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  2. How to spot a crypto scam - AOL

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    According to the latest available data from the FTC, more than 46,000 people in the U.S. reported losing an accumulative $1 billion to crypto scams between January 2021 and June 2022. In 2021 ...

  3. Elon Musk scam ads appear on X as key advertisers depart - AOL

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    Adverts promoting crypto scams are appearing on X, formerly Twitter, amid an exodus of major brands from the platform.. Many of the scam ads use the likeness of Elon Musk, who bought Twitter for ...

  4. Bitcoin Scam Using Unauthorized Celebrity Images in Ads ... - AOL

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    A Guardian Australia investigation traced the source of a major crypto scam using Google ads to addresses in Moscow. ... The ads first started running on news sites in 2018 or earlier, but during ...

  5. Ad fraud - Wikipedia

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    A successful ad-fraud campaign generally involves a sophisticated combination of Identity fraud and attribution fraud: for instance, sending fake traffic through bots using fake social accounts and falsified cookies; bots will click on the ads available on a scam page that is faking a famous brand. [4]

  6. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [114] or shazhupan, [115] (Chinese: ĉ€çŒŞç›˜), translated as killing pig game) [113] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [116]

  7. Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in ... - AOL

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    Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday. ... "Everyone reads about all these crypto millionaires, so people are looking ...

  8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

  9. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.