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2. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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   Here is what you should do if you get a scam text: Copy the message, without clicking on a link, and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). This helps your wireless provider spot and block similar messages in ...

3. A Coinbase user thought he called customer support. Instead ...

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   The crypto market was heating up and Fred, who is in his 60s and lives in Connecticut, figured it was a good time to shift some of the positions he held in his Coinbase account. After encountering ...

4. Crypto Experts: 8 Warning Signs a Crypto Coin Is a Scam - AOL

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   Here, fraudsters lure victims through dating apps or social media, posing as cryptocurrency experts “who promise high returns on investments in what appears to be a legitimate crypto exchange ...

5. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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   A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [1] 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.

6. Exit scam - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, the darknet market (online black market) Evolution was previously cited as the biggest exit scam yet, where the administrators apparently made off with $12 million in bitcoin, which was held in escrow on the marketplace. [6] Most exit scams and Ponzi schemes involving cryptocurrencies take place in the context of initial coin offerings ...

7. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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   A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [114] or shazhupan, [115] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), 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]

8. 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. Scammers use elaborate tactics to assure potential victims that their ...

9. 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 ...