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In 2025, the FBI's IC3 received 181,565 complaints involving cryptocurrency, with about $11.4 billion in reported losses. Source: FBI IC3 Annual Report
Resource library: official places you can trust
These are the real government sites for reporting crypto fraud and learning how scams work. Always type these addresses yourself or use these links. Scammers make fake look-alike "FBI" and "recovery" sites.
New: our free IC3 filing guide. What to gather, how to fill in the form, and where else to report. Like all our guides, it's free.
Report it
- WalletTies free IC3 filing guide: step by step, in plain English. Filing is free and there's no minimum loss.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): the main place to file a crypto scam report. Your WalletTies report is built to go here.
- FTC ReportFraud: report scams to the Federal Trade Commission.
- CFTC complaint form: for fake crypto trading or investment platforms.
- CFPB complaint form: for problems with a crypto exchange, bank, or payment app.
- Find your state attorney general: report to your own state. In Michigan, the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Team is at 877-765-8388 (online form).
- Your local police: a police report is often what an exchange asks for before it will act.
Learn more
- How to file an IC3 complaint (WalletTies, free)
- Scam types (WalletTies, free): how crypto scams actually get you.
- IC3 public service announcements: FBI warnings about current scams, including recovery scams.
- U.S. Secret Service cyber investigations
- Investor.gov (SEC): how investment fraud works and how to spot it.
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