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The most money lost \u2014 $7.9 billion or nearly half of the reported losses \u2014 involved some form of investment scams in 2025, according to the FTC.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneytalksnews.com\/americans-lost-a-record-billion-to-scams-in-ftc-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemini \/ Google The billions of dollars lost to fraud just keep piling up. Crooks and con artists stole a record $15.9 billion in 2025 in a variety of scams \u2014 up from $12.5 billion in 2024, according to the latest data from the Federal Trade Commission. 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