Online Scam Resource Library

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Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding

WIRED | Estimates show that the use of crypto in human trafficking nearly doubled in 2025. Andy Greenberg reports that many of the deals happen in plain sight.

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How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans

ProPublica | Asian crime syndicates’ online scams cheat victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.

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Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets, Then Watched Them Rebuild

Wired | Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto-scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.