Crypto impersonation scams grew 1,400% as AI supercharged fraud

August 11, 2026

By TNW Deals Impersonation scams grew more than 1,400% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis, with the average payment into those clusters rising more than 600%. Across all scam categories the average crypto payment climbed from $782 to $2,764. An attack class does not scale like that because more people are running it. It scales because […] This story continues at The Next Web

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