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  2. 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 ...

  3. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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    The Immunefi Crypto Losses 2022 Report lists industry losses from frauds and hacking as a combined total of US$3.9 billion for the year, and at US$8 billion for 2021. Notable thefts. In 2018, around US$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was lost to scams, theft and fraud. In the first quarter of 2019, the amount of such losses rose to US$1.2 billion.

  4. Category:Cryptocurrency scams - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Cryptocurrency scams". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. The biggest crypto scams of 2022 (so far) - AOL

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    Last year, Mashable looked into the biggest crypto scams of 2021. Yes, some big bucks were being funneled via various scams and schemes included on that list. However, sometimes the audacity and ...

  6. Data: Crypto scams, hacks cost investors $14 billion in 2021

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    While criminals made off with about $200 million in DeFi related scams, a single “rug pull” scam by Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex made up the vast majority of funds lost.

  7. Pump and dump - Wikipedia

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    Scam. Pump-and-dump stock scams are prevalent in spam, accounting for about 15% of spam e-mail messages. A survey of 75,000 unsolicited emails sent between January 2004 and July 2005 concluded that spammers could make an average return of 4.29% by using this method, while recipients who act on the spam message typically lose close to 5.5% of ...

  8. Column: The crypto scam is on life support. Why are some ...

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    For crypto, November has been the cruelest month. Things got started with a blast Nov. 2, when scam artist Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven fraud and conspiracy counts related to his ...

  9. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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    A bitcoin -based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin.