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  2. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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    Contact the business behind the account that’s been hacked – Once they are aware of the problem, they can halt any further activity, especially if it’s a financial account. They will likely ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Changing a phone number is easy, so it’s challenging to catch every scam phone number out there. However, if you get a call from a phone number or area code you don’t know, it’s likely best ...

  7. Dusting attack - Wikipedia

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    A dusting attack or dust attack is an attack on a cryptocurrency wallet that sends tiny amounts of cryptocurrency (known as "dust") to that wallet in order to uncover the identity of the wallet's owner. [1] Information can then be used to obstruct receiving legitimate payments [2] or phishing scams. [1]

  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. Police: Beware of Bitcoin phone scam

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    Mar. 13—A Cambridge Springs-area woman has lost more than $22,000 in a scam involving cryptocurrency, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Meadville. The 67-year-old Cussewago Township ...