The scary reality of cryptocurrency scams on Instagram

[ad_1] Twenty-five-year-old Preksha Kasbe, a student based in Pune woke up to a DM on Instagram from her friend Sonali who she knew from school.  Excited, she responded to her message chatting about life in general as friends do. “But then Sonali switched the conversation to crypto investments and how it changed her life completely,” […]

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Crypto romance scams: ‘Asian women’ on Twitter are coming for your ‘crypto-wallets’ 

[ad_1] Twenty-eight-year-old Nikhil (name changed), a crypto investor based out of Pune hopped on to several dating apps, but had no luck. But one night this year, he was messaged by “a beautiful woman” on Twitter, who claimed to be from Singapore. What followed was a match better than what any dating site could offer. […]

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Criminals are deceiving victims with deepfakes and crypto scams: NortonLifeLock

[ad_1] Scammers deceive unsolicited individuals with crypto scams and deepfakes to gain access to their financial and personal information, says a new report by NoronLifeLock. In India, between January and March 2022, Norton said over 18,013,055 threats, 59,907 phishing attempts, and 31,062 tech support scams were recorded, In its quarterly published Consumer ‘Cyber Safety Pulse […]

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