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Cryptocurrency scam victims lose $333 million in 2025

According to the FBI, scammers caused nearly $250 million in losses in 2024, and from January through November 2025, that ...
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Do Not Try This Social Media Money Hack — It’s Fraud

There is no such thing as free money, but some people online had to learn that lesson the hard way. A viral trend that offered a hack for “free money” has turned out to be nothing more than check ...
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Crypto crime scene

The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...
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Texas woman, 85, was moments from losing $23K in Bitcoin ATM scam when ‘guardian angel’ saved her — here’s the $250M warning all Americans should hear

When Fran Bates received a call that her bank account had been hacked, the 85-year-old wanted nothing more than to protect her savings. So she listened to the instructions given to her on the other ...
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85-year-old Texan saved from a Bitcoin ATM scam by ‘guardian angel’ — the $250M warning all Americans should heed

When Fran Bates received a call that her bank account had been hacked, the 85-year-old wanted nothing more than to protect her savings. Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as ...
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Texas woman, 85, was moments from losing $23K in Bitcoin ATM scam when 'guardian angel' saved her — here's the $250M warning all Americans should hear

When Fran Bates received a call that her bank account had been hacked, the 85-year-old wanted nothing more than to protect her savings. So she listened to the instructions given to her on the other ...