Operation Level Up and investment-fraud prevention · Project dossier

What the evidence supports

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[1]Source reported
The FBI reports 8,103 victim notifications and estimated savings of $511,511,288 as of December 2025; the savings figure is a methodological estimate, not recovered funds.
Supporting excerpt: Operation Level Up
The estimated savings to victims is $511,511,288
Operation Level Up ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[2]Source reported
DOJ's 23 April 2026 update reports that, as of March 2026, Operation Level Up had notified 8,935 victims and estimated $562,726,245 in payments they otherwise might have sent to scammers. It says 77% were unaware of the fraud when contacted. This is a newer reporting period than the December 2025 figures still displayed on the FBI programme page. Neither series is a balance of recovered funds.
Supporting excerpt: DOJ April 2026 report: Operation Level Up March snapshot
8,935 victims
DOJ April 2026 report: Operation Level Up March snapshot ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[3]Source reported
The FBI's Operation Level Up page explains how to verify outreach and lists requests its employees will never make.
Supporting excerpt: Operation Level Up — FBI
Remember, FBI Operation Level Up employees will never:
Operation Level Up — FBI ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[4]Source reported
FBI guidance recommends stopping further payments and preserving transaction details when cryptocurrency investment fraud is suspected.
Supporting excerpt: Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud
the most important information you can provide are transaction details
Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026