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2. 3 crypto scams that could cost you thousands - AOL

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   A “rug pull” is a crypto scam where the founders of a cryptocurrency basically just disappear one day and take all their tokens – your money – with them.

3. The FBI says crypto fraud cost Americans $5.6 billion a year ...

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   For those who may have been targeted by a crime or scam—whether or not it's crypto-related—the FBI encourages individuals to file a complaint with its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

4. 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.

5. OneCoin - Wikipedia

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   OneCoin logo on the door of their office building in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2016. OneCoin is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme [1] [2] conducted by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd (based in Bulgaria [3] and registered in Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd (registered in Belize), both founded by Ruja Ignatova in concert with Sebastian Greenwood. [4]

6. The latest scams you need to be aware of in 2025 - AOL

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   The Better Business Bureau, or BBB, considered the combined crypto and investments scam to be the riskiest scam in its 2023 BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. Although it didn't have the highest median ...

7. 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.

8. Warning over cryptocurrency scam targeting Jersey - AOL

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   Jersey residents have been warned to stay vigilant after a new cryptocurrency scam began targeting the island's politicians and news outlets. The Jersey Cyber Security Centre (JCSC) said the ...

9. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or colloquially, crypto, is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.