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As Bitcoin Grows, So Do Crypto Scamsby@julia-beyers
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As Bitcoin Grows, So Do Crypto Scams

by Julia BeyersAugust 26th, 2020
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As Bitcoin continues to grow, so do cryptocurrency scams. Scammers see the potential in the market and feed off of inexperienced people who are new to the space. There are also mining scams, scams that inflict your computer with malware, pyramid schemes, and even full initial coin offerings that are fraudulent. While there are no guarantees that you will never be a victim, there are some things that you can do to protect yourself from these types of scams. The Twitter scam earned the creators over $100,000 as many people were fooled into sending their Bitcoin to the scammers’’ address. Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, has been sued by YouTube for a Bitcoin scam.
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