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7. Crypto Ponzi: Mining or Staking Pool Scams. In the cryptocurrency space, Ponzi scams often target mining and staking pools, taking advantage of investors eager to engage with blockchain technology.
Americans lost $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, a 45% increase from 2022. The FBI's 2023 cryptocurrency fraud report highlights the rise in crypto investment scams.
People in the U.S. reported losing $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, with older people hit the hardest, according to the FBI.
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.
2020 was a record year for investment and cryptocurrency scams -- with 26,500 cases reported to the government, resulting in a loss of $419 million -- and 2021 is on pace to exceed those numbers,...
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.
Since January, the FBI has notified 3,000 people that they were victims of fraud; however, the number of scams is being undercounted because many people don't realize they are being scammed.
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