FBI: U.S. cybercrime losses reached nearly $21 billion in 2025

Summary

The FBI says U.S. victims reported nearly $21 billion in cyber-enabled crime losses in 2025, up 26% year over year. IC3 complaints exceeded 1 million; AI-related scams accounted for $893 million in reported losses.

Key points

• The FBI reported nearly $21 billion in U.S. cyber-enabled crime losses in 2025, 26% more than in 2024; IC3 received over 1 million complaints.
• Investment fraud accounted for 49% of scam incidents and $8.6 billion in losses; cryptocurrency-related crimes caused more than $11 billion in reported losses.
• The FBI’s first reported tally of AI-related scams included 22,300 complaints and $893 million in losses; reported methods included voice cloning, fake profiles, forged documents, and deepfake videos.
• People over 60 reported $7.7 billion in losses, a 37% increase from the previous year.
• The FBI initiated 3,900 Financial Fraud Kill Chain interventions and froze $679 million of the $1.16 billion targeted by attackers.
• Through Operation Level Up, the FBI notified 3,780 cryptocurrency investment-fraud victims; 78% reportedly did not know they were being scammed.
• The FBI advised verifying urgent requests before sending money or data and reporting suspected incidents to ic3[.]gov.

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