During the 2025 holiday season, FBI Kansas City is warning the public to beware of deals appearing too good to be true. Every year, thousands of people across the U.S. become victims of holiday scams. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 535,314 complaints reporting $13.7 billion in losses last year, an average loss of $25,700 per victim. Between 2020 and 2024, a total of $50.5 billion in losses were reported to IC3. Cyber-enabled fraud dominates the scam landscape, accelerated by artificial intelligence. In the first seven months of 2025, AI accounted for more than 9,000 complaints to IC3 and those complaints spanned all types of scams. Fraudsters use technology to create fake social media profiles, voice clones, identification documents and videos with believable depictions of public figures or even loved ones. Fraudulent or suspicious activity can be reported to the FBI at ic3.gov. Tipsters should include information such as: • Identifying information about…