11 ways to protect yourself from fraud and scammers
The world is full of con artists who relentlessly seek to steal your money. And now they’re using AI to create convincing fake websites, emails, texts, audio and video for their scams.
TL;DR
- Con artists are leveraging AI for sophisticated scams.
- AI is used to create fake websites, emails, texts, audio, and video.
- Fraud losses reported to the FTC reached a record $15.9 billion in 2025.
- This represents a 27 percent increase from the previous year.
- Investment scams, romance scams, crypto scams, and impostor scams are key drivers of the increase.