$BNB There has indeed been a major surge in crypto scams—across thefts, deepfake attacks, phishing, pig-butcher schemes, ATM fraud, and more. Here's a breakdown of what’s happening in 2025:

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📈 Overall Trends & Losses

In H1 2025 alone, $2.29 billion was stolen via crypto scams and hacks—already exceeding the total for all of 2024’s $1.98 billion .

Chainalysis reports thefts and hack losses for the first half of 2025 surpassed $2.17 billion, driven by a major ByBit "mega-heist" and India’s CoinDCX breach .

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🔍 Scam Types Rising Rapidly

1. Pig‑Butchering ("romance-investment") Scams

Accounted for 33% of crypto fraud in 2024 (part of a $12.4 billion total), and grew ~40% from 2023 .

Lost roughly $5.5 billion on Ethereum alone across 200,000 cases in 2024 .

Enabled by scam-service marketplaces like Huione facilitating long-term grooming and laundering .

2. AI‑powered Deepfake & Social Engineering Scams

Global losses to scam rings using deepfakes