Crypto exchange Bitget has warned that fraud targeting digital asset investors is becoming more sophisticated as criminals combine artificial intelligence, social engineering and phishing tactics to steal funds.
The warning comes in Bitget’s Anti-Scam Report 2026, prepared with blockchain security firm SlowMist. The report marks the third edition of Bitget’s Annual Anti-Scam Month campaign and examines how scammers are adapting as more investors spread their money across cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, stocks and AI-powered financial platforms.
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How are crypto scams changing?
According to the report, fraud schemes no longer rely on a single trick. Instead, scammers guide victims through several stages designed to build trust before stealing their assets.
The process often begins on social media or messaging apps, where victims are contacted by fake investment advisers or online communities. They are then directed to phishing websites, fraudulent investment platforms or malicious wallet transactions that appear legitimate.
Bitget Research said investor behaviour has also changed significantly. By mid-2025, more than 10% of Bitget users were trading across two or more asset classes, compared with less than 1% before that shift. The report argues that criminals have quickly adjusted their tactics to target users managing multiple types of investments.
Bitget reports stronger security efforts
Between July 2025 and June 2026, the exchange said it blocked more than 150 million malicious requests, identified over 13,000 high-risk IP addresses and handled 18,135 user protection cases. It also helped recover about $32.3 million linked to fraud and other security incidents.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said security risks continue to evolve as users expand into crypto, tokenized assets, stocks and AI-powered financial products, making awareness an important part of protecting investors.
Which scams are becoming more common?
The report identifies several growing threats, including AI-generated investment personas, deepfake videos, voice cloning attacks, fake investment communities, phishing campaigns, malicious smart contracts and wallet-draining schemes.
It also reviews recent fraud cases involving a deepfake video of Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, an AI-powered investment scam targeting Swedish investors, the Truman Show fake investment community and the Rublevka Team wallet-draining operation uncovered earlier in 2026.
In related news, Binance said its AI-powered security measures stopped more than $10.5 billion in potential user losses from scams and fraud between January 2025 and March 2026. The company reported that these systems protected over 5.4 million users by using more than 24 AI projects and 100 internal models to fight large-scale crypto fraud.
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