FBI reports $20 billion in U.S. cybercrime losses in 2025, with AI-powered scams on the rise
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Mary Barron
17d ago· 2 min readenNews
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The FBI reports that Americans lost over $20 billion to cybercrime in 2025, with AI-powered scams playing a growing and significant role. The Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 22,000 complaints involving AI-related scams, resulting in over $893 million in losses. Investment scams remain the biggest threat, and FBI officials note that AI is making scams harder to detect and easier to scale.
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Artificial intelligence is making scams harder to spot and easier to scale, and the FBI says the financial toll is climbing fast.
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