Millions upon millions of dollars has made its way into the hands of criminals thanks to music industry-related scams.
According to FBI Nashville, criminal and cybercriminal activity has been running rampant in and around the music industry. Both employees in the industry and fans of music themselves have fallen victim to scams between January 2024 and September of 2025, and in just that period of time, over $12 million has been reported lost to the FBI.
Now, FBI Nashville is doing what they can to make people more aware of these scams, and shared this message back in March informing the public about the criminal activity, and giving them a heads up on methods scammers are using to take money from victims:…