US cryptocurrency scams cost individuals $9.3 billion... People over 60 are the hardest hit

News 1 reported that the number of individuals who fell victim to cryptocurrency scams in the United States last year reached 140,000. The damages amounted to $9.3 billion (approximately 1.324 trillion yen).
The Internet Crime Reporting Center (IC3), an organization under the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), released a report with this content on the 23rd.
According to the report, individuals aged 60 and above were the hardest hit by cryptocurrency scams.
The number of reports reached 33,000, and the damage amounted to approximately 2.8 billion dollars (approximately 400 billion yen).