加密骗局正在爆炸，导致财务损失不断增长

它始于一条短信，似乎是针对别人的。宾夕法尼亚州居民埃德·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.

一条简单的短信似乎是一个错误的身份案例，开始了一系列事件，这将使宾夕法尼亚州的居民埃德·海杜克（Ed Hayduk）陷入困境，损失了一个惊人的50,000美元，损失了加密货币骗局。

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）向哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News Faradelphia）所描述的那样，他在三月份收到的短信是对欺诈投资者的更广泛骗局的一部分。

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.

它始于一条短信，似乎是针对别人的。宾夕法尼亚州居民埃德·海杜克（Ed Hayduk）回答。在接下来的几周中，他从事了他对CBS新闻费城的友好对话的描述。最终，发件人说服他在加密钱包中投入一小笔。伪造的声明显示高回报说服海杜克投资更多，总计为50,000美元。

Then, the person behind the messages disappeared.

然后，消息背后的人消失了。

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.

根据联邦调查局（FBI）的2023年加密货币欺诈报告，与加密货币相关的投资欺诈的令人震惊的趋势正在加速，与加密货币相关的投资欺诈行为正在增加。

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.

该报告强调，尽管加密货币相关的投诉约占联邦调查局在2023年收到的财务欺诈总投诉的10％（最近一年可获得完整的数据），但它们造成了近一半的财务损失。

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.

该机构估计，2023年的加密货币骗局损失了超过56亿美元，比上一年增加了45％以上。这种有关趋势一直持续到2024年，联邦贸易委员会仅在第一季度就因投资骗局而造成了57亿美元的损失，这是所有骗局中最高的。

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对联邦调查局（FBI）的2023年互联网犯罪报告和补充加密货币欺诈报告进行了分析，以阐明与加密相关的犯罪如何造成最大的财务损失。