😱😱Crypto scam victims lose more than $1b since 2021 😱😱😱
More than 46,000 people reported losing a total of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency scams since the start of 2021, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a report.
Nearly half the people who reported losing digital currencies in a scam said it started with an ad, post or a message on a social media platform, according to the FTC.
The craze for cryptocurrencies was at a fever pitch last year, with bitcoin hitting a record high of $69,000 in November.