How cyber crooks trick you into making a fake investment

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Written By kerry tomlinson

Image: Cyber Giraffe & Ampyx News

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People who have never invested in cryptocurrency are launching their first big trades online. But in this case, the trades are fake, the traders are cyber criminals, and the money disappears.

We go undercover with a real crypto scammer to show you how they’re tricking people out of more than $5 billion a year.

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Story originally published November 19, 2025.

See print version here at Ampyx News.

 

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