According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lost nearly $670 million to scams in 2019. More than 37,000 scams were reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB). While that number decreased from 2018, the median amount of money lost per scheme overall rose, to $160 per victim — and among victims of cryptocurrency scams alone, the median loss was $3,000. Thirty-five percent of people exposed to one of those scams last year lost money.