由 jpichiban Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:30:01 GMT
区块链研究公司Chainalysis警告称，随着网络犯罪分子利用人工智能并变得更加有组织，去年加密货币欺诈收入估计已达到创纪录水平，其中所谓的“杀猪盘”骗局激增。该公司在周四发布的一份报告中表示，根据其初步估计，2024年与诈骗相关的加密货币钱包收到了99亿美元的加密货币。随着Chainalysis识别出更多的诈骗钱包，预计2024年的数字将增长至创纪录的124亿美元。Chainalysis补充说，自2020年以来，其年度诈骗活动估计在年度报告期间平均增长了24%。根据其2024年的报告，诈骗收入增加的一个主要原因是“杀猪盘”骗局的普遍增加。
“杀猪盘”是一种投资或恋爱骗局，诈骗者通过社交媒体或约会应用程序与受害者建立关系，意图通过虚假的投资机会骗取他们的钱财。“杀猪盘”这个名字来源于诈骗者必须先通过奉承和虚构的纽带“养肥”受害者，然后再“宰杀”或窃取他们的钱财。
根据Chainalysis的数据，2024年，“杀猪盘”骗局的收入同比增长了近40%，而“杀猪盘”骗局的存款数量同期增长了近210%。该公司表示，这些不同的增长率表明受害者群体在扩大，诈骗者优先考虑更多的受害者以换取较小的支付金额。尽管“杀猪盘”骗局主要起源于东南亚的大型诈骗园区，但报告指出，有迹象表明这些诈骗中心已经开始在地理上更加分散。
恋爱骗局通常依赖人口贩运的受害者来实施欺诈。2022年，ProPublica的一项调查概述了中国犯罪集团如何将受害者贩运到柬埔寨、老挝和缅甸的中心，迫使他们以暴力威胁进行网络欺诈。根据Chainalysis报告中引用的国际正义使命组织全球分析师埃里克·海因茨的说法，这些诈骗园区不仅以“杀猪盘”骗局闻名，还充当其他可以通过互联网实施的欺诈行为的避风港。
Chainalysis表示，多个犯罪集团在园区内运作的动态也通过创建非法加密货币市场和网络在线上体现出来。这一趋势主要由Huione Guarantee推动，这是一个在线论坛和点对点市场，Chainalysis称其为寻求技术、基础设施和资源进行诈骗的非法行为者提供“一站式服务”。这个中文平台与Huione集团有关联，该集团提供合法的服务，如海外汇款、保险，甚至过去还提供豪华旅游服务。
根据Chainalysis的数据，Huione Guarantee在区块链上的活动表明，它被大量用于支持“杀猪盘”行业以及非法加密货币交易诈骗技术产品和服务。根据Chainalysis的数据，平台上可以找到的主要服务之一是洗钱，诈骗者利用洗钱来掩盖他们的非法活动。与此同时，平台上发现的一些非法产品包括用于诈骗的软件和工具。 site include targeted data lists, web hosting services, social media accounts and AI software. In 2024, Huione scam technology vendors received at least $375.9 million in cryptocurrency. Since 2021, Huione Guarantee and vendors advertising through its platforms have processed $70 billion in crypto transactions.”In short, Huione Guarantee has driven and enabled a scam ecosystem that is massive, growing, and interconnected,” the firm said in its report. Huione Group did not respond to a CNBC inquiry.Artificial intelligence facilitates scamsIn 2024, some of the most successful vendors on the Huione platform were AI service providers, who saw revenue grow by 1,900% year over year, as per Chainalysis data. This growth indicates an explosion in the use of generative AI technology to facilitate crypto scams, which often entails scammers using the tech to impersonate others or generate realistic content that fool victims into making phony investments.Chainalysis’s report said there are dozens of software vendors hosted on Huione Guarantee that sell this type of scam AI software. According to Elad Fouks, head of fraud products at Chainalysis and co-founder of fraud-detection app Alterya, who is quoted in the report, generative AI can be used to amplify and scale up crypto fraud and crimes. “GenAI enables the generation of realistic fake content, including websites and listings, to power investment scams, purchase scams, and more, making these attacks more convincing and harder to detect,” Fouks said. Some Huione vendors are even advertising “face-changing services” for $200 worth of cryptocurrency. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched in 2022 and saw its popularity grow, there have been a growing number of cases of large firms losing millions to deepfake scams. Such scams use generative AI to create synthetic and fake identities and voices that allow fraudsters to impersonate real people and bypass identity verification controlsChainalysis says that the potential of AI technology to scale crypto scams exponentially further adds to the challenges associated with combating those crimes. Tackling crypto scams at scale will require sustained efforts from government agencies, regulators and organizations, the firm said.
原文链接：https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/crypto-scams-thrive-in-2024-on-back-of-pig-butchering-and-ai-report.html