“Investment fraud increased by 38% last year, causing confirmed losses of $4.57 billion.”
Reported losses hit $12.5 billion, up 22%, and crypto scams alone took $3.94 billion. Ransomware shows only $59.6 million because that figure counts reported payments, and companies don’t report. Business email compromise took $2.9 billion with plain fake invoices. The scary hacker is a rounding error next to the guy promising crypto returns to your grandparents.