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  2. Category:Cryptocurrency scams - Wikipedia

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    Crypto Ponzi schemes‎ (6 P) Pages in category "Cryptocurrency scams" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... By using this site, ...

  3. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam, a.k.a. "Sha Zhu Pan" [114] or Shazhupan, [115] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as Killing Pig Plate, [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. [116]

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to 1,000%.

  6. They lost $17K in cryptocurrency scam. SLO County Sheriff’s ...

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    September 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM. The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Department was able to recover part of a $17,000 cryptocurrency scam in Los Osos following a two-year investigation, the agency ...

  7. Here’s how one victim was swindled out of $58,000 in a ...

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    The federal government received over 70,000 complaints of cryptocurrency scams in 2023. One woman who was defrauded out of thousands from her retirement account tells Isaac Lozano how she got ...

  8. Silk Road (marketplace) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 August 2024. 2011–2013 darknet market most known for the sale of illegal drugs Silk Road Item description page Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner Ross Ulbricht (pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts) URL Old URL: silkroad6ownowfk.onion (defunct) New URL: silkroad7rn2puhj.onion (defunct ...

  9. Miami waterfront mansion raided by FBI is linked to $230 ...

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    Miami waterfront mansion raided by FBI is linked to $230 million crypto scam, feds say. ... Thursday related to a $230 million cryptocurrency scam. Agents in Miami arrested Malone Lam, 20, who has ...