According to Chainalysis, crypto scam losses reached a record $17 billion in 2025, with AI-enabled tools and impersonation schemes identified as the primary drivers, underscoring elevated fraud risk for market participants (Chainalysis).

According to @CoinMarketCap, the platform will never initiate direct messages and any DM asking for funds is a scam (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Nov 16, 2025). According to @CoinMarketCap, users must verify identities before sending any funds to protect trading capital and wallet balances (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Nov 16, 2025). According to @CoinMarketCap, traders should treat unsolicited DMs as fraudulent and follow SAFU practices to avoid losses that could disrupt trading activity (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Nov 16, 2025).