美国联邦贸易委员会将社交媒体和加密货币标记为“易燃的欺诈组合”，2021 年所有与加密货币相关的诈骗中将近一半来自社交媒体平台。
周五出版，报告 发现全年有多达 10 亿美元的加密货币被骗子损失，比 2020 年增加了五倍多，比 2018 年增加了近 60 倍。
新分析发现消费者报告损失超过 10 亿美元#加密货币 自 2021 年以来的诈骗。消费者报告的大部分损失都是由于虚假的加密货币投资诈骗：https://t.co/MYGTcaw1aS#DataSpotlight /1
— 联邦贸易委员会 (@FTC)2022 年 6 月 3 日
截至 3 月 31 日，丢失的加密货币数量已经接近 2021 年数字的一半，表明这一势头似乎并未放缓。
FTC 发现 Instagram (32%)、Facebook (26%)、WhatsApp (9%) 和 Telegram (7%) 是用于加密诈骗的顶级平台。
有趣的是，尽管充斥着垃圾邮件和诈骗机器人，但并未提及被加密社区广泛采用的社交媒体平台 Twitter 兜售假加密赠品 .
根据 FTC 消费者哨兵网络的欺诈报告，最常见的加密骗局类型是投资相关欺诈，占 10 亿美元总额中的 5.75 亿美元。
“这些骗局经常错误地向潜在投资者承诺，他们可以通过投资他们的加密货币计划获得巨额回报，但人们报告说他们失去了他们‘投资’的所有资金。”
根据美国联邦贸易委员会的说法，常见的投资骗局包括所谓的“投资经理”联系消费者，承诺增加他们的资金——但前提是消费者购买加密货币并将其转移到他们的在线账户中。
其他方法包括冒充名人 谁可以乘以消费者发送给他们或承诺免费现金或加密货币的任何加密货币。
FTC 还列出了涉及投资假艺术品、宝石和稀有硬币、虚假投资研讨会和建议以及其他杂项投资骗局的骗局，作为该组的一部分。
下一个最大的与加密货币诈骗相关的损失来自浪漫诈骗，金额为 1.85 亿美元，其中一个恋爱对象试图引诱某人投资 在加密骗局中。
商业和政府冒充诈骗以 1.33 亿美元的总额位居第三，诈骗者以消费者为目标，声称他们的钱因欺诈或政府调查而面临风险。
“这些骗局可能始于关于据称未经授权的亚马逊购买的文本，或者看起来像来自微软的安全警报的令人震惊的在线弹出窗口。据报道，人们从那里得知欺诈行为很严重，他们的钱有风险。”
然后骗子会假装是银行代表来保护该人的加密货币。
在其他情况下，据报道，骗子冒充边境巡逻人员告诉人们他们的法定账户已被冻结，作为贩毒调查的一部分。这些骗子告诉人们保护他们的钱的唯一方法是将其加密。他们被指示取出现金并将其存入加密货币 ATM，然后被诱骗将其发送到诈骗者的钱包地址。
该报告发现，20-49 岁的人最有可能将加密货币丢失给骗子，其中 30 多岁的人受害最重，占报告的欺诈损失总数的 35%。
加密货币丢失的金额根据年龄组而上升，70 多岁的人报告的加密货币损失中位数高达 11,708 美元，而 18 岁和 19 岁的人仅为 1,000 美元。
关于 FTC 消费者建议的文章网站 详细介绍了避免加密货币诈骗的多种方法：
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