Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.
The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.
Crypto being used for scams? Say it ain’t so!
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Nope, ~1% if crypto is illegal use. The other 99% is perfectly above board. Cryptocurrency IS currency and so will be used for illegal activity just like every other currency
Sure, not like 72 billion has been used in scams or anything.
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
“Overall, the share of all cryptocurrency activity associated with illicit activity has risen for the first time since 2019, from 0.12% in 2021 to 0.24% in 2022. [2]”
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2023-crypto-crime-report-introduction/
Biggest scams are done in USD. The big part of not falling for a scam is doing your due diligence and people are adults and should be treated as such.
That’s because USD is widely used.
Crypto isn’t widely used and it still has scams worth millions. Cryptwats are 🤡🤡🤡
*billions
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
At most a couple thousand. Ive been using crypto for ~10 years now and by doing my homework and not jumping on hype trains have not been scammed.
I haven’t yet sent my life savings to a Nigerian prince, so there are no scams.
Scams absolutely exist, but in most cases they are easily identified or obvious hype trains
You haven’t done your research it seems.
Clearly, you are wearing rose tinted glasses.
You are right. I acknowledged that here and corrected myself. https://monero.town/comment/3661141
No, literally 72.317 billion at this point.
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
It all gets neatly documented.
I wasn’t measuring in fiat when I said a couple of thousand. however, i was also using inaccurate numbers so my fault. Using those numbers 73000000000/50000 = 1460000
You’ve admitted that you need to be cautious when using crypto because you buy the wrong one and you loose everything.
That little fact alone makes it fucking useless to the average person. FTX conned lots of people, celsius.
Seriously you’re just pissing in the wind and ya wonder why you’re getting wet
STOP PISSING IN THE FUCKING WIND!
WE DON’T CARE!
Buy the real ones, bitcoin, ethereum, monero. Second tire like litecoin are okay, but not as good. Stablecoins are not real crypto since they are managed by companies and can be revoked or frozen.
What is the point of cryptocurrency if someone like you has to tell other people which ones are the good ones?
In my view, the point is that everything will be tried, and lots will fail. But some will succeed, and those will become the things people go to. Another point is that most cryptocurrencies are either deflationary or inflationary, but controlled very strictly by code, and therefore runaway inflation will not happen. So there will be no more million dollars in Bobway bills, or Venice Waylas, or Argentina’s, or whatever, with hundreds and thousands of percent of inflation per year. Separation of money and state is something we should strive for because the state will no longer be able to fund endless wars and prosecution against innocent people. The way they do it now is through inflation, since taxation is not popular.
Why are you assuming the successful ones won’t be scams? There are lots of successful scams.
Also, taxation pays for things like roads and fire departments. It ensures meat and medications are inspected and not tainted. It enables enforcement of environmental regulations.
I know the whole libertarian ‘taxes are evil’ thing is something you guys believe, but it is not actually the case and there has never been a nation where there is no taxation in the history of currency.
Also, 93% of Americans think it is your patriotic duty to pay taxes. Many of them think taxes are too high, but most people think taxes are not a bad thing in general and people should pay them.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5296.pdf
Sorry, your tax-free, everything is privatized world is not something the majority of people want.
My point exactly, now please stop pissing into the wind