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  2. $5.6B lost to cryptocurrency fraud schemes last year: FBI - AOL

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    Americans lost more than $5.6 billion in 2023 from fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, according to the FBI. The agency, in a report published Monday, said the bureau received more than 69,000 ...

  3. Amit Bhardwaj - Wikipedia

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    Amit K. Bhardwaj (17 January 1983 – 15 January 2022) was an Indian businessman who founded Amaze Mining and Blockchain Research Limited which ran GB [Gainbitcoin] Miners among other bitcoin-related businesses and projects, these have been described as various types of Ponzi schemes. In April 2018, Gainbitcoin was found to be one of the ...

  4. How to Protect Yourself From Bitcoin ATM Scams - AOL

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    A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows that money lost to fraudulent bitcoin ATM scammers increased nearly tenfold between 2020 and 2023. Per the spotlight report published on ...

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

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    An investigation from the Australian arm of the newspaper, published Sunday, traced the scam back to five names and addresses in Moscow, alleging the people had registered hundreds of websites ...

  6. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    In early 2019, in the Kapa investment scam, the Philippine government shut down Kapa-Community Ministry International and its self-declared pastor, Joel Apolinario. [citation needed] In January 2020, the SEC filed a federal case against a Californian couple, Jeff and Paulette Carpoff, charging them of organizing a $910 million Ponzi scheme.

  7. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin wallets were the first cryptocurrency wallets, enabling users to store the information necessary to transact bitcoins. [85][8]: ch. 1, glossary The first wallet program, simply named Bitcoin, and sometimes referred to as the Satoshi client, was released in 2009 by Nakamoto as open-source software. [7]

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    Call live aol support at. 1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications. Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent.

  9. Cash, bitcoin, gold scams in metro Detroit send couriers ...

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    In July, another Northville Township woman in her 50s lost $50,000 in cash and another $50,000 in bitcoin in a scam that began with email phishing and a fake overpayment into a PayPal account ...