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Fake “Cointelegraph” accounts are scamming crypto users. Learn how to spot impostors, verify identities and stay protected in 2025.

From fake support to deepfake fraud, several crypto scams demand your attention in 2025. These are the ones you simply can’t afford to ignore.

Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps.

Honeypot scams lure crypto investors into buying tokens they can’t sell, locking their funds through smart contract tricks.

Social media platform X has long had a crypto spam problem, so will a fee to post be enough to stop them? Users are skeptical.

The Ordinals.com website has continued to suffer connection issues due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS).

A Bitcoin Core developer claimed Bitcoin Ordinals exploit a vulnerability allowing inscribers to bypass data size limits, which could soon be fixed.

Twitter has not specified what the daily DM limits will be, and the move hasn’t been well-received by both verified and unverified users.

Security researchers at Meta said that “bad actors” have flocked to generative AI because it’s the latest tech to capture “people’s imagination and excitement.”

The Phantom wallet app has launched a new Burn Token feature, allowing users to remove spam NFTs sent by scammers.

Would-be Twitter owner Elon Musk plans to shake the crypto spammers out of Twitter, disputing claims that fake accounts are only 5% of the total.

“They’re made by people trying to get rich off of other people trying to get rich,” said Dogecoin creator Billy Markus.

An arbitrage bot managed to turn 14 ETH to 218.5 ETH simply by spamming the Polygon network for 120 days.

India’s SMS regulation requires businesses to comply with pre-registered messaging templates to counter spam and fraud.

Roughly 500 people were in for a random surprise on Mar. 8, receiving a profanity-laced correspondence from BlockFi after their email addresses were used to sign up for fake accounts.