Crypto scams in France: despite 5,000 banned entities, scammers are becoming more ingenious
In 2024, cryptocurrency scams cost the French around half a billion euros, with a notable increase in victims, from 1.2% in 2021 to 3.2% this year.
Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated techniques, including artificial intelligence, to steal identities and make their scams credible. Promises of extravagant returns are used as bait, as demonstrated by the "OmegaPro" case, where €268 million in criminal assets were seized.