,000美元，損失了加密貨幣騙局。

As Hayduk described to CBS News Philadelphia, the text message, which he received in March, was part of a broader scam to defraud investors.

正如海杜克（Hayduk）向哥倫比亞廣播公司（CBS News Faradelphia）所描述的那樣，他在三月份收到的短信是對欺詐投資者的更廣泛騙局的一部分。

It started with a text message, seemingly meant for someone else. Ed Hayduk, a Pennsylvania resident, replied. Over the following weeks, he engaged in what he described to CBS News Philadelphia as a friendly conversation. Eventually, the sender convinced him to invest a small sum in a crypto wallet. Fake statements showing high returns persuaded Hayduk to invest more—ultimately totaling $50,000.

它始於一條短信，似乎是針對別人的。賓夕法尼亞州居民埃德·海杜克（Ed Hayduk）回答。在接下來的幾周中，他從事了他對CBS新聞費城的友好對話的描述。最終，發件人說服他在加密錢包中投入一小筆。偽造的聲明顯示高回報說服海杜克投資更多，總計為50,000美元。

Then, the person behind the messages disappeared.

然後，消息背後的人消失了。

In an alarming trend that continues to accelerate, cryptocurrency-related investment fraud is leading to growing financial losses, according to the FBI’s 2023 Cryptocurrency Fraud Report.

根據聯邦調查局（FBI）的2023年加密貨幣欺詐報告，與加密貨幣相關的投資欺詐的令人震驚的趨勢正在加速，與加密貨幣相關的投資欺詐行為正在增加。

The report highlights that while cryptocurrency-related complaints constitute about 10% of the total financial fraud complaints received by the FBI in 2023 (the most recent year for which complete data is available), they contribute to nearly half of the financial losses.

該報告強調，儘管加密貨幣相關的投訴約佔聯邦調查局在2023年收到的財務欺詐總投訴的10％（最近一年可獲得完整的數據），但它們造成了近一半的財務損失。

The agency estimates that over $5.6 billion was lost to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, an increase of more than 45% from the previous year. This concerning trend has continued into 2024, with the Federal Trade Commission reporting $5.7 billion in losses due to investment scams in the first quarter alone, the highest among all scam categories.

該機構估計，2023年的加密貨幣騙局損失了超過56億美元，比上一年增加了45％以上。這種有關趨勢一直持續到2024年，聯邦貿易委員會僅在第一季度就因投資騙局而造成了57億美元的損失，這是所有騙局中最高的。

CheapInsurance.com undertook an analysis of the FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report and the supplementary Cryptocurrency Fraud Report to shed light on how crypto-related crimes are causing the biggest financial losses.

cheapinsurance.com對聯邦調查局（FBI）的2023年互聯網犯罪報告和補充加密貨幣欺詐報告進行了分析，以闡明與加密相關的犯罪如何造成最大的財務損失。