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Advance-fee scams

Scams where victims are tricked into paying fees for false promises of large sums of money or cryptocurrency.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How do romance scammers use private messaging apps to evade platform moderation?

Romance scammers routinely start on public platforms—dating sites and social media—then persuade targets to move conversations into private messaging apps where detection is harder and evidence is sil...

Jan 25, 2026

What legal strategies have succeeded in civil recovery of crypto stolen in advance‑fee scams?

of cryptocurrency pilfered in have succeeded when lawyers moved fast to preserve evidence and force intermediaries to act: to identify where funds landed, subpoenas/preservation letters to compel exch...

Jan 7, 2026

Free 1 bitcoin permanent

A guaranteed, permanent way to get “free 1 bitcoin” does not exist in any credible, legal sense; every authoritative consumer-protection and industry source warns that promises of free large amounts o...

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